Elements and Performance Criteria
- Establish participant needs and expectations.
- Interpret information about participant characteristics, recreational needs and special requirements.
- Encourage participants to articulate their own recreational needs and expectations.
- Make assessments of participant capacity in consultation with relevant support personnel and within scope of own responsibility.
- Identify potential barriers to participation.
- Advise participants of factors preventing participation in a program.
- Plan recreation programs.
- Determine program activities and strategies appropriate to the context, participant needs and capabilities.
- Assess likely demands of the program on participants in consultation with appropriate support personnel.
- Identify and organise required human, physical and financial resources and support.
- Recognise risks to participant safety and act to eliminate or minimise risks.
- Identify and incorporate injury prevention strategies and support requirements.
- Develop and document program plans that incorporate key information.
- Seek agreement on program plan from relevant staff, participants and organisations as required.
- Prepare for recreation programs.
- Inspect and confirm set-up of location and equipment; report issues to person responsible.
- Provide clear and accurate instructions and information using communication techniques suited to participants.
- Confirm understanding and encourage participants to seek clarification as required.
- Issue required equipment and aids and provide assistance with fitting where necessary.
- Modify equipment for use by different participant groups.
- Identify emerging risks to participant safety and take action to minimise these.
- Conduct recreation programs.
- Encourage participants to warm-up and cool-down through demonstration and instruction of safe and appropriate exercises.
- Monitor technique, use of equipment and aids and provide feedback and assistance to participants.
- Select and use communication techniques that encourage and support participants.
- Modify program, as required according to participant needs.
- Use techniques that motivate participants to maintain an appropriate participation rate.
- Conclude recreation programs.
- Conclude program at a pace appropriate to participants, their level of involvement and duration of the program.
- Inform participants of follow-up programs, sources of information and further recreational opportunities.
- Collect and check issued equipment for damage and wear and report problems to appropriate staff.
- Evaluate recreation programs.
- Establish participant needs and expectations.
- Interpret information about participant characteristics, recreational needs and special requirements.
- Encourage participants to articulate their own recreational needs and expectations.
- Make assessments of participant capacity in consultation with relevant support personnel and within scope of own responsibility.
- Identify potential barriers to participation.
- Advise participants of factors preventing participation in a program.
- Plan recreation programs.
- Determine program activities and strategies appropriate to the context, participant needs and capabilities.
- Assess likely demands of the program on participants in consultation with appropriate support personnel.
- Identify and organise required human, physical and financial resources and support.
- Recognise risks to participant safety and act to eliminate or minimise risks.
- Identify and incorporate injury prevention strategies and support requirements.
- Develop and document program plans that incorporate key information.
- Seek agreement on program plan from relevant staff, participants and organisations as required.
- Prepare for recreation programs.
- Inspect and confirm set-up of location and equipment; report issues to person responsible.
- Provide clear and accurate instructions and information using communication techniques suited to participants.
- Confirm understanding and encourage participants to seek clarification as required.
- Issue required equipment and aids and provide assistance with fitting where necessary.
- Modify equipment for use by different participant groups.
- Identify emerging risks to participant safety and take action to minimise these.
- Conduct recreation programs.
- Encourage participants to warm-up and cool-down through demonstration and instruction of safe and appropriate exercises.
- Monitor technique, use of equipment and aids and provide feedback and assistance to participants.
- Select and use communication techniques that encourage and support participants.
- Modify program, as required according to participant needs.
- Use techniques that motivate participants to maintain an appropriate participation rate.
- Conclude recreation programs.
- Conclude program at a pace appropriate to participants, their level of involvement and duration of the program.
- Inform participants of follow-up programs, sources of information and further recreational opportunities.
- Collect and check issued equipment for damage and wear and report problems to appropriate staff.
- Evaluate recreation programs.