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Health and safety in the fitness environment

If you already work in a gym then go into work, if not then enter your local gym. Now you are inside the gym, start asking yourself and looking for:
  • Cleaning materials to clean the gym, is anyone cleaning? Can you see any on display for member use? Have other cleaning equipment been stored away?
  • What are the potential hazards in the gym right now? Look at equipment, space, people, the general areas
  • What risk assessments would need to be carried out?
  • Are there any COSHH that you can see? Would there be a need or is anyone wearing PPE?
  • Can you write down or think of what the Normal operating procedures and emergency action plans for this gym?
It is rare that there is just one way to respond to a scenario or situation, so do not consider that the responses you have to the above scenario will be judged as right or wrong. Share your scenario with a work colleague or friend and ask them to tell you whether they think you have responded appropriately. Ask them to challenge your response if necessary. You do not need to submit this task for assessment unless asked to do so by your assessor.