SISFFIT050 — Support exercise behaviour change

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What an assessment for SISFFIT050 must cover

96 assessable components: 3 elements (16 performance criteria), 18 performance evidence and 59 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Establish current patterns of client exercise.

1.1Use questioning and active listening to obtain information about client’s current exercise patterns, attitudes and motivation for change.
1.2Build trust and rapport with client by using client-centred communication showing sensitivity and empathy during interactions.
1.3Identify perceived and actual barriers and other factors that currently influence client exercise behaviour.
1.4Use information to assess client readiness for change and implications for fitness instruction.
1.5Identify situations where client needs fall outside scope of own role and refer to relevant health professional.

2 Assist clients to plan for change.

2.1Source and critically evaluate current and emerging evidence-based information about behaviour change to support professional practice and client needs.
2.2Provide clients with information and techniques for making exercise behaviour change based on their specific needs.
2.3Explain ways of setting and monitoring exercise activity goals that are specific, measurable and realistic.
2.4Support clients to set their preferred goals and nominate specific behaviour changes based on their individual exercise program.
2.5Maintain records of client goals and exercise preferences according to record keeping and confidentiality procedures.

3 Support the change process.

3.1Use observation and client discussion to monitor client progress towards changed behaviour and goals.
3.2Identify and use opportunities to provide positive feedback and reinforcement to clients about exercise behaviour change.
3.3Use techniques that address barriers and assist clients to maintain commitment to agreed exercise activities.
3.4Identify potential changes to improve client outcomes through reflection on client feedback and own performance.
3.5Adjust goals and approaches in collaboration with client based on reflection and progress being achieved.
3.6Update client records to reflect changes and progress.

Performance evidence

source evidence-based information on exercise behaviour change from credible sources
evaluate key aspects of the above information, and identify how it can be used to provide client-centred behaviour change advice
support the exercise behaviour change process for three clients as part of the design of their personalised exercise programs, and for each of the three clients:
collect information about:
client motivation for exercise behaviour change
client stage of readiness for change
barriers to client exercise participation and adherence
assist client to plan for exercise behaviour change according to their individual needs:
support client to identify ways they can overcome barriers to exercise participation
provide information about behaviour change techniques
assist client to nominate behaviour change actions
support client to set exercise activity goals
consistently use client-centred communication during all interactions
maintain client records that include details of information exchanged, client exercise goals, change techniques used and client progress
for one of the above three clients:
monitor client progress towards exercise behaviour change and achievement of exercise activity goals over a four week period via ongoing communications
use client-appropriate techniques to enhance client adherence to agreed exercise activities
complete a follow up assessment of client and discuss progress, achievements and changing needs.

Knowledge evidence

procedures for maintaining client records and confidentiality of client information
scope of practice for a personal trainer in supporting exercise behaviour change:
responsibilities and limitations
professional boundaries
situations where referral to a health professional is required for support with exercise behaviour change and role of relevant health professionals:
psychologists
general practitioners
sources of evidence-based information about contemporary and emerging exercise behaviour change techniques
how to determine the credibility of information sources
client-centred communication techniques for establishing and building trust and rapport, and how they vary depending on individual client characteristics
methods of collecting information about client’s current exercise knowledge, patterns, attitudes, motivation and commitment to change
factors that may affect exercise behaviour and the process of change:
family, cultural and social determinants
established lifestyle behaviours
experience of previous attempts at exercise behaviour change
common barriers to exercise initiation and adherence, and how these may be overcome:
low importance placed on exercise
time and access to appropriate facilities
initial low fitness levels and low confidence
previous negative experiences
body image concerns
stages in the behaviour change process and how these apply in a fitness industry context:
pre-contemplation
contemplation
preparation
action
maintenance
relapse
the role of relapse, when it may occur and how it can be managed
evidence-based techniques for promoting exercise behaviour change at different stages of fitness planning and implementation:
assessment and programming:
contracting
goal setting
client choice and self-direction
implementation:
exercise selection and variety
client self-monitoring activities
using natural supports and social networks
monitoring:
prompts and reinforcement
feedback and rewards
ongoing assessment and progress measurement
ways that techniques may be used and adapted for clients at different levels and stages of engagement with exercise activities
approaches to goal setting and achievement:
setting short-, medium- and long-term goals
importance of goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time based
different types of goals:
outcome
process
performance
common client strategies that can be used to achieve exercise behaviour change goals
recording goals and progress, and types of technology that can assist
the role of arousal control and basic features of the following strategies in exercise behaviour change:
progressive relaxation
visualisation
positive self-talk
methods and techniques used to:
engage with clients about progress
reflect on client feedback and own performance.

Foundation skills

Reading skills: interpret potentially complex and unfamiliar evidence-based information about exercise behaviour change.
Writing skills: use fundamental sentence structure to summarise both factual and subjective information in client records.
Oral communication skills: provide clear and succinct information to clients about behaviour change techniques ask open and closed probe questions and actively listen to elicit information from clients and to determine client understanding of information provided.

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What does an assessment tool for SISFFIT050 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for SISFFIT050 needs to address all 96 unit components: 3 elements with 16 performance criteria, 18 performance evidence requirements, 59 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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