Address: 22 Concorde Cres, Werribee VIC 3030

Phone: 0431 791 680

Link to Business: https://melbourneathletic.com/

Business Hours:

Monday - 7:30am-7pm

Tuesday - 7:30am-7pm

Wednesday - 7:30am-7pm

Thursday - 7:30am-7pm

Friday - 7:30am-7pm 

Saturday - 7:30am-11am

Sunday - Closed

Business Summary

Melbourne Athletic fall under the Sport and Recreation industry. The team at Melbourne Athletic are Bachelor & Masters Qualified coaches with over 15 years of experience working with promising & established athletes from different sporting backgrounds. 

Melbourne Athletic is a Strength & Conditioning gym that is focused on high performance training for Athletes. The Strength & Conditioning sessions focus on improving athletes' athletic attributes such as Strength, Speed and Power through individualised programs.

The business specialises in:

• Strength and Conditioning

• Rehabilitation

• Online Programming 

• Youth Strength and Conditioning

• 1 on 1 Coaching Services 

• Athletic Development Small Group Sessions 

Job Opportunities

• Owner 

• Employees (Strength and Conditioning Coaches)

• Receptionist 

• Cleaner

• Physio

Owners

Job Description

The owners have a wide variety of responsibilities. They need to manage and motivate their staff, make sure the bills and staff wages are paid fortnightly, and implement strategies to ensure that the gym obtains new customers and retains current members.

Job Longevity

The current owners have had the business for 7 years; however, has been in the industry for over 15 years. The occupation of being a business owner has fallen in the past couple years due to covid. However, Strength and Conditioning is a stable profession and will continue to be for the future 

Qualifications

• Masters of Exercise Science (Strength & Conditioning)

• Bachelors of Exercise Science (Clinical Practice) 

• ASCA Level 1 in Coaching.

Pay:  As a full-time worker the owners earn an average of $1200 per week.

Entitlements

Public Holidays

A full-time or part-time employee must be paid at the rate of 250% of the minimum hourly rate for all hours worked on a public holiday. An employee required to work on a public holiday must be engaged or be paid for at least 4 hours work.

Breaks

An employee must be allowed a paid 10 minute rest break between;

• their time of commencing work and their meal break; and

• their meal break and their time of ceasing work for the day.

Annual Leave

The employer gets 2 weeks of annual leave per year

Duty

Recruiting - members, clients, employees and sponsors

Training and supervising staff - ensuring that staff are doing the right things and have the knowledge that is required for the job

Payroll - ensure that employees are paid

Undertaking administrative tasks - such as taking phone calls, responding to emails, organising appointments, sorting files, reports and records, dealing with enquiries, complaints and emergencies

Training clients - 1 on 1 sessions with clients and writing up people programs and taking classes for athletes

Skills, Knowledge and Attributes

Leadership - leading the business by making decisions, taking care of the business, making a profit and ensuring the safety of others

Critical Thinking - Ideas that can be used to get the name of your business out there such as advertising or trying to make deals that are such lure people in.

Communication - communicating with employees and customers within the business and making sure that everyone is on the same page

Time Management - being able to manage your time well and book in clients for their 1 on 1 session and making sure that everyone's programs are all written on time and getting to work on time

Employees (Strength and Conditioning Coaches)

Job Description

There are 5 Coaches (Staff) that work under Michael and Justin. All staff are contractors who work between 5-20 hours per week. To be a Strength and Conditioning coach you have to take 1 on 1 sessions with athletes and clients and write them programs and make sure the gym is looking neat and all the equipment is in it’s correct place

Job Longevity

There are 34,300 Strength and Conditioning coaches employed and the average age is 35. The future growth is expected to be 9.8%.

Qualifications 

• Bachelor's Degree in exercise science 

• Level 1 ASCA Coach

Pay - As a part-time worker the employees earn an average of $350 per week.

Entitlements

Public Holidays

A part-time employee must be paid at the rate of 250% of the minimum hourly rate for all hours worked on a public holiday. An employee required to work on a public holiday must be engaged or be paid for at least 4 hours work.

