Health, Fitness and Recreation Courses at Southern Cross International Learning Institute

Advanced Aerobics

Lessons in this course cover elements necessary for a career in aerobic instruction such as class design, leadership, and organising classes.

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Advanced Certificate In Applied Management (Health And Fitness)

This course creates skills needed to work in or manage facilities and services concerned with health or fitness (eg. exercise programs, fitness centres, clubs, gymnasiums, sports complexes, sports administration, swimming pools, etc). It is suited to school leavers (with year 11) or mature age students with some work experience (not necessarily in the field of health and fitness). This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C

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Advanced Certificate In Applied Management Recreation)

This Advanced Certificate is designed to develop skills required to work in or manage recreation facilities or services (eg. Community centres, youth services, sporting clubs, tourist parks, camp grounds, municipal recreation services, supervised childrens playgrounds, social clubs, etc). This is a good starting point for a career which might eventually lead to a position in management. This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C

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Advanced Diploma In Recreation Studies - Fitness

This course provides a management oriented training for people wanting to work in the health and fitness or recreation industries in a technical or management capacity. Graduates will have a broad understanding of human health together with specialised skills that will be developed through your choice of elective units. This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C

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Aquafitness

This course is perfect for anyone interested in water fitness and safety as well as teaching some of the essential elements such as aquafitness equipment and facilities, hydrostatic and hydrodynamic principles, and program design and facilitating.

Low impact excercise (less strsss on joints and muscles)
Ideal for rehabilitation
Popular with all types of people (elite sportsmen, elderly, people recuperating from an operation, etc).

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Aromatherapy

A great course for anyone wishing to learn more about the safe use of aromatherapy essential oils for healing and relaxation. This course provides an introduction to the safe use of Aromatherapy oils.

Essential oils are the backbone of Aromatherapy. Their effectiveness is dependant on their safe and proper use, as well as on the quality of the oil used. Oils work in a much more subtle way than many commercially prepared products and in many situations are more suitable for preventative treatment rather than cure.

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Associate Diploma In Event Management

Make a career out of what comes to you naturally! If you love organizing events and making people to have fun, this is a career for you!

This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C

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Associate Diploma In Food And Nutrition

This associate diploma expands on the subject of nutrition and health, will give a competitive edge for people wanting to work in the field of Nutrition.

It covers essential elements of different areas of nutrition, the human body and health, as well as research projects.

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Certificate In Nutritional Counselling

This course provides a strong grounding in human nutrition and the basic skills needed to advise or counsel people in this area. It is ideal for those with existing qualifications in health. The course is also suitable for students who want to provide general nutritional advice to improve fitness and wellbeing through diet, or to improve their own diet. Students will NOT be qualified to advise others on nutrition related to medical or health problems, based on this course alone.

This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C

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Certificate In Recreation

This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C
This certificate provides a solid grounding in skills needed to work in leadership or management in recreation or related fields (e.g. In recreation centres, fitness centres, camps, youth work, parks management, cultural and church organizations, handicapped groups

, etc).

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Child Development Certificate

This certificate is focused for people wanting to or already are working with children as well as anyone wanting to develop skills for a career in childcare. This certificate is comprised of the following courses - Play Leadership, Introduction to Psychology, Child Psychology, Children's Writing, Children's Nutrition, Park and Playground Design I. This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C

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Children's Nutrition

A comprehensive course covering from pre-pregnancy stage to adolescent nutrition in great detail. Ideal course for people working with or wanting to work with children, People in the healthcare industry or for mothers wanting to enhance their knowledge for their child’s nutrition. Course was developed by qualified and experienced nutritionists following a great demand. Unique in its kind available by distance education.
What will I be able to work as once I finish the course?
Once you finish the course you may be able to work as a:
Nutritional Counsellor specialising in Children’s Nutrition
Work as a Nutrition Adviser in a Health club
People who are working in the Maternity industry
People working with Adolescents

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Elite Fitness Leaders Certificate

This course develops your ability to prepare and deliver basic fitness programs, based on a solid understanding of the body's energy and movements. The core theory will develop a high standard of essential knowledge and competency while the specialty modules contextualise and expand on key skills in chosen areas.

