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Statement of principles

Centre expectations
These can best be summarised in the centre’s mission statement:

The Hervey Bay Health, Fitness and Testing Centre aims to provide quality,
innovative, reliable and safe health, fitness, sports testing and associated
services to the greater Hervey Bay community.

The centre aims to be recognised as the premier quality provider of specific health,
fitness and testing services in Hervey Bay. One means of achieving this objective
that requires mentioning here is that all staff are degree-qualified in the areas of
human movement, physical education, sports coaching or sports nutrition and
exercise science. This can be achieved due to the fact that all centre staff are also
teaching or tutoring staff in the Department of Fitness, Sport and Recreation of the
Wide Bay Institute of TAFE.

Financial viability

Currently the centre has an approximate operating budget of $60000 per annum,
which incorporates $25000 commercial income, $25000 TAFE-based income
and $10000 sponsorship income. The operating expenses of the centre include
$25000 per annum in staff wages. This is low due to both the part-time nature of
the management position and the fact that TAFE Sport and Recreation teaching
and tutoring staff (along with final year diploma students) are required to staff the
centre, at no cost to the centre. The remaining $35000 is used to purchase and
upgrade equipment and facilities, as well as market the facility. Therefore, the
centre is currently operating with a small surplus or at break even.

The centre is now, and must remain, financially self-sustainable. The centre
currently receives approximately $25000 per annum from the TAFE, yet this
income is never guaranteed. The key objective is to increase commercial income
to be in a position to continue operations if TAFE funding decreases. To achieve
this goal, several areas are considered.

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