Muscle Care and Ergonomics (3cr)

Objective

Students will be proficient in muscle strengthening and stretching exercises, being able to instruct customers in muscle care, and to change basic exercises to reflect the stress and strain of work when instructing different exercise groups. Students will know how to conduct activity-based mobility tests. They will understand work stress and strain being able to apply their knowledge of the most typical problems associated with sedentary, lifting and repetitive work when instructing groups in their work place. They recognise the ergonomic and occupational safety issues associated with working and can take them into account in working life.

Content

Stretching and strengthening exercises
Occupational safety and ergonomic issues associated with work
Factors that affect work stress and strain
Development of occupational ergonomics

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5: The students are able to use muscle care and fitness training work methods in a variety of ways and with expertise and can justify and analyse their choices. They can use muscle stretches and strengthening exercises in a variety of ways adjusting content to work stress and strain and can analyse and justify their choices. The students are able to identify the most common problems associated with sedentary, repetitive work and work involving lifting and can extensively apply their ergonomic knowledge in a variety of ways. The students are able to take occupational health and safety perspectives into account in working life. They are able to work in groups, promoting and developing the work of the team and applying ethical principles.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good 3-4: The students are able to use muscle care and fitness training work methods systematically and can justify their choice of method. They can use muscle stretches and strengthening exercises in a variety of ways adjusting content to work stress and strain. The students are able to identify and apply elements of activity based exercises. The students identify the most common problems associated with sedentary, repetitive work and work involving lifting and can apply their ergonomic knowledge in practice. The students are able to take occupational health and safety perspectives into account in working life. They are able to work in groups to achieve a common goal and can justify their work according to ethical principles.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory 1-2: The students can identify muscle care and fitness training methods. They are able to use muscle stretches and strengthening exercises when instructing a group of customers but their work is unoriginal. The students are able to recognise the main elements of activity based exercises. They identify the most common problems associated with sedentary, repetitive work and work involving lifting and ergonomic and occupational health and safety perspectives. The students are able to work in a group and take responsibility for their own actions.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail/1-5

Further information

1-2 credits of RDI studies are accomplished in this course.