Application

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to prepare, demonstrate and store hire equipment for sport, fitness, aqua and recreation activities.
This unit applies to any type of sport, fitness, aquatic or recreation organisation including commercial, not-for-profit, community and government organisations. It can be applied to any type of environment, and to specific equipment used for any type of sport, fitness, aquatic or recreation activity.
It applies to individuals working in a range of sport, fitness, aquatic or recreation roles at different levels of responsibility, but usually to those who work under supervision.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State or Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.
No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:
• correctly interpret five activity schedules to provide and hire:
• five different pieces of sport, fitness, aquatic or recreation activity equipment
• personal protective equipment suited to the activity and participant characteristics
• for each piece of above equipment, follow manufacturer instructions to:
• set up for participant, demonstrate and explain safe use
• dismantle, check for damage, and store
• complete accurate records of:
• the above equipment issued to participants
• at least one missing piece of equipment
• at least one damaged piece of equipment.

Knowledge Evidence

Demonstrated knowledge required to complete the tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit:
• organisational procedures for hiring equipment and record keeping
• work health and safety practices for handling activity equipment, including sanitising, safe manual handling techniques for lifting and shifting bulky and heavy equipment
• specific to the sport, fitness, aquatic or recreation environment and activity equipment:
• key operational features of activity equipment
• safe use
• assembly, storage and disposal requirements, as specified in manufacturer instructions
• equipment testing and checking techniques, as specified in manufacturer instructions, for:
• damage
• missing parts
• failure to operate
• structural faults
• types of required personal protective equipment for participants
• methods used to determine equipment requirements for scheduled activities and sessions.

Assessment Conditions

Skills must be demonstrated in a sport, fitness, aquatic or recreation environment with equipment storage facilities. This can be:
• a workplace, or
• a simulated industry environment set up for the purposes of skills assessment.
Assessment must ensure use of:
• interaction with activity participants; these can be:
• participants in an industry workplace, or
• participants who participate in simulated activities used for the purpose of skills assessment
• equipment relevant to the specific sport, fitness, aquatic or recreation environment and activities
• organisational schedules for activities
• template:
• hire agreements
• damaged and missing equipment reports
• organisational procedures for hiring equipment and record keeping.
Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations requirements for assessors.

Foundation Skills

• {'skill': 'Reading skills to:', 'description': 'interpret detailed familiar organisational procedures for hiring equipment; interpret potentially unfamiliar manufacturer instructions for equipment use, damage testing and storage.'}
• {'skill': 'Writing skills to:', 'description': 'use fundamental sentence structure to complete basic forms and reports that require factual information.'}
• {'skill': 'Oral communication skills to:', 'description': 'ask open and closed questions to determine participant needs.'}
• {'skill': 'Numeracy skills to:', 'description': 'interpret numerical information in activity schedules involving quantity, dates and times; complete basic calculations for hire charges, deposits, refunds and adjustments for damaged or lost equipment.'}

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