The Technical Unit of the School is based on the Footscray Park Campus of Victoria University.

HESTA members from the University of Otago work at the School of Physical Education which is an academic unit of the Division of Sciences. The School consists of over 900 students studying at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate level making Otago one of the largest programmes of its kind in the world. The School offers a broad range of Degrees and Diplomas at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level. HESTA members are on the technical team at the school, building electronic components and computer programmes for the research that goes on in the school.

The Sport and Exercise Science programme is committed to developing high quality professionals interested in working in sport, exercise, movement science, health, ergonomics and rehabilitation. The Department is based in new facilities at the Tamaki Campus of the University of Auckland.

The South Australian Sports Institute has provided the infrastructure for elite athletes in South Australia since 1984.

Whilst primarily dealing with the states best athletes competing in Olympic and Commonwealth Games events, SASI also plays a critical role in providing services to several national squads, including Cycling (Track, Road and Mountain Bike), Beach Volleyball, Rowing and the Australian Cricket Academy.

HESTA has been a valuable resource to the technical officer, Tom Stanef, who works primarily in the Sports Science department providing engineering solutions for measurement of physiological parameters from elite athletes. Through relationships fostered and developed through HESTA, many engineering projects have benefited from the provision of thoughtful and valuable insight and suggestions from the knowledgable and experienced HESTA members.

Contact: Tom Stanef

Email: stanef.tom@saugov.sa.gov.au
Phone: +61 8 8416 6682
Fax: +61 8 8416 6756

The HESTA members from RMIT are employed in two Divisions within the School of Medical Science at the Bundoora campus of RMIT. The Division of Exercise Sciences runs undergraduate programs in Physical Education and Human Movement Science, and postgraduate and honours programs mainly in the areas of Exercise Metabolism and adapted Physical Education. Lyndall Kummer is the technical support for Exercise Sciences and is responsible for maintaining and supporting undergraduate laboratory classes and providing technical support and expertise to postgraduate students. Kim Pollock is employed in the Division of Biosciences and is responsible for technical support within the areas of Physiology and Pharmacology. Both have found the HESTA network to be a valuable resource.

The Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) was officially launched in 1991 as an initiative of the Queensland Government.

Pizzeys is a well-established Patent Attorney firm on the East Coast of Australia, practising exclusively in the field of Intellectual Property Law, with emphasis on patents, trade marks and designs. 

Contact: Lars Koch

Email: lkoch@pizzeys.com.au
Phone: (02) 62853111

The NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) deals with more than 650 high performance athletes on squad or individual scholarships and offers 33 sports programs. Its mission is to improve the NSW representation on national teams, achieving excellence and success at the international level and conducting internationally recognised high performance sport programs and support services.

The HESTA member works in the Sports Science division, who are responsible for supporting and facilitating the training, preparation and competition of athletes in a way that minimises the risk of injury and illness. The member develops softwares, creates electronic circuits, and maintains many of the laboratory & field equipment used during training and testing. Another role, is to advise the sports science team on the latest and most up-to-date advances in technology and equipment that could be used to facilitate athlete performance.

With a focus on regional and decentralised service delivery it is expected that an increased use of remote access technology and the development of laptop based data acquisition systems will occur over the next 2-3 years.

NSWIS is supported in its pursuit of excellence by the State and Commonwealth governments (in particular the NSW Department of Sport & Recreation and Australian Sports Commission) and its principal partner, ClubsNSW.

The National Sport Science Quality Assurance Program (formerly the Laboratory Standards Assistance Scheme) has been operating since 1989 to oversee quality assurance in the institutes and academies of sport that are involved in assessing state, national and Olympic-level athletes in Australia.

Our main aim is to promote continuous improvement in sports science testing standards in Australia and to help sports science programs involved in the assessment of athletes to establish and maintain an environment of national standard. We work with the AIS and state and territory institutes and academies of sport to monitor quality assurance issues, and work with sports scientists to critically evaluate all aspects of laboratory/facility function likely to affect the reliability and accuracy of test results. This is achieved mainly through collaborative peer-based assessment of areas such as staffing, documentation, equipment calibration/maintenance, test protocols and reporting.

To date, our primary focus has been on exercise physiology. The quality assurance program in this area was initiated, and continues to be guided, by sports scientists working in Australian exercise physiology laboratories. Those who have implemented the quality assurance program indicate that the NSSQA has resulted in, quantifiable improvements to the assessment of athletes in Australia. Scientists are more confident about the accuracy and interpretation of results that they return to coaches and athletes.

Recently, the LSAS has also been working with the disciplines of strength and conditioning and biomechanics. Initial involvement with these areas is focused on documenting and standardising test protocols for national use. Both of these areas also have a longer-term aim of developing and implementing accreditation and certification programs.

The NCTC provides support services to Irelands athletes, coaches and National Governing Bodies (NGBs).
These services include:

• coach education
• tutor training
• sports science and medical support
• training camps and facilities
• technical advice

The Centre has been established by the Irish Government and works within the context of the programmes of the Irish Sports Council

At Deakin our main emphasis is on teaching and general Health Sciences. Currently we are one of largest faculties in the University, with the School Of Health Sciences being the largest in the group.
The HESTA members in the Faculty have varied roles. These include the day-to-day running of our non-centralised computers, web support, audio-visual and, of course, instrumentation. The Faculty is continuing to grow at a rapid rate so these roles are expanding very quickly, with each one overlapping the others. 
We have many varied machines to connect to PC, which range from state of the art Pentium4 to old 486 based PCs. These are mainly used for sports/exercise testing but also are used for Psychology experiments as well as general AV use.

The School of Health and Human Performance at Central Queensland University has been an active member of HESTA for four years (as of 2001). The School focuses on two main streams of study with Human Movement Science and Occupational Health and Safety, where the students are now able to study external or internal at the Undergraduate level. The Sport Science Technologist and HESTA member from our School, is a great advocate for the sharing of information at the annual HESTA conference. The technical ideas and methods obtained from the HESTA conference are shared with academics at the School which gives inspiration for further research ideas.

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a division of the Australian Sports Commission and working within the AIS is the Sports Science Sports Medicine(SSSM) Division. The SSSM Division consists of  the following departments: Biomechanics, Medicine, Physiology, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Athlete Career and Education and Technical Research Laboratory (TRL) which includes the workshop. These departments provide sport science/ medicine research and servicing requirements for AIS and selected National sporting organizations.

The TRL provides R & D of specialized testing and measuring equipment and service , repair of a wide range of electronic, electro- mechanical and mechanical equipment for all the departments within SSSM.

Both Physiology and Biomechanics have additional technical support persons and they are heavily involved in the R & D projects for their respective depts..

Contact Details

TRL: Martyn Smith 02 62141434 msmith@ausport.gov.au
Physiology: Alex Martin 02 62141571 amartin@ausport.gov.au
Biomechanics: Mark Davis 02 62141354 davism@ausport.gov.au