Glossary

Acronyms

• MA: Mechanical Advantage

• MA CD: Mechanical Advantage with a Change of Direction

• NPWS: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service

• OHS: Occupational Health and Safety (now known in Australia as WHS)

• PCBU: Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking. A legal term under WHS laws in Australia for individuals, businesses or organisations that are conducting business.

• RTO: Registered Training Organisation

• VET: Vocational Education and Training

• WHS: Workplace Health and Safety

Other Stuff

• Active recreation: (see also: Outdoor Recreation) “Active recreation activities are those engaged in for the purpose of relaxation, health and wellbeing or enjoyment with the primary activity requiring physical exertion, and the primary focus on human activity.” (Taken from the National “Sport and Active Recreation Policy Framework” Agreed by all Australian governments 10 June 2011. Australian Sports Commission)

• Outdoor recreation: (Sometimes known as active recreation) Outdoor recreation is leisure pursuits engaged in the outdoors, often in natural or semi-natural settings out of town. Outdoor recreation activities include (but are not limited to) non-competitive:

  • Ballooning, Boating/sailing, Bungy jumping, Bushwalking, Camping, Canoeing, Canyoning, Caving, Climbing, Conservation activities, Cycling, Fishing, Fossicking/collecting, Four-wheel-driving, Geocaching, Hang-gliding/paragliding, Horse riding, Hunting (recreational), Jet skiing, Kayaking (river and sea), Kite flying, Motor/trail bike riding, Mountain bike riding, Nature studies, Orienteering, Parachuting, Picnicking, Rafting, Rock climbing, Rogaining, Ropes courses, Sailboarding, Scuba diving, Shooting (recreational), Skateboarding/ rollerblading, Skiing (snow): Cross country/Nordic, Skiing (snow): Downhill, Snorkelling, Surfing, Trail Running, Touring, Waterskiing

  • N.B. Activities that involve organised competition based on formal rules are, by definition, sports. Of course, competitive versions of some of the above activities exist. Also, not all of these activities are considered active recreation. Eg. 4WDing, jet skiing, and motor/trail bike riding.