Breaks

An employee must be allowed a paid 10 minute rest break between;

• their time of commencing work and their meal break; and

• their meal break and their time of ceasing work for the day.

Annual Leave

An employee gets 4 weeks of annual leave per year

Duty

Undertaking administrative tasks - such as taking phone calls, responding to emails, organising appointments, sorting files, reports and records

Training clients - 1 on 1 sessions with clients and writing up people programs based on assessment of the client's age, level of fitness, goals and abilities

Organising - organising all the gym equipment and making sure everything is neat and back in its correct spot.

Maintaining customer service standards - making sure customers, clients and colleagues are treated fairly and with respect

Skills, Knowledge and Attributes

Communication - communicating with employees and customers within the business and maintaining a conversation with your customer whilst training them

Working well in a team - being able to work with your team to get tasks done and to make sure everything is running smoothly

Time Management - being able to manage your time well and book in clients for their 1 on 1 session and making sure that everyone's programs are all written on time and getting to work on time

Receptionist 

Job Description

Receptionist greets clients and visitors, and responds to personal, telephone, email and written inquiries and requests.  Meet and greet clients and centre visitors and provide exceptional customer service. Ensuring all incoming phone calls are attended to in a prompt and courteous manner.

Job Longevity

There are 190,300 Receptionists employed and the average age is 41. The future growth is expected to be 2.1%.

Qualifications

There is no formal qualification to be a receptionist, but you need to have certain skills to do it. 

Pay - The pay for a full-time receptionist at Melbourne Athletic earn an average of      $55, 000 per year

Entitlements

Sick leave - sick leave can be used when an employee is ill and injured. An employee may have to take time off to care for immediate family or household members who are sick or injured or help during a family emergency.

Annual leave – Annual leave can be taken as soon as it’s accumulated. It also does not take place each year.

Breaks – A meal break is a longer period of uninterrupted rests that allow the employer to eat its meal.

Overtime pays – overtime pay apply when they have worked more hours than their shift and get paid more.

Duty

- Greets and welcomes visitors, and directs them to the appropriate person

- Arranges and records details of appointments.

- Answers inquiries and provides information on the goods, services and activities of the organisation.

- Answers, connects and transfers telephone calls.

- Receives and resolves complaints from clients and the public.

- Maintains the reception area.

Skills, Knowledge and Attributes

Active listening - listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Reading comprehension - reading work related information.

Critical thinking – thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Serving others - looking for ways to help others.

Coordination with others - being adaptable and coordinating work with other people

Active learning - being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in future.

Cleaner 

Job Description

There is 1 cleaner at Melbourne Athletic, the cleaner comes into the gym every Sunday to clean and disinfect the gym. They have to vacuum, sweep and mop the gym floor, disinfect all the equipment and clean the windows.

Job Longevity

There are 5,000 cleaners employed, 64% are full time and 12% are females.

Qualifications 

There is no formal qualification to be a cleaner, but you need to have certain skills to do it. 

Pay - As a part-time worker the cleaner earns an average of $300 per week.

Entitlements

Public Holidays

A part-time employee must be paid at the rate of 250% of the minimum hourly rate for all hours worked on a public holiday. An employee required to work on a public holiday must be engaged or be paid for at least 4 hours work.

Breaks

An employee must be allowed a paid 10 minute rest break between;

• their time of commencing work and their meal break; and

• their meal break and their time of ceasing work for the day.

Annual Leave

An employee gets 4 weeks of annual leave per year

Duty

Vacuuming - carpets, curtains and upholstered furniture

Sweeping, mopping, waxing and polishing tile and vinyl surfaces

Tidying  - rooms, emptying waste paper bins and removing refuse and recyclable material

Cleaning, disinfecting and deodorising  - kitchens, bathrooms and toilets

Dusting, cleaning and polishing - furniture and other homewares

Cleaning - windows and other glass surfaces

Skills, Knowledge and Attributes

Operation monitoring - watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Critical thinking - thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Time management - managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.

Active listening - listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Active learning - being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.

