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. |
Characteristics may include: | age cultural and situational factors swimming experience fitness level and physical capabilities injuries and illnesses. |
Participant readiness may include: | physiological psychological technical social emotional. |
Competitive strokes may include: | freestyle breast stroke backstroke butterfly. |
Starts, turns and finishes of swimming may include: | general, stroke specific and relay starts tumble, twist, stroke specific and medley turns general and stroke specific finishes. |
Session aims and objectives may include: | progressive skill acquisition self-improvement fitness targets competition readiness. |
Plan may include: | session aims and objectives date, time and duration location, resources and equipment coach and participant ratios drills, activities and games safety requirements. |
Relevant legislation may include: | occupational health and safety privacy working with children anti-doping policy harassment-free sports policies. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | occupational health and safety conflict resolution communication protocols pool safety and hygiene requirements use, care and maintenance of equipment and facilities training and scheduling commitments code of ethics. |
Best practice principles of swimming and aquatic activities may include: | International Activity Organisation rules best practice codes of ethics developed by the peak bodies responsible for the coaching of swimming policies of employer organisations Swimming Coaches Code of Conduct policy Australian Sports Commission's Harassment-free Sport policy the culture of swimming. |
Safety procedures may include: | group management in emergency situations symptoms, treatment and prevention of common risks clear communication systems. |
Drills, activities and games may include: | those described in National Activity Organisation Level 2 Coaching Manual modified games. |
Equipment and resources may include: | training equipment technical equipment teaching resources. |
Risks may include: | injuries exhaustion dehydration cramps. |
Teaching and coaching techniques may include: | demonstrating skills whole and part approaches shaping approaches modelling approaches command and response approaches. |
Participant performance may include: | performance and accuracy of swimming skills attitude and behaviour ability to perform competitive strokes, starts, turns and finishes during a competition. |
Relevant aspects may include: | effectiveness of the teaching and coaching session suitability of teaching and coaching methods feedback provided to and by participants initial and final assessment of participant's abilities validity and reliability of assessment and evaluation tools. |