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A1 - Preparing sport and exercise field and laboratory-based testing.Learning Aim A: Examine the preparation required prior to sport and exercise field and
laboratory-based testing.
Prior to completing a Multistage Fitness Test, a health and safety evaluation as well as ethical
discussions must be performed. Participants are required to complete an indoor and outdoor test,
assessing their VO2 max, discussed below:
Health and Safety
There are many stages to consider when discussing health and safety in fitness testing processes.
Firstly, risk assessments of the test, equipment and environment must be done. These include listing
anything that could be considered a hazard (cause harm to the participant or others). The risk is then
scaled as to whether it is high or low probability of causing harm / damage. Subsequently, you are
then required to put in safety measures to control the hazards as best possible. Pre-exercise testing
carries the risk of injury and the possible exacerbation of existing conditions brought on by
performance, allowing the client to be informed of these risks prior to participation. Below is an
example of risk assessments for the “VO2 Max Test” as a laboratory test in (Table 1) as well as
“Multi-stage Fitness Test” for a field example. A.P1
Table 1 - VO2 Max Test
Venue & Facility: Fitness Laboratory Activity: VO2 Max Test (Running)
Hazard Effect of Hazard Likelihood of Who Might be Harmed Is the Risk Review
Occurrence Adequately
List groups of people who Controlled
The potential See key below See key below are especially at risk from List existing control Review likelihood
to cause hazards which have been measures in place or of risk occurring
harm identified note where the taking into
information may be account further
found action.
Facility
1 1 - Subjects Let the participants Extremely
- Others in the room know of any unlikely as there
equipment in the shouldn’t be
room. anything in the
testing area.
Equipment
1 1 - Subjects Let the participants Extremely
- Others in the room know of any unlikely as there
equipment in the shouldn’t be
room. anything in the
testing area.
Activity
2 2 - Subjects Subjects could injure Somewhat likely
themselves while as the participant
running if they were to could trip over
trip, etc. themselves on the
treadmill.
RISK ASSESSMENT SCALE A.M1
Effect of hazard scale 3 Major e.g. Death or major injury
2 Serious e.g. Injuries where people may be off work for more than
three days
, 1 Slight e.g. All other injuries including those where people are off
work for period of up to three days
Likelihood of occurrence 3 High e.g. Where it is certain or near certain that harm will occur
2 Medium e.g. Where harm will occur frequently
1 Low e.g. Where harm will seldom occur
Table 2 - Multistage Fitness Test, Outdoors
Venue & Facility: 3G All-Weather Surface Activity: Multistage Fitness Test
Hazard Effect of Hazard Likelihood of Who Might be Is the Risk Review
Occurrence Harmed Adequately
Controlled
The potential to See key above See key above List groups of people List existing control Review likelihood
cause harm who are especially at measures in place or of risk occurring
risk from hazards note where the taking into account
which have been information may be further action.
identified found
Facility
3 2 - Subjects Ensure that the Unlikely as the 3G
- Others in the area participant isn’t surface is for all
testing in poor weather conditions,
weather conditions. though they could
still injure
themselves.
Equipment
1 1 - Subjects Let the participants Extremely unlikely
- Others in the area know of any as there shouldn’t
equipment in the be anything in the
area. testing area.
Activity
2 2 - Subjects Subjects could Somewhat likely as
injure themselves the participant
while running if could trip over
they were to trip, themselves.
etc.
A.M1
Equipment must be checked and prepared prior to the test, forms used for recording the results must
be pre-prepared to ensure they have the correct content and are ready in time for the test. The
equipment to be used must be at hand and functional. If there is a problem with the equipment, it may
need to be calibrated or replaced to obtain accurate results and ensure the participant’s safety. Once
the equipment is assessed and considered safe and operative, it must be adjusted to suit the subject
(e.g. adjusting the height of the seat on a bike). This is to guarantee that the subject is comfortable
while participating, as well as the accuracy of their results. As well as the equipment being used
during the test, there must be suitable first-aid equipment and emergency procedures put in place prior
to the testing. These must be discussed with the participant(s) and those recording results, etc
(Pre-Test Procedures, Dec 2018).A.P1 A.M1
Before the participant can engage with any of the processes to follow, they must sign an informed
consent form. There are four components of informed consent: decision capacity, documentation of
consent, disclosure, and competency (Informed Consent and Important, Nov 2020). Decision capacity
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