The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Pre-exercise screening must include: | medical history functional limitations medication lifestyle evaluation fitness goals exercise history questionnaire caregiver parent legal guardian consent interview. |
Exercise programs may include: | fundamental motor skills cardiovascular exercise for age variations resistance training flexibility. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | Occupational Health and Safety confidentiality of client information client screening procedures client referral procedures ethical considerations in assessing children use and maintenance of equipment. |
Legislation and regulatory requirements may include: | Occupational Health and Safety duty of care privacy anti-discrimination copyright licensing child protection trade practices consumer protection environmental business registration and licences. |
Participants may include: | children: aged between 3 - 5 years aged between 5 - 9 years young adolescents: aged between 9 - 16 years. |
Needs and expectations may include: | recreational social improved fitness levels and motor skills. |
Major types of injuries may include | sprains osteochondroses severs patellofemoral pain syndrome legg-calve-perthes shoulder instability joint hypermobility. |
Medical or allied health professional may include: | general practitioners medical specialists paediatricians accredited exercise physiologist physiotherapist occupational therapist accredited practising dietician osteopath chiropractor diabetes educator podiatrist. |
Special needs of children may include: | diabetes overweight and obese hypermobility asthma and other respiratory problems ADD ADHD children and adolescents on medications. |
Exercise repertoire may include: | contraindications and modifications variations to provide differing intensities level of participant skill required potential for combinations exercise selection. |
Stages of growth and development must include: | changes in child growth and development effect of exercise on growth and development social development physiological characteristics of the exercising child though developmental stages. |
Age variation may include: | session structures for different ages coordination and motor development communication and instructional skill difficulties behavioural change and social needs exercise requirements for different stages of development. |
Injury risks may include: | inadequate skill and physical preparation overtraining biomechanics and exercise technique physical and mental preparation fatigue and recovery. |
Equipment may include: | small, interactive and circuit-based equipment sporting age specific strength training equipment cycle and ergomoters rowing machine treadmill. |
Instructional skills may include: | transitions between exercises or games session structure variations communication skills verbal and visual instructions relevant to age group technique correction. |
Baseline assessment may include: | functional motor skills cardiovascular strength agility flexibility. |
Healthy eating may include: | energy balance dietary guidelines for children and young adolescents fuel for exercise fuel for minimising post-exercise fatigue and maximising recovery hydration levels specialised dietary interventions requiring referrals. |
Cultural and social differences may include: | modes of greeting, farewelling and conversation body language, including use of body gestures formality of language clothing. |
Motivational techniques may include: | goal setting positive feedback foundation of play in exercise prescription. |
Modifications may include: | accommodating the physical changes and health conditions associated with developmental age accommodating the social and psychological changes that occur with children. |
Exercise plan may include: | identification of client needs and goals an outline of the session components order and sequence of exercises duration, intensity, volume equipment progression within an exercise program appropriate music selection. |