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This course can be studied through E-Learning

Event Management

Enjoy organizing events, and meeting people? What about a career in event management?
Learn to successfully plan, organise, manage and review all kind of events, such as gallery openings, exhibitions, and events in sports, recreation, tourism and hospitality. Ideal for professional or career development in event management.

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Fitness Leaders Certificate

This course focuses on teaching the theory and practical skills for working in the fitness field. It was developed by fitness leaders with experience in different countries, is more globally relevant, and in some areas goes beyond what nationally oriented fitness certificates sometimes do.

This course provides a sound background in both foundation science and routine operations for working as Fitness Leaders in gymnasiums, health clubs, etc.

Provides credit toward higher courses with SCILI.

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Fitness Risk Management

This course explores human wellness as well as fitness with emphasis on common back and wieght problems. Covers elements such as understanding, recognising, and addressing back problems as well as weight control methods.

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Health & Fitness I

Develops an understanding of the fitness industry, skills to explain exercise, and its importance to human health. Prerequisites: A first aid certificate (eg. St Johns) and an understanding of human biology (eg. Human Anatomy and Physiology); or equivalent.

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Health & Fitness II

This course develops skills to manage fitness oriented services as well as covering fitness program managment such as fitness testing, exercise programming, and prescription. Prerequisites are either Health and Fitness I or a recognized fitness leaders certificate.

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Health & Fitness III

This course in fitness evaluation and management develops skills in analysis, evaluation, and consequential management of health and fitness characteristics for a specific individual. Builds on Health and Fitness I and II.

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Health & Wellbeing

This comprehensive foundation course develops an understanding of the nature and scope of human health and wellbeing, and of the health and fitness industry looking at subjects such as nutrition, lifestyle, preventative health, and alternative medicine.

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Healthy Buildings I (Building Construction & Health)

Develops skills to determine the impact of building construction characteristics upon human health, and to recommend innovations in building design to improve habitability. It covers building materials, construction techniques, electrical wiring, temperature and light control, ventilation, plumbing, ergonomics, and psychological factors.

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Healthy Buildings II (Building Environment & Health)

Develops skills to evaluate, describe and explain how physical characteristics of a building and its surrounds have an impact upon human health. This course builds on Healthy Buildings I, but can also stand alone as it covers such topics as impact and the macro-environment.

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Human Nutrition I

This course provides an understanding of the sources, actions, and interactions of nutrients from the food that we consume. Looking at the balance of the nutrients in foods and what makes up a balanced diet. Excellent for anyone interested in nutrition and health for themselves or to help or counsel others.
More than just a collection of information; this is a carefully developed program developed and tutored by university trained and experienced nutritional scientists; providing a sequence of learning experiences, including interaction one on one with our highly qualifed tutors.

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Human Nutrition II

HEALTHY EATING MAKES A HEALTHY MIND & BODY

This course teaches you how to develop a well balanced diet. Topics covered include how cooking and food processing affect nutrition, recommended nutrient intakes, assessing nutritional needs, planning a balanced diet, timing of meals, needs for special people/groups.

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Human Nutrition III

FOOD INTOLERANCES AND DETOXIFICATION

This course explains the principles of food intolerances, detoxification, food combining and dietary programs. It gives information on the management of foods to optimize health as well as covering different ways of eating, food toxicity, and detoxification. This course completes the knowledge build up in Nutrition I and II, and also can stand alone as a nutrition programs course.

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Leisure Facility Management I

This comprehensive introductory course focuses on the management and development of recreational facilities (eg. Leisure centres, Swim Centres, Sporting complexes, Gymnasiums, Health clubs etc.) Over 13 lessons, it deals with both day to day management as well as more broad based planning, development and redevelopment.

