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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. |
Legal responsibilities may include: | occupational health and safety equal opportunity anti discrimination fair trading practices duty of care negligence waivers and exclusion clauses insurance working with children mandatory reporting disability discrimination racial vilification and harassment racial discrimination privacy and confidentiality principles of natural justice. |
Sport or activity requirements may include: | equipment: availability standard maintenance ratio of coach to participants provision of first aid facilities and location security: participants support personnel environment property. |
Participants may include: | experienced or inexperienced adults children infants school or youth groups club members and general public. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | occupational health and safety access and storage of information confidentiality conflict resolution communication protocols use and maintenance of equipment and facilities hygiene practices code of ethics. |
Strategies may include: | elimination plans risk management plan adequate supervision and ratios knowledge of participants backgrounds record keeping ongoing evaluation of potential issues or risks. |
Legal issues may include: | unsafe equipment injuries illness unlawful behaviour of participants, coach, instructor or support personnel suspected physical or sexual abuse improper use of information. |
Risks may include: | sport or activity-specific injuries illnesses collisions accidents hazardous objects insufficient supervision resulting in injury inappropriate behaviour resulting in injury. |
Ethical responsibilities may include: | bullying physical, verbal and sexual harassment physical, verbal and sexual abuse inappropriate relationships drugs in sport cheating reporting ethical breaches maintaining professional standards of behaviour responding appropriately to participants, support personnel and parents or guardians. |
Ethical issues may include: | inappropriate behaviour of participants, coaches, instructors and support personnel cheating relationships between participants and coaches or instructors bullying dealing with non payment of fees dealing with difficult supporters or parents. |
Support personnel may include: | administrators and managers other coaches or instructors assistants volunteers sports scientists health professionals parents and guardians. |
Sport or activity skills may include: | physical or motor skills tactical or mental skills a combination of physical and tactical, forming a sequence of skills. |
Best practice principles may include: | sport or activity-specific codes of conduct and policies the Australian Sports Commission Coach's Code of Ethics Policy coaches or instructor's Codes of Conduct: State Sport or Activity Education Centres The National Coaching or Instructor's Accreditation Scheme Sport or activity-specific national coaching or instructing organisations the Australian Coaching Council's Coaches Code of Conduct policy national sport or activity organisation regulations and guidelines relevant national, state, territory or local government regulations and guidelines employer organisation's policies and procedures the culture of the sport or activity accepted or expected preventative practices adopted by self or peers to minimise safety hazards and risks in the same or similar situations current and past good practice demonstrated by self or peers in the same or similar situation. |
Coaching styles may include: | friendly and approachable directive regarding not-negotiable issues casual critical friend motivational disciplinarian. |
Relevant information may include: | expectations and aspirations of participants numbers, ages and gender of participants previous experience and developmental stage of participants activity national organisation codes and rules as they apply to the range of participants support personnel and financial resources cultural and political influences involvement and interest of parents length and number of sessions equipment precautions and other health and safety information. |
Rules, policies and regulations may include: | relevant national sport or activity organisation's rules, policies and procedures current edition of the relevant rules for a specific sport or activity. |
Session plans may include: | aims or objectives date, time and duration location coach and participant ratios resources and equipment drills, activities, games and competitions safety requirements. |
Learning styles may include: | auditory kinaesthetic visual sensory. |
Model of good practice may include: | personal behaviours dress speech. |