Lesson Element
Unit 4: Working safely in sport, exercise, health
and leisure
Emergency types and the roles and responsibilities of those
involved
Instructions and answers for tutors
These instructions cover the learner activity section which can be found on page 6. This
Lesson Element supports Cambridge Technicals Level 3 in Sport and Physical Activity.
When distributing the activity section to the learners either as a printed copy or as a
Word file you will need to remove the tutor instructions section.
The activity
In this lesson element, learners are asked to explore the different types of emergency that
might occur and the various places, settings and/or environments in which the identified
emergencies might happen. Learners will also have the opportunity to investigate the various
roles involved in these settings along with the responsibilities each may have with regards to
health and safety.
Suggested timings
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Activity 1: 20 minutes
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Activity 2: 20 minutes
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Activity 3: 45 minutes
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Activity 4: 15 minutes
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Activity 5: 20 minutes
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Activity 6: 60 minutes
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Activity 7: 30 minutes
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Activity 1
Ask your learners to mind map the different types of emergency they think could happen in a
sport, exercise, health and/or leisure setting.
Note – it may be best if learners include all ‘medical’ emergencies in the same group to
avoid having a list that includes the breaking of every bone in the body as separate items!
Ask your learners to share their thoughts with the rest of the group, and to add to their own
lists any good ideas that other learners have thought of.
At the end of the activity, ask learners to number their emergencies at random (this will come
in handy for a later activity).
Learner answers may include examples such as:
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Medical accidents (e.g. broken bones, concussion, dislocations, heart attack etc.)
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Fire
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Flood
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Missing person
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Chemical or gas leak
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Power cut
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Bomb threat
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‘lock down’ (e.g. due to danger outside of the facility).
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Activity 2
Remind your learners that they are looking at possible emergencies in a range of different
settings: sport, exercise, health and leisure. Bearing this in mind, ask your learners to list the
different places/environments in which an emergency could happen.
Ask your learners to use the appropriate column of the table provided to record their
thoughts. Suggested responses have been added to the example table below.
No.
Place/environment
1
Sports hall
2
Gymnasium
3
Swimming pool
4
Sports field
5
Fitness suite
6
Community centre
7
Church hall
8
School hall
9
On the street/road
10
Changing rooms
11
Indoor courts
12
Outdoor courts
13
Public areas (café etc.)
14
Dance studio
Emergency
Again, learners can share their thoughts with the rest of the group and add any ideas they
think are relevant.
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At the end of the activity ask your learners to add in the middle column each identified
‘emergency’ from activity 1, according to the corresponding number. For example, the
emergency that has been numbered ‘3’ will go in the ‘emergency’ column next to ‘swimming
pool’ (in this example).
In this way, learners should end up with a place/environment matched at random with a type
of emergency.
Activity 3
For each matched pair in the table from activity 3, learners can be asked to consider the
following questions:
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What is the biggest concern regarding the situation?
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What are the top three priorities/actions that need to be carried out in order to help
the situation?
Learners can record the answers to these questions against each type of emergency/place
in the right hand column of the table above.
Learners could be asked to complete the information for every matched pair or just for
selected/allocated ones depending on what is most appropriate.
Activity 4
Learners can be asked to define the terms ‘role’ and ‘responsibility’.
The term ‘role’ means ……the part played by a person or thing in a particular
situation………………
The term ‘responsibility’ means ………having a duty to deal with or be accountable for
something…….
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Activity 5
Ask learners to mind map the different roles that may be involved in sport, exercise, health
and leisure settings.
Suggestions may include:
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Coach/leader
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Receptionist
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Lifeguard
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Personal trainer/fitness instructor
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Youth worker
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Recreation assistant
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Manager
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Caterer.
Activity 6
Learners can each select, or you can allocate, one job role to research. For their identified
job role your learners must find out what are the main responsibilities associated with it with
regards to health and safety and/or dealing with emergencies. Learners could be
encouraged to contact a local facility to speak directly with someone carrying out that job
role.
Learners can use the proforma provided to capture their information.
Activity 7
Learners can share their information with the rest of the group, who can use the table
provided to record next to each identified job role what their main responsibilities are with
regards to health and safety and/or dealing with emergency situations.
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Lesson Element
Understand emergency procedures in sport,
exercise, health and fitness
Learner Activity
Emergency types and the roles and responsibilities of those
involved
In this lesson element, you will have the opportunity to explore the different types of
emergency that might occur and the various places, settings and/or environments in which
the identified emergencies might happen. You will also be asked to investigate the various
roles involved in these settings along with the responsibilities each may have with regards to
health and safety.
Activity 1
Use the space below to mind map the different types of emergency that you think could
happen in a sport, exercise, health and/or leisure setting.
Emergencies that
could happen in a
sports setting
Share your thoughts with the rest of the group, and add any good ideas that other learners
have thought of.
Once you have completed the list, number the emergencies at random
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Activity 2
Remembering that you are looking at possible emergencies in a range of different settings:
sport, exercise, health and leisure, use the second column in the table below to list the
different places/environments in which an emergency could happen.
No.
Place/environment
Emergency
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
At the end of the activity add in the middle column each identified ‘emergency’ from activity
1, according to the corresponding number.
In this way, you should end up with a place/environment matched at random with a type of
emergency.
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Activity 3
For each matched pair in the table from activity 3, consider the following questions:

What is the biggest concern regarding the situation?
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What are the top three priorities/actions that need to be carried out in order to help
the situation?
You can record the answers to these questions against each type of emergency/place in the
right hand column of the table above.
Activity 4
Often the terms ‘role’ and ‘responsibility’ are used together and it might not be clear that they
are two distinct things.
Define the terms ‘role’ and ‘responsibility’
The term ‘role’ means
………………………………………………………………………..………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………..………………………………….
The term ‘responsibility’ means
………………………………………………………………………..………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………..………………………………….
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Activity 5
In the space below, mind map the different roles that may be involved in sport, exercise, and
health and leisure settings.
Roles that may be
involved in a sports
setting
Activity 6
For your selected/allocated job role you must research what are the main responsibilities
attached to that role with regards to health and safety or dealing with emergencies. You can
use the tables below to capture appropriate information.
Learner name/s
Job role
What are the main (general) responsibilities
How did you find this information?
of this job role?
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What responsibilities does this role have with regards to health and safety and/or dealing
with emergencies?
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Activity 7
In the table below list the identified job roles in the left hand column. Then, as the other
learners are presenting their findings to you, note down each role’s main responsibilities with
regards to health and safety and/or dealing with emergency situations in the right hand
column.
Job role
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Main responsibilities with regards to H&S/dealing with
emergencies
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