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Leisure Facility Management II

Half of this course focuses on facility design and the other half on managing maintenance of a facility. Students are assumed to have some broad experience or knowledge in Leisure Facility Management (Managing daily use is covered in far more detail in the first course, but not in this one).

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Leisure Management 1

Develop Marketing Skills for the Leisure Industry
During this course you will learn to develop strategies to market recreation facilities or services. The course shows you how to do things such as: Develop marketing and promotions to maintain or increase business; Manage the delivery of a service to ensure customer satisfaction; Monitor a membership database to ensure return business and Manage complaints.

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Leisure Management II

(HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR THE LEISURE INDUSTRY). Develops management strategies for human resources in a recreation or fitness service, or facility. People are a key resource for any business. This course develops an understanding of important human resource issues such as work schedules, developing a team approach, team performance, staff recruitment, evaluating staff performance, and communication between staff. Builds on Leisure Management I, but can stand alone.

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Leisure Management III

(ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE LEISURE INDUSTRY) Develop management strategies for clerical and financial operations in a recreation or fitness environment. Keeping accurate and efficient financial records is paramount for successful business. During this course you will learn to develop strategies for manageing clerical and financial aspects for a recreation facility or service. The course covers financial records, budgets, legal reporting, liasing, managing documents, forming a resource library, and using informaiton technology.

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Leisure Management IV

This module will enable the learner to develop management policy, procedural, and planning aspects of a recreation oriented service or facility. This course covers policy development and management, meeting operational procedures, planning process managment, meeting and conference management as well as supervising reports.

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Medical Terminology

Develops skills to communicate clearly and effectively using medical terminology.

This course is relevant to anyone working or wishing to work in fields of health, alternative medicine or para medical areas; such as reception for a doctor or natural therapist.

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Personal Energy Management

This curriculum develops a heightened awareness of your potential energy as well as limitations to that energy - in order that you may better manage this important but finite resource. This course gives you keys to effective energy management.

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Personal Fitness

This highly practical course helps you to understand what fitness really is, and enables you to develop a balanced fitness program for yourself or for people around you covering topics such as the human body, principals of exercise programming, and weight control.

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Play Leadership

A valuable course for anyone working, or wishing to work with children as well as anyone wanting to expand their understanding and knowledge of child development through play and safety in play. Our staff have experience training play leaders since the late 1970s.

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Proficiency Award In Nutrition

This Proficiency Award in Nutrition is a specialist qualification aimed at people who already have significant training in their field, yet who wish to undertake specialist studies made up of:

a) Human Nutrition I,II and III
b) A workplace project (200 hours).

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Recreation Leadership

An excellent starting point for anyone wishing to work in the field of recreation -conducting recreation programs or one to one as a recreation or youth leader. This module will develop knowledge and understanding of leadership qualities of the fitness workers in the industry.

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Resistance & Gym Supervision

This course is a basic for anyone wanting to into fitness instruction. Some of the elements covered include types of resistance training, equipment and applications as well as developing training methods. Students must have access to a gym for the practical component.

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Sports Nutrition

Learn how nutrition relates to sporting performance.
This course details some elements such as energy in the athlete's body, fluids, competition and training diets. Perfect for the amateur (or professional) sportsman, trainer, coach, or anyone wanting to better manage diet for improved or more appropriate sporting performance.

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Sports Psychology

This course/module will develop your skills and understanding of psychological principles for use in sports. The curriculum covers motivation, team dynamics as well as psychological traits of successful athletes.

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Stress Management

Anxiety, tension, and mental and emotional strain are all common problems in modern society. This course introduces you to some practical approaches to understanding how it affects the body, dealing with the symptoms, and giving you tools to combat stress.

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	Course can be studied by Correspondence
	Course can be studied on CD with E-Learning

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