Certificate IV in Kinesiology (HLT 42807)

The Certificate IV in Kinesiology is an excellent course to start you on your kinesiology journey. This is a one-year professional course that is accredited by the Nationally Recognised Australian Training Authority.

Certificate IV includes the 10 Basic Kinesiology Units (BKP101 – BKP110) plus home study units of

Anatomy and Physiology

Business Administration

Clinical Health and Safety

Senior First Aid

The Basic Kinesiology Programme™ (BKP) is the Kinesiology material used by Kinesiology Schools Australia. BKP provides students with all the powerful Kinesiology techniques and protocols needed to qualify and set up practice as a certified Kinesiology practitioner.

Completing this course is the first step towards an exciting career in Kinesiology. When you have achieved competency for Cert IV, you are able to begin working as a Kinesiologist and will be eligible to buy professional indemnity insurance when working.

Certificate IV in kinesiology is recognized by the Australian Kinesiology Association (AKA) and the Australian Institute of Kinesiology (AIK) and allows you to register as a Level 1 Kinesiologist.

Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites to become a student with Kinesiology College Hervey Bay. As a student of kinesiology you need a willingness and an openness for learning. The course content is not difficult and no special skills are needed.

Some students have found the pace of learning is quite fast and demanding so you need to be prepared to work through your own personal learning issues.

Each Kinesiology unit consists of 16 class tutorial hours (theory and practical) – two full days of training. You will receive manuals with the class notes and a Student Journal for recording your practice. The Student Assessment Journal(SAJ), requires the student to practice their newly acquired skills (approximately) 20 to 25 hours. This assists the student to gain valuable experience and confidence whilst obtaining the knowledge required. The journal is also part of the assessment and becomes an enjoyable and integrated part of the program.

You will need to be prepared to work with others as partners and small groups in the class room. What is easy for one person, can sometimes be difficult for another, so you will need to be patient and accepting in these cases. Finally you need to bring your sense of fun!

We normally run the Basic Kinesiology Units from Feb to Oct, usually occurring about 3 weeks apart. Class times are Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 6pm.

Students can begin their home study units at any time and it’s a great idea to start the home studies prior to course commencement.

As we are a small college we are able to offer flexible delivery throughout the year with week day classes available by negotiation. We require a minimum of four students to commence each intake.

Certificate IV in Kinesiology Unit Descriptions
Through Kinesiology Schools Australia first year students learn the necessary skills that all Kinesiologists need: how to take care of their own energy, how to muscle test, the energy pathways and body systems, how to evaluate and balance energy and record results, how to recognise instinctual behaviours, Anatomy & Physiology, safety in the clinic and the basic business skills needed to run a clinic.

Graduates qualify at the standard to work as a Kinesiology practitioner.

The 14 units, outlined below, cover all required competencies of the HLT07 Health Training Package 'Certificate IV in Kinesiology' course number HLT42807.

BKP101 Energisers and Self Testing
The first unit is all about teaching students how to take care of and balance themselves. After all the practitioner must stay healthy in body and mind to be able to help others. These techniques can also be used to teach clients some basic skills they can use at home to help themselves between consultations. Basic anatomical parts of the body and terminology are also learnt.

BKP102 Manual Muscle Testing
This unit introduces muscle testing, which is the basis of Kinesiology. Students learn to balance other people, using brain/muscle feedback to identify dysfunctions and stress.

BKP103 The 5 Elements
The introduction of Chinese philosophies to balance the energy using colour, sound and the emotions. This unit teaches techniques to correct and confirm the changes of a 5 Element balance and using food to strengthen muscles and meridians.

BKP104 Kinesiology and Superficial Connections
Using the direction of energy flow the students learn how to balance the meridians and their related muscles and organs. Students also learn basic Anatomy and Physiology.

BKP105 5 Elements in-depth
Learn the 5 Element principles in depth and working with the full chart of emotions takes students to a whole new level of knowledge. An extra 14 muscles allows students a greater variety of ways to balance the client. Students also learn how to find one single correction to return the person to balance.

BKP106 Professional Skills – Balancing Protocol with PKP Database
In this unit students learn how to put it all together using the specialised protocols that set PKP Kinesiology ahead of the rest. Students learn how to use finger modes and go back to balance stressful times in the past that affect us today.

BKP107 Pain Reduction
This unit teaches students to evaluate and reduce pain using a number of simple but powerful techniques. This unit is a favourite with most students.

BKP108 Balancing with Food
Focusing on nutrition this unit teaches an understanding of why the body requires a variety of nutrients and how the body uses these nutrients. We also look at a number of ‘diets’ and how to test the person to see if they may react to foods.

BKP109 Advanced Muscle Techniques – Reactivity and Posture
This unit students start to learn the first of the advanced techniques where messages from the brain are confused causing reoccurring problems.

BKP110 Client Health Records and Professional Relationships
This unit sets out the requirements and responsibilities all practitioners need to be aware of and fulfil. Here students ‘put it all together’into a complete package to now become a PRACTITIONER.

A&P201 Anatomy and Physiology (home study unit)
The purpose of this home study unit is to provide a solid basis of all systems of the body. Students will have a good understanding of Anatomy & Physiology but will find this unit straight forward and to the point, nothing more and nothing less and written in an easy to follow and work though manner.

CS101 Clinical Safety (home study unit)
This home study unit covers the requirements necessary to provide a safe work place and work procedures for the practitioner, clients and general public. This unit covers occupational health and safety issues plus infection control.

BA101 Business Administration (home study unit)
The area many Kinesiologists and people entering small business lack is the knowledge to running a business. This home study unit teaches students the basic requirements and paperwork needed to prepare and run their Kinesiology practice.

OCT202 Senior First Aid (11475T)
This unit is available through St John Ambulance, Red Cross or other accredited providers and will be automatically recognised by Kinesiology Schools Australia.

Completing the Certificate IV in Kinesiology
Students undertake a final assessment at the college and a web-based 50 question multiple-choice assessment. Results will be received immediately.

A nationally recognised Certificate IV in Kinesiology will be awarded to students who successfully complete BKP101-110, Anatomy & Physiology and First Aid, Clinical Safety and Business Administration.

All the details of both Cert IV and Diploma are in the Prospectus. You can download this as a PDF document from the Prospectus page or contact us and we can send you one via snail mail.