Our policies and guidelines are designed to give direction and support to exercise and active health professionals and business owners. We want nationally recognised health and fitness industry standards and best practice to be met across our sector.
These policies and guidelines also express AUSactive’s position and policy directions for the exercise and active health industry.
AUSactive Professionals have a duty of care to prevent harm, which could reasonably be expected to occur in the course of providing advice or instruction to clients. The professional standards and guidelines we’ve developed help you exercise your duty of care and mitigate risk.
If an AUSactive Professional is alleged to have breached their of duty of care, we’ll examine their compliance with our standards and guidelines.
Review the Pre-Exercise Screening Tool and User Guide for adults to help determine and manage specific individual health risks for exercise.
Read MoreAqua Exercise Instructors will use these best practice standards to safeguard people using aquatic based exercise services.
Read MoreEnsuring continuing education and current First Aid & CPR certifications.
Read MoreThe Code is a mandatory list of professional expectations.
Read MoreAUSactive Complaint, Appeals and Disciplinary Procedure.
Read MoreGuidance for boxing, kickboxing & MMA.
Read MoreRecommendations for cardiovascular exercise prescription.
Read MoreRecommendations for best practice service delivery.
Read MoreCEC approval guidelines for education & professional development.
Read MoreThe goal of this guidance is to strengthen the culture within the health and fitness industry which embraces diversity and effectively includes anyone who wants to take part.
Read MoreThe goal of this guidance is to strengthen the culture within the health and fitness industry which embraces diversity and effectively includes anyone who wants to take part.
Read MoreRead important information regarding liability and duty of care regarding client referrals.
Read MoreRead about the National Fitness Industry Code of Practice and why you should apply it to your health and fitness business in Australia.
Read MoreREPs need to ensure that when they are giving nutrition advice to clients they are doing so within their professional Scope of Practice.
Read MoreBest practice standards & risk management for the outdoor setting.
Read MoreReview the Pre-Exercise Screening Tool for young people to help determine and manage specific individual health risks for exercise.
Read MoreRead about our recommendations for unsupervised health and fitness facilities for the purposes of risk management and mitigation.
Read MoreA foundation for the approval of kettlebell CEC programs.
Read MoreDefining the roles, responsibilities and professional boundaries for AUSactive Professionals.
Read MoreRead about how as a professional, you can effectively and sensitively engage with clients suffering from eating disorders.
Read MoreGuidelines for delivering virtual exercise services.
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