Advanced Diploma in Applied Management (Health & Fitness)

• Learn about management, marketing and business
• Learn about the Health and Fitness industry
• Combine these skills and discover opportunities for employment and business in Health and Fitness
• 900 hour, self paced practical course with options to upgrade to a diploma

This course creates the key skills needed to work in or manage facilities and services concerned with health or fitness, for example, exercise programs, fitness centres, clubs, gymnasiums, sports complexes, sports administration and swimming pools.

• Suits school leavers (with Year 11 minimum) or mature age students.
• Build a foundation in both management and the health & finess industry
• This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C

Course Structure: Diploma in Applied Management (Health and Fitness)

Core Modules:  

• Industry Project BIP000
  
• Industry Project II BIP001
  
• Business Operations VBS106
  
• Develops knowledge of basic business operations and procedures (eg. types of businesses, financial management, business analysis, staffing, productivity, etc) and the skills to develop a 12 month business plan.
• Management VBS105
  
• Develops knowledge of management structures, terminology, supervision, recruitment and workplace health and safety.
• Marketing Foundations VBS109
  
• Develops a broad understanding of marketing and specific skills in writing advertisements, undertaking market research, developing an appropriate marketing plan and selling.
  
• Office Practices VBS102
  
• Develops basic office skills covering use of equipment, communication systems (telephone, fax, etc) and office procedures such as filing, security, workplace organisations, etc.
  

 
Elective Modules: (Pick 2)

• Health & Wellbeing VRE102
  
  This comprehensive foundation course develops an understanding of the nature and scope of human health and wellbeing, and of the health and fitness industry looking at subjects such as nutrition, lifestyle, preventative health, and alternative medicine.  There are 8 lessons in this course:
• Introduction and Overview
• Modern Lifestyle Problems
• Human Nutrition
• Healthy Eating
• Stress Management
• Preventative Health
• Alternative Medicine
• Basic First Aid
  
• Personal Fitness VRE103
  
  This highly practical course helps you to understand what fitness really is, and enables you to develop a balanced fitness program for yourself or for people around you covering topics such as the human body, principals of exercise programming, and weight control. There are 8 lessons in this course:
• Reasons for Fitness 
• Understanding your body
• Testing your fitness
• Exercises for specific purposes
• Nutrition and Weight control
• Endurance and Suppleness
• Home Medicine and First Aid
• Designing an Exercise Program
• Leisure Facility Management I BRE205
  
  This comprehensive introductory course focuses on the management and development of recreational facilities (eg. Leisure centres, Swim Centres, Sporting complexes, Gymnasiums, Health clubs etc.) Over 13 lessons, it deals with both day to day management as well as more broad based planning, development and redevelopment. There are 13 lessons in this course:
• The Scope of Recreation Facility Management 
• The Nature of Recreation Facility Management
• Legal Requirements for Construction
• Planning Construction Work
• Outdoor Equipment
• Indoor Equipment
• Safety Procedures
• Equipment Needs
• Purchasing
• Bookings
• Contingencies
• Insurance Issues
• Managing a Recreation Facility