Course Level: Skill Set
Course Code: CHCSS00080

Become part of the fast-growing Leisure and Health industry by completing the Nationally Recognised CHCSS00080 Induction to Leisure and Health Skill Set.

In this Induction to Leisure and Health course, you will learn skills to support people in meeting their leisure and recreational needs.

The skills and knowledge gained from this course will provide you with the basic and essential knowledge you will need to improve the quality of life opportunities for individuals who experience barriers to participation in recreation and leisure.

Workers may be in residential facilities and community agencies, and day centers, completing specific tasks and functions around leisure and recreation. While workers are responsible for their output, work is usually carried out under direct or indirect supervision and within an organisation’s guidelines.

In this Skill Set, you’ll learn to

  • Provide appropriate leisure and health services
  • Operate within the policies and procedures of the leisure and health sector
  • Identify activities to match the client’s or group’s leisure and health needs.
  • Assist with the preparation of activity plan
  • Identify and obtain required resources
  • Promote activity or program
  • Deliver activity or program
  • Evaluate activity
  • Document the activity or program
  • Gather and record detailed information about clients
  • Participate in the design of individual program plans
  • Implement individual program plans
  • Monitor and evaluate individual program plans

Leisure and Health Career Opportunities

Community Services is one of the fastest growing sectors for jobs in Australia. It’s estimated that 50,000+ new jobs will be created within the industry by 2023 (reference joboutlook.gov.au).

Leisure and Health is a growing sub-sector of Community Services with increasing levels of people requiring assistance to undertake even the most basic of tasks such as shopping or maintaining levels of activity.

Job Roles include:

  • Leisure and lifestyle coordinator
  • Activities officer
  • Leisure officer
  • Community leisure officer
  • Recreational activities officer

Structure

Duration

The CHCSS00080 Induction to Leisure and Health Skill Set runs for 3 months, but you can complete it faster than this if you wish.

Delivery & Support

The course is delivered entirely online via e-learning, recorded videos, links, and downloadable tools and activities. In addition, you can attend optional periodic online group chat sessions hosted by Australian Industry experienced trainers and assessors.

Learners are required to have a supervisor in their community services/health field sign their third-party assessments to confirm tasks are performed in the workplace.

Subjects

There are three subjects in the CHCSS00080 Induction to Leisure and Health Skill Set.

CHCLAH001 – Work effectively in the leisure and health industries
CHCLAH002 – Contribute to leisure and health programming
CHCLAH003 – Participate in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of individual leisure and health programs

Assessment

There are no exams in the CHCSS00080 Induction to Leisure and Health Skill Set.

You test your learning by completing quiz questions and open book self-paced assessment activities throughout each subject. All subjects include a free re-submission if you are not successful on your first attempt.

You will also complete a range of ‘on the job’ workplace-based assessments and are required to complete 120 hours of placement.

If you already have the skills and knowledge required to attain any (or all) of these subjects, you might like to enrol as ‘Assessment Only’. This Recognition of Prior Learning means you don’t have to study those subjects again, instead just doing the assessments for a reduced course price. For more details, please speak with the Course Consultants.

Or you can enrol in individual units and PAY AS YOU GO

At Australis College, you can access single units and pay as you go. This is the most flexible way to get qualified or stay current. Speak to a Course Consultant today.