Diploma of Sport and Recreation

Admission requirements

You are eligible if:

* you have successfully completed the Australian year 12 or equivalent in your country
* you have achieved a minimum of either:
- IELTS 5.5 academic (no band score less than 5.0) or
- TOFEL paper based 530 (minimum TWE 3.5) or
- TOFEL computer based 197 (minimum TWE 3.5) or
- TOFEL internet based 71 (minimum 17 in all sections).

Intake

February

Books and equipment (AUD)

Supplied through the materials fee however students will be required to supply their own personal stationery.

Material fees (AUD)

$680 (total)

Students will be supplied with uniform, manuals, workbooks and learning resources.

Study pathways

On completion of the Diploma, graduates may apply to continue their study in:

* Sport management and/or administration at university level
* Event management and administration at university level.

Career pathways

On completion of the Diploma, graduates may seek employment within:

- Sporting organisations in administrative positions
- Event management organisations as an event management assistant
- Community and sporting facilities in sports administration and customer service positions
- Sporting organisations in a program development and co- ordination role.

Units

Develop work priorities
Address client needs
Coordinate client service activities
Analyse participation in specific markets of the leisure and recreation industry
Promote compliance with laws and legal principles
Conduct projects
Implement and monitor the organisation’s occupational health and safety policies, procedures and programs
Undertake risk analysis of activities
Operate computing packages
Work-related skills senior unit 1
Exercise initiative in a business environment
Deal with client feedback
Apply sport and recreation law
Follow defined occupational health and safety policies and procedures
Organise meeting/event and provide on-site meeting/event management services
Plan and provide sport and recreational services
Contribute to the planning, monitoring and control of resources
Minimise waste and pollution and their environmental impact
Organise in-house functions
Develop and update knowledge of protocol
Coordinate guest/delegate registration at venue
Meet client needs and expectations
Lead work teams
Determine needs of client populations
Manage culture and education to expand participation in a leisure and recreation service
Manage projects
Establish, maintain and evaluate the organisation’s occupational health and safety system Manage an organisation’s risk
Manage meetings
Work with officials
Provide information regarding drugs in sport issues
Support athletes to adopt the principles of sports psychology
Support athletes to adopt the principles of eating for peak performance
Monitor coach welfare
Implement recovery programs
Evaluate, analyse and modify the conduct and outcomes of officiating to improve performance
Manage conflict related to officiating
Plan, implement and evaluate a fitness and recovery program for officials
Plan and prepare an individualised long-term training program
Conduct, monitor and adjust individualised long-term training programs
Evaluate, analyse and modify long-term and/or high performance individualised training programs
Administer a team or group
Manage the personnel of a team or group
Prepare a sponsorship proposal
Implement a talent identification program
Design an athlete’s diet
Implement water based training programs
Teach and/or develop the fundamental skills of athletics
Manage an athletics competition/event at a beginner level
Develop a career goal setting plan