INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED BY IARC
There are 4 core units common to all streams of this Advanced Certificate, VBS001. These involve 400 hours of study in total. Three health and fitness units involve another 300 hours of study. A workplace project on the health and fitness industry involves the final 200 hrs of study.
CORE UNITS
Totalling 400 hours. All four of these modules must be studied and passed.
1. Office practices
Develops basic office skills covering use of equipment, communication systems (telephone, fax, etc) and office procedures such as filing, security, workplace organisations, etc.
2. Business operations
Develops knowledge of basic business operations and procedures (eg. types of businesses, financial management, business analysis, staffing, productivity, etc) and the skills to develop a 12 month business plan.
3. Management
Develops knowledge of management structures, terminology, supervision, recruitment and workplace health and safety.
4. Marketing
Develops a broad understanding of marketing and specific skills in writing advertisements, undertaking market research, developing an appropriate marketing plan and selling.
STREAM UNITS
Stage 1: HEALTH & WELLBEING
There are eight lessons as follows:
| 1. Industry Overview
| 2. Modern Lifestyle Problems |
| 3. Human Nutrition
| 4. Healthy Eating |
| 5. Stress Management
| 6. Preventative Health |
| 7. Alternative Medicine
|
8. Basic First Aid |
Stage 2: FITNESS
There are eight lessons as follows:
| 1. The Human Body
| 2. Fitness Testing |
| 3. Principles Of Exercise Programming
| 4. Fitness Testing -age/sex differences, simple tests. |
| 5. Exercise For Aerobic Fitness
| 6. Exercise For Suppleness |
| 7. Exercise For Strength
| 8. Weight Control And Other Special Aspects |
Stage 3: FACILITY MANAGEMENT
There are eight lessons as follows:
1. Introduction: Facilities
2. Exercise Facilities
3. Parks, Playing Fields and Athletics Tracks
4. Indoor Facilities: Community Centres, Recreation Centres etc.
5. Organising an Event
6. Marketing Programs & Facilities
7. Maximising Resources: Managing/Programming/Planning
8. Other Considerations: Town Planning, Insurance/liability etc.
WORK PLACE PROJECTS
This is the final requirement that you must satisfy before receiving your award.
There are various options available to you to satisfy this requirement, including:
Alternative 1.
If you work in the industry that you have been studying; you may submit a reference from your employer, in an effort to satisfy this industry (ie. workplace project) requirement; on the basis of RPL (ie. recognition for prior learning), achieved through your current and past work experience.
The reference must indicate that you have skills and an awareness of your industry, which is sufficient for you to work in a position of responsibility.
Alternative 2.
A one module credit (100 hrs) can be achieved by verifying attendance at a series of industry meetings, as follows:
· Meetings may be seminars, conferences, trade shows, committee meetings, volunteer events (eg. Community working bees), or any other meeting where two or more industry people or people who are knowledgeable about their discipline.
· Opportunity must exist for the student to learn through networking, observation and/or interaction with people who know their industry or discipline
· A list of events should be submitted together with dates of each attended and times being claimed for each
· Documentary evidence must be submitted to the school to indicate support each item on the above list (eg. Receipts from seminars, conference or shows, letters from committee or organisation secretaries or committee members. All such documentation must contain a contact details)
Alternative 3.
Credits can be achieved by completing standard modules Workshops I, II and/or III
Each of these modules comprises a series of “hands on” PBL projects, designed as learning experiences that involve interaction with the real world. (This approach is based upon tried and proven learning approaches that originated in American universities but are now widely used and respected by academia throughout many countries). See the web site or handbook for more detail.
