Diploma of Sport (Development)
 

Traineeship
National Code
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SRS50506
CRICOS Code: 070608K
Centre:
Business Programs
Location:
Elgar Campus
Study Area: Sport and Fitness;
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Units of Competency

Duration

1 year

Intake dates

January

What does this course involve?

Please note: this course is in the process of being re-accredited. There will be some changes to the information provided here.

This dual qualification will prepare you for a wide range of roles in the sports and recreation industry. You may find work in sports event management, sports administration, sports coaching and officiating or personal training.

You will learn how to implement and oversee activities for businesses involved with sports and recreational activities. You will learn how to enhance leisure time and provide expert assistance to teams and individuals who participate in these activities.

You will receive the Diploma of Sport Development and a Diploma of (Athlete Support Services) on successful completion of this course.

You will study client services, communication, occupational health and safety and finance. This course also covers marketing, event management, sports first aid and training, coaching and much more.

Entrance requirements

Australian Year 12 or equivalent with a pass, however relevant senior employment experience in industry will be considered.

English language proficiency

A minimum IELTS overall score of 5.5 (Academic).
A minimum TOEFL score of 530 for paper examination; 179 for computer based and 71 for Internet based.

Special admission requirements

None

Cost

$AUD11,300 per year, plus amenities and materials fees.

What employment opportunities will I have?

This course prepares for jobs such as; Club secretary, Sports administrator, Facilities management, Recreation or leisure officer,  Sports consultant, Fitness management, Event management, Executive officer, Administrative assistant, Sports development officer, Coaching, Officiating, Sports trainer, Strength and conditioning coach or Athlete support services.

What further study options will I have?

After completing this course you will be eligible to apply for degree courses in a number of areas including sports management (commerce), sports coaching and administration (health sciences), human movement (health sciences) and will be able to receive some credit for studies already undertaken.

Accreditation

This course is government accredited and has national recognition

Where will I study?

Elgar Campus

 
Units of Competency

BSBADM502B
Manage Meetings
30.00 hr

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to manage a range of meetings including overseeing the meeting preparation processes, chairing meetings, organising the minutes and reporting meeting outcomes. No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.

SRXRIK001A
Undertake Risk Analysis Of Activities
10.00 hr

This unit provides basic knowledge and skills to apply a risk management process in the context of a sport or recreation activity in accordance with an organisation’s risk management policies and procedures and Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4360:1999. In this context, the risk analysis process is conducted using structured analysis methodology (eg, templates) as determined by the organisation.

SRXOHS002B
Implement And Monitor The Organisation's Occupational Health & Safety Policies, Procedures & Program
12.00 hr

This unit incorporates the appropriate knowledge and skills required to implement occupational health and safety policies, procedures and programs within the context of an established organisational occupational health and safety system. This unit is relevant for employees with supervisory responsibilities in roles such as team leaders, coordinators, forepersons or supervisors. This unit specifically addresses, at an operational level, the implementation of policies and procedures applicable to risks which affect the health and safety of personnel (staff, clients, onlookers).

SRXCAI008B
Plan And Prepare An Individualised Long-Term Training Program
20.00 hr

This unit covers the knowledge and skills required to apply sport/activity specific knowledge to plan and prepare a long-term training program to develop participants.

SRXCAI010B
Evaluate, Analyse And Modify Long-Term And/Or High Performance Individualised Training Programs
20.00 hr

This unit covers the knowledge and skills required to evaluate, analyse and modify the outcomes and delivery of long-term and/or high performance individualised training programs designed to improve a participant's performance.

SRSCGP004A
Provide Information About The Fundamental Principles Of Eating For Peak Performance
15.00 hr

This unit covers the acquisition of competency to enable the coach to provide information to their athletes about the principles of eating for peak performance. Personnel undertaking this unit would be coaching athletes in a sport specific training and/or competition setting.

SRSCGP010A
Provide Information Regarding Drugs In Sport Issues
5.00 hr

This unit covers the acquisition of knowledge and skills to enable the coach to provide information about drugs in sport issues to their athletes and implement strategies to address those issues. Personnel undertaking this unit would be coaching athletes in a sport specific training and/or competition setting.

SRSCGP011A
Support Athletes To Adopt The Principles Of Sports Psychology
20.00 hr

This unit covers implementing the principles of sports psychology and strategies to enable coaches to support their athletes in this area. Personnel undertaking this unit would be coaching athletes in a sport specific training and/or competition setting.

SRSCGP013A
Monitor Coach Welfare
10.00 hr

This unit covers the application of strategies to maintain a balanced lifestyle between coaching and other personal commitments. Personnel undertaking this unit would be coaching athletes in a sport specific training and/or competition setting.

SRXEVT003B
Coordinate Events
12.00 hr

This unit covers the knowledge and skills required to conduct market research and identify possible gaps in the delivery of special events, and the coordination and evaluation of such a special event.

