The Level 1 Sports Trainers course is designed to provide participants with the basic knowledge and skills to function as a Sports Trainer. These skills include the recognition and management of specific sporting injuries, sports taping and safely removing athletes from play.

The course covers the following topics:

• Basic Anatomy & Physiology (A&P) 

• Sports trainer scope of practice

• Roles and responsibilities,

• Ethical responsibilities

• Administration & documentation,

• Communication

• Injury Prevention

• Warm-up, Cool down and stretching

• Provide basic drugs in sport information

• Provide basic nutrition information

• Common sporting illnesses & injuries (hard and soft tissue, overuse injuries)

• First Aid management of the injured athlete

• Assessing the injured athlete

• Trauma- (Soft tissue, fractures, dislocations etc)

• Environmental illness 

• Common medical conditions affecting athletes 

• CPR & AED

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Certification

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Upon successful completion of the Level 1 Sports Trainer Course participants will receive:

• A statement of attainment issued by Allen's Training (RTO 90909) for the following units of competency:​

  • SISSS00118: Sports Trainer Level 1

  • HLTAID011: Provide First Aid

  • SISSSCO015: Prepare participants for sport competition

  • SISSSPT001: Implement sport injury prevention and management strategies 

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• Professional Sports Trainers Australia  Level 1 Sports Trainer Certificate of Currency​​ (Valid for 12 months)

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In order to meet the Professional Sports Trainers Australia requirements and achieve a certificate of currency issued by Professional Sports Trainers Australia (valid for 12 months) students will be required to meet the following industry standards:

The additional requirements for Level 1 Sports Trainer Certificate:

Sports Taping: Ankle, Thumb, Finger, Shoulder, KneeInjury Prevention- Stretching, Warm Up, Cool Down

Basics of Nutrition & Hydration

Concussion Recognition &Management

Basic Spinal Injury Management
 

Duration: 1 day face to face (Pre-Course online theory completed prior to attendance)

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Cost- $325- Full Course (Includes HLTAID011  & HLTAID009)

            $250- Participant has current HLTAID011  & HLTAID009

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Successful participants will also receive free 12 month membership to Professional Sports Trainers Australia.

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