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Set up, operate and review a phase 3 cardiac club within a local
community
Level
3
Credits
12
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who want to operate effectively as a cardiac
club leader at a phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation club within a local community.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: determine standard
procedures for a phase 3 cardiac club; gather the resources required to
operate a phase 3 cardiac club within a local community; operate a phase 3
cardiac club according to standard procedures; review the performance of a
phase 3 cardiac club and adapt the club’s activities to better meet the needs
of the members and any legislated requirements.
Subfield
Fitness
Domain
Fitness Education
Status
Registered
Status date
14 December 2007
Date version published
14 December 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Recommended: Unit 23840, Plan and prepare to set up
a phase 3 cardiac club within a local community.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Sport, Fitness and Recreation Industry Training
Organisation Limited
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0069
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Competence in this unit standard requires knowledge of relevant provisions of
statutes including the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Injury Prevention,
Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001, Privacy Act 1993, and their subsequent
amendments.
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2
There are three phases to cardiac rehabilitation. Phase 1 involves inpatient care
within a hospital after a person has suffered a cardiac event, phase 2 involves
outpatient care after discharge from hospital, and phase 3 is a community oriented
programme. Although encouraged to do so, heart event patients may not progress
from one phase to the next.
3
A local community is a community defined by the geographic and demographic
boundaries that influence its behavioural norms. For example, a community within a
given suburb in a metropolitan area whose elderly members typically complete most
of their activities within their suburb or a neighbouring suburb.
4
Community oriented programmes usually occur in fitness clubs, community centres,
community halls and church facilities. The focus of these programmes is the
rehabilitation and prevention of cardiac disease in the community. Phase 3 cardiac
clubs achieve this aim through the delivery of programmes that focus on providing
exercise, education and emotional support to its members.
5
A cardiac club leader is typically a person with specialist skills and/or knowledge in
the fitness or health sectors, such as a fitness instructor or nurse, or those with first
hand experience of cardiac disease. A cardiac club leader is expected to have the
time and energy required to set up a club, plan its activities, seek support for the
club, enthuse new and existing members, review the club’s activities and follow
through on the club’s start-up plan.
6
Club activities refer to all cardiac club activities aimed at providing cardiac club
members with exercise, education, and emotional support to assist their rehabilitation
from, and prevention of cardiac disease.
7
Standard procedures refer to the procedures developed by the individual cardiac
club. These are based on the National Heart Foundation’s procedures for
establishing a cardiac club.
8
Competence in this unit standard may require the National Heart Foundation’s ‘Club
Leadership Training Manual’ and assistance from the National Heart Foundation. PO
Box 17160, Greenlane, Auckland, info@nhf.org.nz, (09) 571 9191.
9
Developing the three month promotional plan used in 3.5 is not assessed in this unit
standard. It may be one developed for Unit 23840, Plan and prepare to set up a
phase 3 cardiac club within a local community or one supplied.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Determine standard procedures for a phase 3 cardiac club.
Performance criteria
1.1
A phase three cardiac club’s standard procedures are determined in terms of
purpose, process and responsibilities.
Range
1.2
must include – procedures for new member enquiries; exercise
session safety, supervision and content; financial record keeping;
may include – procedures for gathering member feedback; new
participants supervision; facility set-up; equipment set-up, use and
maintenance.
A phase three cardiac club’s standard procedures are explained in terms of how
they will meet the needs of the members and the legislated requirements which
apply to the club.
Range
must include – procedures for new member enquiries; exercise
session safety, supervision and content; financial record keeping;
may include – procedures for gathering member feedback; new
participants supervision; facility set up; equipment set up, use and
maintenance;
must include but is not limited to the legislated requirements from
the following Acts – Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001,
Privacy Act 1993, and their subsequent amendments.
Element 2
Gather the resources required to operate a phase 3 cardiac club within a local community.
Performance criteria
2.1
Funds to finance club activities are raised.
Range
2.2
must include – evidence of one user pays funding process.
People who will help run the club are trained in terms of their responsibilities
and the standard procedures.
Range
must include – allocating responsibilities, training them on
standard procedures, reviewing their performance of set tasks,
providing support.
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2.3
Facilities required for the operation of the club are located and secured.
Range
must include – facilities required for the conduct of club sessions
planned for a three month period;
may include – any equipment required for the delivery of the club
sessions planned for a three month period.
Element 3
Operate a phase 3 cardiac club according to standard procedures.
Performance criteria
3.1
Process enquiries according to standard procedures.
Range
3.2
Induct new participants according to standard procedures.
Range
3.3
evidence of at least one formal meeting.
Organise and oversee exercise sessions according to standard procedures.
Range
3.5
evidence of three inductions of new members for the club in the
form of programme entry and medical clearance forms.
Conduct a group meeting according to standard procedures.
Range
3.4
evidence of three new member enquiries being taken and
processed.
evidence of at least two exercise session review forms.
Complete club promotion and administration tasks according to standard
procedures and three month promotional plan.
Range
may include but not limited to – club financial records complete
and up to date, club membership database complete and up to
date, marketing materials produced, marketing materials
distributed, referral meetings conducted.
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Element 4
Review the performance of a phase 3 cardiac club and adapt the club’s activities to better
meet the needs of the members and comply with legislated requirements.
Performance criteria
4.1
The phase 3 cardiac club’s performance is reviewed against its stated goals
and objectives in terms of the achievement of those goals and objectives, and
compliance with legislation.
Range
must include – documented member feedback; documented
session reviews; a compliance check of club operations with the
following legislation: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001,
Privacy Act 1993, and their amendments.
4.2
Barriers and/or issues identified from the review of the cardiac club’s
performance are discussed and solutions proposed.
4.3
Plans that show how the cardiac club’s operations will change to incorporate
proposed solutions are generated.
Range
plans must include – changes in the cardiac club’s standard
procedures in terms of purpose, process and responsibilities;
timelines for implementing those changes.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Sport, Fitness and Recreation Industry Training Organisation Limited
info@sfrito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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