SRXEVT004B
Plan And Manage Conferences On Behalf Of Management To Achieve Identified Goals
20.00 hr

This unit covers managing a conference, including the planning stages, reparation of materials and participants, promotion, coordination on the day(s), taking follow-up action, all within timelines.

SRXFAC005B
Coordinate Facility And Equipment Acquisition And Maintenance
15.00 hr

This unit deals with the knowledge and skills to coordinate equipment selection, use and maintenance and to produce maintenance plans for a facility. It does not include specialist skills but focuses on the need for mainstream managers to pro-actively plan for and manage the acquisition and maintenance of physical assets.

BSBFLM404A
Lead Work Teams
50.00 hr

This unit is equivalent to the original unit BSXFMI404A Participate in, lead and facilitate work teams.

This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to lead a team or work group in a business environment. It includes developing plans, providing leadership and supervising the performance of a group.

This unit is related to BSBCMN301A Exercise initiative in a business environment. Consider co-assessment with BSBFLM402A Show leadership in the workplace, BSBFLM403A Manage effective workplace relationships, BSBFLM406A Implement workplace information system, and BSBFLM411A Contribute to the development of a workplace learning environment. 

SRXGCSS07A
Determine Needs Of Client Populations
20.00 hr

This unit involves the skill and knowledge of focusing on clients as a population/market segment, not as individuals. It also calls for the skills and knowledge of gathering, analysing and interpreting data to plan and evaluate client service relationships and develop methods of improvement.

SRXGRO001A
Facilitate a Group
12.00 hr

This unit has been developed for the Community Recreation, Fitness, OutdoorRecreation and Sport Industry Training Packages.This unit covers the knowledge and skills to establish a functional group within the context of asport and recreation activity and to facilitate a group

SRXHRM001B
Manage Volunteers
20.00 hr

This unit covers the knowledge and skills required to recruit and retain volunteers.

SRXINU004A
Promote Compliance With Laws And Legal Principles
12.00 hr

This unit has been developed for the Community Recreation, Fitness, OutdoorRecreation and Sport Industry Training Packages.This unit covers competencies required in the analysis and interpretation of legislation relevant tothe organisation and the sport and recreation industry. It also covers the development andevaluation of workplace systems to implement legislative requirements and ensure businesscompliance.

ICAITU126B
Use Advanced Features Of Computer Applications
40.00 hr
BSBMGT502B
Manage People Performance
70.00 hr

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to manage the performance of staff who report to them directly. Development of key result areas and key performance indicators and standards, coupled with regular and timely coaching and feedback, provide the basis for performance management. No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.

BSBMKG502B
Establish And Adjust The Marketing Mix
60.00 hr

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to determine the optimum marketing mix for a business through analysis of inter related marketing components. No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.

SRXOGN002A
Manage Projects
30.00 hr

This unit covers how to plan, prepare, implement and document projects ensuring all resources are available to achieve project goals and that the project complies with all legislation and the organisation’s policies and procedures.

SRSOGP007A
Evaluate, Analyse And Modify The Conduct And Outcomes Of Officiating To Improve Performance
15.00 hr

This unit covers the application of evaluation techniques to assist the official to evaluate, analyse and modify the conduct and outcomes of their performances in order to modify and improve future officiating performances. This unit is a higher order version of unit SRSOFF004A Apply self reflection techniques to evaluate and modify officiating performance. Personnel undertaking this unit would be seeking to officiate in a sport specific event or competition.

SRSOGP008A
Manage Conflict Related To Officiating
15.00 hr

This unit covers causes of conflict and the implementation of strategies and procedures for resolving and managing conflict while officiating. This unit is a higher order version of unit SRSOFF005A Resolve conflict related to officiating. Personnel undertaking this unit would be seeking to officiate in a sport specific event or competition.

SRSOGP009A
Plan, Implement And Evaluate a Fitness And Recovery Program For Officials
20.00 hr

This unit covers the application of the principles of training and recovery to plan,implement, manage and evaluate a fitness and recovery program for sports officials. This unit is a higher order version of unit SRSOFF006A Develop a fitness program for officials. Personnel undertaking this unit would be seeking to officiate in a sport specific event or competition.

SRXOHS003B
Establish, Maintain & Evaluate The Organisation's Occupational Health & Safety System
15.00 hr

This unit describes generic occupational health and safety competencies applicable to those with managerial responsibilities. This may include those with responsibility for an entire organisation or a department of an organisation (in the case of owners, the responsibility will be for an entire organisation). The position to which the competency applies will vary according to the organisation but may include managers at a range of levels and other specialist managers (eg, maintenance managers, personnel manager).

SRXRES003B
Contribute To The Planning, Monitoring And Control Of Resources
8.00 hr

This unit encompasses competencies required for the identification of resource requirements and usage trends, organisation of maintenance programs, and development of recommendations re the use and improvement of resources.

