Who is this qualification for?
This programme is for people who want to deliver exercise instruction to individuals.
Setting the trainee up for a career as an employed or self-employed personal trainer, exercise consultant, community exercise instructor, or team training instructor, this qualification opens doors.
People working in any of the above roles are experts in all things exercise. They know the body well, and hold knowledge about a wide range of exercise techniques. These people incorporate health and wellness into their programmes.
This qualification will be delivered online, and in an exercise workplace. Assessments will be completed online.
Coming out of this qualification, you will have the skills and knowledge to adapt and deliver appropriate exercise programmes to a wide range of individuals.
Please note: For those individuals currently working in an Alert Level 2 environment, we have developed special advice for Unit Standard 30635 (Pre-screening practicum).
What's involved?
This 60-credit qualification covers the following areas:
Exercise fundamentals
Anatomy and physiology
Body systems
Physical responses to exercise
Nutrition and wellbeing
Nutrients and the body
Health and wellness frameworks
Pre-screening and testing
Working professionally
The role of the exercise instructor
Exercise delivery
Principles of exercise
Exercise behaviour
Practical tasks
Review exercise programmes
Exercise support
Business skills
Business planning
Business tools
Marketing
This qualification is designed to be completed in 9 to 12 months.
Programme structure
The programme is made up of the following unit standards:
| Unit standard 30448 | Work professionally and safely as an exercise instructor to promote health and wellbeing within an exercise facility | L3 | 8 credits |
| Unit standard 30634 | Demonstrate knowledge of human anatomy, physiology and health risk factors | L4 | 13 credits |
| Unit standard 30635 | Pre-screen, design, deliver and adapt exercise programmes | L4 | 15 credits |
| Unit standard 30637 | Apply motivational techniques to enhance exercise participant commitment to individual exercise programmes | L4 | 5 credits |
| Unit standard 30638 | Demonstrate knowledge of how nutrition, health and wellness frameworks and allied health can promote health outcomes | L4 | 7 credits |
| Unit standard 30639 | Provide support to exercise participants on nutrition, health and wellness, and allied health to promote health outcomes | L4 | 5 credits |
| Unit standard 30640 | Develop marketing and business tools and procedures to support business practices as an exercise professional | L4 | 8 credits |
For more information on the content of the qualification, visit the NZQA website, here.
What are the costs?
On-job training costs workplaces both time and resources. It can mean covering registration fees, learning and assessment resources, allocating time for training, and having an appropriate assessment pathway available.
Total costs for trainees will vary depending on how the qualification is delivered, how it is assessed and how much support the workplace can provide.
To check out our fees list, fees list and financial help options.
For more detailed information about the cost of doing an on-job qualification, get in touch.
Where to from here?
Keen to deliver beneficial exercise instruction and make a real difference to peoples’ wellbeing? Think this might be the right qualification for your staff?
To find out more, contact your regional Skills Active learning support advisor.
Remember, to do this qualification on the job, a Skills Active trainee needs to be working as a volunteer or paid employee in the exercise industry.
If you are interested in this qualification, but you're not currently employed in the industry, contact your local gym or exercise facility, or a Skills Active learning support advisor to talk about how you can get involved.
Want to see where this qualification can take you next?
Check out our range of other exercise qualifications.
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