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Welcome to Personal Trainer’s Toolkit: Workplace Health and Safety in a Fitness Setting! On successful completion of this course you will be able to: Identify strategies to implement workplace health …
Slips, trips and falls are the largest cause of accidents in all workplaces, including those offering fitness services. Generally, simple measures can be taken to reduce the risk of injury. …
There are a number of risks to watch out for in a fitness workplace setting. This article looks at the main concerns, and how to implement the right health and …
Fitness trainers are responsible for ensuring good workplace health and safety practice. This is achieved through: Complying with all legislation and all company policies, procedures and instructions Taking all action …
Fire safety in the workplace is important business. Legislation, regulations and standards require employers to provide proper exits, fire fighting equipment, emergency plans and employee training to prevent fire deaths …
All businesses, including those in the fitness industry need to have emergency procedures in place and the first step in doing this is to plan and be prepared for any …
Many fitness businesses now operate as a 24/7 service for their members, with a significant portion of that time unstaffed. This means there is often no supervision by a qualified …
Both staff and customer confidence and comfort are essential in a fitness setting, with their health and wellbeing of paramount importance. A COVID-19 safety plan should be in place to …
Exercise Guidelines Exercise Guidelines represent industry standards. These guidelines have been developed to enhance the capacity of exercise professionals and fitness businesses to deliver safe, high quality, client-centered exercise services. …
That brings us to the end of week one! This week was about policies and procedures of workplace health and safety in a fitness setting. Looking at Identifying hazards, roles …
Personal trainers, fitness instructors and fitness business owners are all too aware of the risks involved in prescribing exercise and the need for a consistent standard of professional practice in …
All workplaces have hazards that could pose safety issues or include workplace procedures resulting in situations that also may lead to safety issues. Fitness setting hazards A fitness facility is …
An effective workplace health & safety programme should address the general requirements specified by workplace health & safety legislation as well as the specific risks associated with your business. For …