SRXINU005A
Manage Culture And Education To Expand Participation In a Leisure And Recreation Service
35.00 hr

This unit encompasses strategic management skills to expand participation in a leisure and recreation service by identifying and monitoring cultural and education factors for participation and developing strategies engaging these factors to attract non-participants.

SRSCGP009A
Work With Officials
10.00 hr

This unit covers the application of strategies to ensure an effective working relationship with sports officials. Personnel undertaking this unit would be coaching athletes in a sport specific training and/or competition setting.

SRSCGP012A
Support Athletes To Adopt The Princilples Of Eating For Peak Performance
10.00 hr

This unit covers the principles of eating for peak performance and strategies to enable coaches to support their athletes in this area. Personnel undertaking this unit would be coaching athletes in a sport specific training and/or competition setting.

SRSCGP014A
Implement Recovery Programs
25.00 hr

This unit covers the principles of recovery and their implementation. Personnel undertaking this unit would be coaching athletes in a sport specific training and/or competition setting.

SRXOHS001B
Follow Defined Occupational Health And Safety Policies And Procedures
10.00 hr

This unit has been developed for the Community Recreation, Fitness, Outdoor Recreation and Sport Industry Training Packages.

SRSSPT003B
Implement Sports First Aid Procedures And Apply Sports First Aid
30.00 hr

This unit covers the application of sports first aid knowledge and skills to implement an effective injury prevention program and, follow crisis management and/or immediate injury management strategies in a sport setting in the absence of, and until the arrival of, a health care professional or paramedic. Personnel undertaking this unit would be providing sports first aid in a sport setting.

SRXRES005B
Achieve An Efficient Use Of Resources
12.00 hr

This unit deals with the knowledge and skill required to establish stock control and stock purchasing systems within a sport and recreation facility or context.

SRXRIK002A
Manage Organisation's Risk
40.00 hr

This unit covers the development, implementation and evaluation of a risk management program for the organisation. It incorporates an assessment of all potential risks facing the organisation and the development of strategies and procedures to mitigate all risk situations through elimination, isolation or protection in accordance with an organisation’s risk management policy and Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4360:1999.

SRSSTC001A
Teach Or Develop Basic Skills Of Strength And Conditioning
30.00 hr

This unit covers the knowledge and skills required to use skills to use drills, exercises and activities to teach or develop basic skills or strength and conditioning.

SRSSTC005A
Teach Or Develop Advanced Skills Of Strength And Conditioning
30.00 hr

This unit covers the knowledge and skills required to use skills to use drills, exercises and activities to teach or develop advanced skills or strength and conditioning.

SRSSTC006A
Plan And Prepare a Strength And Conditioning Program For a High Performance Athlete
30.00 hr

This unit covers the knowledge and skills required to plan and prepare a strength and conditioning program for a high performance athlete.

BSBSUS501A
Develop Workplace Policy And Procedures For Sustainability
50.00 hr

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to develop and implement a workplace sustainability policy, including the modification of the policy to suit changed circumstances. This unit requires the ability to access industry information, applicable legislative and occupational health and safety (OHS) guidelines. While no licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply holistically to this unit at the time of publication, relevant national, state and territory legislation, regulations and codes of practice impact upon this unit.

SRXCAI009B
Conduct, Monitor And Adjust Individualised Long-Term Training Programs
20.00 hr

This unit covers the knowledge and skills required to successfully utilise communication skills, sport/activity specific knowledge and combinations of teaching methods and coaching/instructional styles to conduct, monitor and adjust individualised long-term programs designed to develop a participant's skill and/or physical performance.

SITXEVT008A
Plan And Develop Event Proposals And Bids
40.00 hr

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to plan and develop proposals and bids for the staging of complex events comprising multiple components.

SITXEVT014A
Develop Conference Program
30.00 hr

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to develop conference programs. No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.

SRXFAC006B
Manage And Control Stock Supply And Purchase
20.00 hr

This unit deals with the knowledge and skill required to establish stock control and stock purchasing systems within a sport and recreation facility or context.

SRXGRO002A
Deal With Conflict
10.00 hr

This unit covers the knowledge and skills required to deal effectively with conflict in the workplace.

All fees shown are in Australian dollars and do not include living or accommodation expenses. All fees quoted are indicative fees and are correct at the time of publishing. In subsequent calendar years, fees may be subject to a small increase in line with annual Institute fee pricing reviews. This qualification may have prerequisites, co-requisite or bridging units from lower or higher level qualifications. An offer of a place is always subject to places being available. The Institute reserves the right to close applications when the course is full. Where demand for a course is not met the course may be cancelled at short notice. For further clarification please seek advice from the Institute.

Course Enquiries

Local Students
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International Students
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