Physio

Job Description

Physiotherapists assess, treat, and prevent disorders in human movement caused by injury or disease. The Physiotherapist will provide assessment and treatment to the target group in a range of settings, predominantly center-based, and when required outreach locations and the client's home. groups. Conduct hydrotherapy and strength training sessions as required.

Job Longevity

There are 40,200 Physiotherapists currently employed. 61% are full time workers and the future growth is expected to 28.7%.

Qualifications 

Prerequisite subjects, or assumed knowledge, in either English, biological science, chemistry, physics, and health and physical education are normally required for course entry. Alternatively, you could complete a relevant bachelor’s degree followed by a postgraduate qualification in physiotherapy.

Pay - The pay for a full-time Physiotherapists at Melbourne Athletic earn an average of            $1,701 a week

Entitlements

Sick leave - sick leave can be used when an employee is ill and injured. An employee may have to take time off to care for immediate family or household members who are sick or injured or help during a family emergency.

Annual leave – Annual leave can be taken as soon as it’s accumulated. It also does not be taken each year.

Breaks – A meal break is a longer period of uninterrupted rests that allow the employer to eat its meal.

Overtime pays – overtime pay apply when they have worked more hours than there shift and get paid more.

Duty

The duty of the physio at Melbourne Athletic helps all our athletes who need help with patients with chronic disease management, provide lifestyle modification and self-management advice, prescribe aids and appliances, prescribe, and supervise exercises for both patients and carers, and provide health promotion education, occupational health assessments and injury prevention activities.

Skills, Knowledge and Attributes

Reading comprehension - reading work related information

Active listening - listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Speaking - talking to others

Social perceptiveness - understanding why people react the way they do

Writing - writing things for co-workers or customers

Education and training - curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups and the measurements of training effects.

Oral comprehension - listen to others and understand what people say.

OHS Process

The OHS processes followed by this company follow those indicated in the OHS ACT as well as WorkSafe Vic online website. As an employer, if an OHS incident does happen within the workplace, all employers must:

1. Identify if the situation is still dangerous or high-risk, call emergency services immediately on 000

2. Confirm if the incident is notifiable

3. Find out what type of incidents must be notified.

4. Ensure the incident scene is not disturbed until a WorkSafe inspector arrives

5. Notify WorkSafe immediately by calling 13 23 60

6. Report the incident in writing within 48 hours

7. Save a copy of the incident notification form

8. You are required to keep a record of the form for at least five years.

If you fail to meet these responsibilities, penalties may apply. These resources ensure that the company is safe at all times. Given the small team and working closely with their clients, the procedures in place comply with the working environment.

OHS Responsibilities

Owner:

• To provide and maintain a safe working environment for all employees

• Provide suitable facilities for the employees

• Making sure the files are put away safely and correctly

• Provide suitable facilities for welfare at any workplace they manage or control

• Ensure that the conduct of your business does not endanger other people

• Consult employees on matters that may directly affect their health, safety and welfare

• Keep information and records relating to health and safety of your employees

• Give your employees information about workplace health and safety in appropriate language

Employees:

• To take care of their own health and safety

• To make sure their customers are maintaining a good health and safety environment

• To cooperate with what the employers says or enforces such as new covid rules or OHS regulations and requirements

• To not put other employees at risk

• To have the required training for the job

• To have the correct knowledge of what they are doing

• To wear the correct PPE at all times

Reception:

• For covid purposed they should have either a check in sheet which as the name, number and time that they were there, or they can have a QR code

• Taking calls from the public and meeting their demands

• To document and organise all OHS documents and incident reports

• To pass on to the high managers or bosses the new covid guideline given to them or new OHS rules that go through admin

Clients:

• To take care of their own health and safety

• To obey and respect any rules or guidelines the company have in place on their property

• To not put any visitor or worker at risk

OHS Communication 

• Regular meetings with all the employees to go over the OHS act to make sure everyones maintaining a safe environment 

• Signs round the building to remind people about the OHS Responsibilities 

• They bring in WorkSafe every 6 months to check all the equipment and make sure their workplace is safe and good to keep running

• Information and signs on each of the equipment so all clients know how to use each piece of equipment correctly and safely

• Each client before they start their first session have to sign a waiver before starting so they are their own responsibility