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Health, safety and welfare in a fitness environment
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Click on the icon to the left to open an activity sheet containing tasks for you to read and complete. If you have any questions you should contact your tutor who will be able to offer guidance.
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Tutorial Video
Reading Materials
'Health and safety in the gym’ on the Rhino Safety website
‘Safeguarding’ from Sport England
‘Health and safety for leisure activities’ from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
‘Steps needed to manage risk’ from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
‘Risk assessment tips for personal trainers’ from the Insure 4 Sport website
Find and read your organisation’s policies and procedure for health and safety, security, client behaviour, equipment, working practices, and hygiene.
Presentation
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning
Click to read ‘Safety, health and welfare in hotels, restaurants, catering and bars: Part 5 – Leisure areas’ from the Health and Safety Authority in Ireland. Although their legislation is different to the UK, the potential hazards are the same.
In the place where you work go into one room, identify the potential health and safety hazards in that room, and do a formal risk assessment on each one.
This section of the Health and Safety Executive gives ‘Example risk assessments’.
This section of the NHS website covers the ‘Abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults’ and what to do if suspect you someone is being abused.
This section of the NSPCC website is on ‘What to do if you suspect child abuse’. The website also gives a link to ‘Signs of abuse’.
Click to open and fill in this Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR Q) with a friend or colleague.
Think And Challenge
