About the Course – Leisure and Health 

Leisure and Health course  will earn you skills to design, implement and evaluate leisure and health activities for clients within the community. It aims to provide quality-of-life opportunities for individuals who experience difficulties in  participating in recreation and leisure activities. Your clients could be people with disabilities, older people, youth, children, corporate organizations, and people from diverse backgrounds. You will gain the ability to challenge and enhance the psychological, social, emotional, and physical well-being of those in your community and the confidence to seek out opportunities that utilize your skills.

This program will teach you to:

• Plan and implement leisure activity programs
• Identify individual needs and adapt activities according to their abilities
• Evaluate and assess a client’s abilities, interests and ability to participate in an activity
• Access community resources to provide exciting activities to clients
• Organize leisure and recreation events
• Provide leisure education
• Encourage and support clients in some different ways
• Train and supervise volunteers and other staff

Career Opportunity

After graduating in this program, you will be qualified and provided with opportunities to work as one of the following:

• Diversional Therapist
• Activities Coordinator
• Community and Leisure Coordinator
• Lifestyle Coordinator
• Leisure Services Coordinator/Manager

Employment Opportunity

The medium level wage is $40 – $59.99 per hour.

Course Available by Providers

The courses are generally provided at Certificate level, Diploma.

COURSES UNDER HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION