Diploma of Sport

(Development)

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)

$740 (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:

* Areas of physical education, human movement or exercise science at university level
* Areas of primary and secondary teaching involving physical education and sport.

Career pathways

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

- Development officer within a sporting organisation
- Activity leader or program coordinator
- Coaching roles to include either head
- Coach at a junior level or assistant coach at a senior level.

Course structure

The Diploma includes the Certificate IV in Sport (Development) (055136G).

In a typical week students will attend classes approximately four days per week with approximately 50 percent practical and 50 percent theory classes. Classes will be scheduled between 8.30am and 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.

The teaching methods used include classroom-based, lectures and supervised practical components. The assessment methods include tests and end of year examinations, external examinations, assignments (both group and individual), class presentations, field trips and practical components.

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
Exercise initiative in a business environment
Deal with client feedback
Apply sport and recreation law
Create client relationship
Follow defined occupational health and safety policies and procedures
Implement sports first aid procedures and apply sports first aid
Operate in accord with accepted coaching practices, styles, legal and ethical responsibilities
Include special interest groups or people with special needs
Implement the fundamental principles of sports psychology
Provide information about the fundamental principles of eating for peak performance
Operate in accord with accepted officiating practices, styles, legal and ethical responsibilities
Apply rules and regulations to conduct games and competitions
Apply self reflection techniques to evaluate and modify officiating performance
Resolve conflict related to officiating
Develop a fitness and recovery program for officials
Plan a session or program for participants
Conduct a sport and recreation session for participants
Organise a sport and recreation program
Conduct a sport and recreation program
Facilitate a group
Deal with conflict
Organise and complete daily work activities
Assist in preparing sport and recreation sessions for participants
Assist in conducting sport and recreation sessions for participants
Provide equipment for activities
Provide first aid
Respond to emergency situations
Prepare for work in business
Complete daily work activities
Operate in accord with the accepted roles and responsibilities of a sports trainer
Teach or develop basic skills of strength and conditioning
Plan and prepare strength and conditioning program for a competitive athlete
Operate in accord with accepted strength and conditioning industry health and safety practices
Operate and maintain strength and conditioning facilities and equipment
Develop and maintain volunteer participation
Develop practices to conduct effective club management
Manage the format and results of competitions
Teach or develop intermediate skills of touch
Teach or develop intermediate tactics and strategies of touch
Implement injury prevention and apply basic sports first aid
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
Use advanced features of computer applications
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
Evaluate marketing opportunities
Establish and adjust the marketing mix
Develop a marketing communications plan
Teach and/or develop the fundamental skills of athletics
Manage an athletics competition/event at a beginner level
Develop a career goal setting plan