Safety Plan for Indoor Fitness and Dance Programs Saanich Recreation
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Safety Plan for Indoor Fitness and Dance Programs
Saanich Recreation
This Safety Plan follows the Coronavirus COVID-19 BC Centre for Disease Control Indoor Exercise Requirements
– June 15, 2021, the PHO Gathering and Events Order – June 17, 2021 and the BC RESTART Plan – May 25,
2021.
Overview
Fitness and dance programs are essential to active, healthy and connected communities and citizens. This
document will be used to support fitness program staff in reducing the risk of transmission of COVID-19 among
participants and staff. Programs will also follow Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) requirements.
Public Health Measures
All employees must complete a mandatory employee health check and
Health active screening before coming to work or entering a Saanich workplace.
Staff do not come to work if sick.
In order to mitigate the risk of transmission, Saanich fitness programs will
Case Finding and Contact be delivered in a registered or reserved only format. Instructors and
Tracing participants must not attend fitness programs if they are sick.
Instructors and participants must have clean hands by washing or sanitizing
hands prior to teaching or participating.
Instructors or staff will take attendance prior to a fitness class.
Participants must not participate when exhibiting potential COVID-19
symptoms. Symptoms may include: fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath,
sore throat or painful swallowing, runny nose, nasal congestion, headache,
loss of sense of smell or taste, muscles aches, fatigue, loss of appetite,
diarrhea, fatigue, nausea and vomiting or muscle aches. BC Self
Assessment Tool (https://bc.thrive.health/)
Communication regarding health requirements (lack of symptoms) will be
available at time of registration or reservation and through visible signage at
facility entrances.
Saanich will keep ActiveNet records for 30 days of anyone including a name
and phone number or e-mail attending a fitness program. Records must be
kept up-to-date and available to facilitate contact tracing in the event of an
outbreak. Facilities must have staff lists available for contact tracing.
Any program connected to a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19 will
report the incident to health authorities, and follow Saanich Patient Zero
protocol including following the direction of Occupational Health and Safety
and the Provincial Health Authority.
Facilities have staff on site while patrons are exercising to support
Staffing
enforcement of mask use and physical distancing.Environmental Measures
Outer doors and windows left open or partially open if possible.
Ventilation
Discontinue use of floor and wall fans.
All mechanical heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems
are working properly. Fresh air intake on ventilation systems increased as
much as possible.
Fitness participants will be asked to enter the building no more than 5
Floor Markings and minutes prior to a program start. Participants in pool based fitness
Reducing Group programs (Waterfit and Swim Fit) will be permitted to enter the building
Congregating no more than 20 minutes before the start of their program. Line ups will
be marked with markings at a distance of 2 metres apart.
When not engaged in their registered activity, participants must adhere to
physical distancing (2 metres) at all times. Signage for not congregating and
keeping physically distanced will be posted as reminders.
Separate entrances and exits designated if possible. Participants will not
enter and enter at the same time. All classes have a 30 minute transition
time.
Signage will be posted to remind participants of physical distancing and
provincial directives for hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette.
Each program space will have markings on the floor to ensure physical
distancing of 2.5 metres is kept at all times between participants.
A marked/defined zone for instructors will ensure physical distancing from
participants.
Changerooms and showers are closed (exception Waterfit class
participants). Customers must come changed and ready to exercise as
there are no change facilities. Changeroom signage indicates that the
facility is for washrooms only. Each washroom has a maximum capacity
limit and allows for 2 metres distancing between patrons.
Instructors who use the headset/microphone must use their own wind
Cleaning and screen and sweat guard and ensure the headset is properly cleaned after
Disinfection teaching.
Participants will bring their own mats to class.
Limited equipment will be provided to participants ie. dumbbells
Fitness programs will be scheduled to allow for sufficient time for cleaning
of equipment by participants and transition time between classes.
High Touch surfaces ie. door handles and water fill stations will be cleaned
and disinfected every 4 hours.Administrative Measures
Saanich Recreation Centre room occupancy based on 7 square
Occupancy metres of unencumbered usable floor space being available for
each participant and staff present. Maximum in any exercise class
or room is 25 regardless of the room size.
Cedar Hill Recreation Centre
Gymnasium – 372m2 (capacity – 53) Max 25.
