SISFFIT051 — Establish and maintain professional practice for fitness instruction

Elements & performance criteria

Performance evidence

• source information from credible sources about the current context for fitness instruction work in Australia, and identify and evaluate key aspects of: • three established industry practices or standards • three legal or ethical requirements
• use critical thinking processes to analyse and respond to the fitness instruction needs of two clients using evidence-based information for each client need: • identify and evaluate current and relevant sources of evidence-based information • develop and document a response to the clients needs that is supported by analysis and evidence
• review own professional development: • reflect on and evaluate own fitness instruction strengths and areas for improvement • identify sources of industry information about professional development and continuing education and document two actions for improving own skills and knowledge
• use industry terminology and follow protocols for professional communication with medical or allied health professionals for two clients with health issues that are ongoing, and communicate: • client health and fitness status • program progress • questions and concerns • client response to exercise • client goals.

Knowledge evidence

• existence and purpose of established fitness industry practices and standards: • bodies that develop practices and standards • types of existing practices and standards, their key inclusions, and primary requirements: • industry accreditation and registration quality assurance schemes • code of ethical conduct • code of practice • scope of practice • qualification, professional development and continuing education requirements • established protocols for pre-exercise screening, assessment and programming
• legal and ethical requirements that govern fitness instructors: • maintaining confidentiality of client information including requirements for the collection, use, maintenance and secure storage of private information • obtaining and documenting informed consent to share client information • duty of care • responsibilities under consumer protection laws for fair and honest dealings • permit requirements for use of public spaces: • bodies that typically issue permits including local government, and how to apply for initial and ongoing permits • skill, qualification and accreditation requirements for obtaining permits • key compliance requirements, how to manage, and consequences of non-compliance • how to factor costs into fees charged for fitness services offered • environmental sustainability considerations for use of outdoor spaces: • typical threats posed by the operation of exercise activities in public outdoor spaces, both environmental and social for local communities and other users • typical local government minimal impact codes of practice specific to environmental sustainability, and associated compliance requirements • minimal impact practices that can be implemented by fitness instructors
• different models of work for fitness instructors and how those models may impact work practices: • when employed: • following organisational policies and procedures • working under organisational insurance policies • when self-employed: • developing own policies and procedures • establishing legal and risk management requirements for operation, including those for insurance
• relationships between fitness instructors and medical and allied health professionals: • types of medical and allied health professionals with whom fitness instructors typically collaborate and their areas of expertise: • accredited exercise physiologists • accredited practising dietitians • chiropractors • general practitioners (GPs) • occupational therapists • osteopaths • physiotherapists • podiatrists • rehabilitation physicians • sports physicians • how to access and search practitioner registers • referral systems and communication protocols for providing and receiving information about client health, fitness and progress • basic health and fitness terminology and abbreviations commonly used in communication between fitness instructors and medical and allied health professionals • benefits of establishing relationships • respective roles of fitness instructors and medical and allied health professionals in supporting client outcomes • behaviours that support effective relationships • barriers to effective relationships • networking opportunities
• contemporary issues and priorities in fitness instruction that relate to: • types of services offered • impacts of technology • changing demographics • population health profile and public health priorities
• reflective practice in fitness instruction: • how reflective practice is used to learn from the everyday, and as a process to guide decision making • the link with professional development • the need for multiple perspectives • ways that fitness instructors can use: • reflection in action • reflection on action • common steps followed to create a professional development and continuing education plan, typical inclusions and methods of collating information
• definition of evidence-based practice and how it relates to fitness instruction roles
• how to determine the credibility of information sources
• sources of established and credible evidence-based information that underpins fitness instruction: • state, federal and global public health bodies • Australian and international industry bodies: • fitness • sport • exercise science • allied health professional associations • complementary health professional associations
• critical thinking processes for evaluating information: • identifying key questions for the evaluation process • distinguishing relevant from irrelevant • extracting and summarising key details
• ways of organising information to support its use in day-to-day practice.

Foundation skills

• Reading skills to:: interpret varied, unfamiliar and potentially complex evidence-based information that may include health, scientific and industry terminology.
• Writing skills to:: summarise key information from evidence-based research using fundamental sentence structure.
• Numeracy skills to:: interpret statistical data in evidence-based research • complete calculations of varying complexity.
• Teamwork skills to:: share and receive information about varied and potentially complex fitness and health-related issues • work collaboratively with medical and allied health professionals.

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