Multi-Purpose Room – 115m2 (capacity – 16)
Dance Studio – 75m2 ( capacity – 10)
Gordon Head Recreation Centre
Dance Studio – 124m2 (capacity – 17)
Multi-Purpose Room – 97m2 (capacity – 10)
Feltham Room – 81m2 (capacity –11)
Wellness Annex – 86m2 (capacity – 12)
Bert Richman Auditorium – 189.5m2 (capacity – 27) Max 25
Mt Doug Auditorium – 186m2 (capacity – 26) Max 25
G.R. Pearkes Recreation Centre
Ross Room – 224m2 (capacity – 32) Max 25
Saanich Commonwealth Place
Dance Studio – 154m2 (capacity – 22)
Multi-Purpose Room – 164m2 (capacity – 23)
Garry Oak Gym – 836m2 (capacity – 119) Max 25.
Occupancy limits for each room are posted to ensure capacity is
not exceeded.
Actual capacity for participants is based on 2.5 metres between
participants exercising. These numbers are posted on signs
outside each room. The maximum numbers for each group low
intensity program are programmed into the Active Net registration
system.
Instructors will remind participants at the end of each class that
they need to leave the facility promptly to eliminate social
gathering and congestion.
Physical distance of 2.5 metres between each patron in all directions at
Physical Distancing and all times must be maintained while exercising.
Minimizing Physical
Contact Floor markings used to identify exercise space.
Instructor must remain in a designated “instructor area” throughout the
class where they can maintain a 2 meter physical distance.
Physical distancing of 2 metres must be maintained when not exercising
and at all other times in the facility. All participants register in advance by registering for set sessions
Booking and or single reserved drop-ins.
Registration
Participants are informed through the registration process to not
come if they are feeling sick and must cancel if they are feeling
unwell.
All participants must agree to safety protocols. The registration
process has a read and agree requirement.
A minimum transition time of 10 minutes to allow for cleaning and
no cross over between participants. 5 minutes of time between
classes is reserved for no participants in the space. Waterfit and
Swim Fit have a 15 minute transition.
Fitness participants will be asked to enter the building no more
than 5-10 minutes prior to a program start. Waterfit participants
are permitted to enter the facility 20 minutes prior to a program
start.
Instructors for exercise classes that need to raise their voices beyond
Audio normal speaking volume must use a microphone (headset) to keep their
voices from being raised. Microphones/headsets have a windscreen for
each instructor. Each instructor must clean the headset prior to use.
Music must be kept below speaking volume to reduce singing or
shouting.
Participants must bring a personal water bottle. Water filling stations are
Food and Beverages available but water fountains are closed.
Saanich Recreation will not sell food or beverages to fitness
participants.
All employees must complete a mandatory employee health check and
Staying Home When Sick active screening before coming to work or entering a Saanich workplace.
and When New Staff do not come to work if sick.
Symptoms Develop
Employees will stay home when they have symptoms of COVID-19.
If a participant or staff member develops symptoms while at a program,
they will be isolated at least 2m away in a pre-determined space at each
facility.
All items used by a person with COVID-19 symptoms will be isolated,
cleaned and disinfected.
If a staff person develops illness while at work, they will immediately
remove themselves from any contact with others, notify their supervisor
and call 8-1-1- or take the BC Self-Assessment tool to determine the
safest response. Depending on the symptoms, the staff person may
need to immediately seek medical care. Additionally the staff member
should self-isolate. 8-1-1 will provide instructions to the staff member
regarding what they are to do to accomplish this based on their
individual circumstance.
If a staff person develops symptoms while not at work, they will be
advised to contact Health Link BC at 8-1-1, and to contact their
supervisor. They will not report to work until they are symptom free and it
is safe to do so.Personal Measures
Employees must complete daily entry requirements before entering the
COVID – 19 Health Check facility as per the WorkSafeBC employer requirement.
Participants must complete a daily entry requirement before entering the
facility.
Participants must be dressed and ready to exercise. Changerooms are
Exercise Attire/Personal closed (exception is for waterfit and swimfit participants).
Equipment
Participants must bring their own mat.
Participants are required to wash or sanitize hands prior to a fitness
Hand Hygiene class. Sanitizing and hand washing facilities are available at each
Saanich Recreation Centre.
The Building Service Worker team will dispose of any waste bins daily.
PPE Requirements
Staff will be provided masks, gloves and eye glasses in each first aid kit
Masks if they need to attend to a participant who is injured or ill.
As per Ministerial Order M012, masks must be worn at all times in
exercise facilities including when exercising.
Instructors must wear masks at all times.
People who are unable to wear a mask due to a health condition or a
physical, cognitive or mental impairment, and people who are unable to
put on or remove a mask without the assistance of another person are
exempt from mask requirements. People who are unable to wear a mask
must maintain at least 3 metres distance at all times when in the facility.You can also read
