Become a fitness instructor

When you graduate and become a Fitness Instructor with a SIS30321 Certificate III in Fitness from FIT College, you can register as a Gym Instructor, Group Fitness Instructor or Oautdoor Group Fitness Instructor  with AUSActive, the National Register for Industry Professionals. Once qualified, you will be involved in the assessment, training and supervision of various demographics in health and fitness centres, gyms, sports centres and community organisations.

Fitness Instructors are trained in Fitness activity-specific competencies to instruct individuals and group clients in specified work environments under predictable circumstances. They can work under the guidance of a highly qualified professional.

Contact FIT College today to discuss your on-campus or online fitness course options and opportunities in the Fitness and Personal Training Industry. FIT College has a selection of NRT approved vocational on campus and online fitness courses to choose from.

Gym Instructor

You will be providing clients with excellent customer service within the fitness industry scope and conducting tasks such as, but not limited to:

• Client Fitness Assessments
• Provide individually tailored client assessments, program development, program demonstration and client reviews
• Providing technique correction as needed,
• Work within predictable settings such as a fitness facility, recreation or community facility
• Provide supervision of a facility or service (i.e. observing client use of facilities)

Group Fitness Instructor

You will be delivering freestyle, pre-choreographed or tailored circuit-style exercise sessions designed for participation by a group of clients of different ages and fitness levels. Work as a group fitness instructor across a multitude of a fitness facilities, recreation or community facility across Australia.

• Gym Instructor
• Group fitness instructor
• Outdoor group instructor

   There are no entry requirements for the SIS30321 Certificate III in Fitness. However, applicants will be required to meet the course LLN requirements.

FIRST AID

EXERCISE ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY

This topic covers the basics of the systems of the human body and the structures required for movement. You will learn how to use anatomy and physiology in fitness instruction and programs, select effective exercise activities for participants with a broad range of capabilities, support participants to exercise safely and effectively by providing clear explanations and demonstrating proper exercise techniques

• SISFFIT047 - Use anatomy and physiology knowledge to support safe and effective exercise

SCREENING & CUSTOMER SERVICE

This topic covers the pre-exercise screening and service orientation for new clients. You will learn how to screen and evaluate clients for participation in exercise programs, establish customer needs and provide advice on products and services, provide exercise service information and referrals when required Prevent or manage interpersonal conflict situations, and reflect on your response to conflict resolutions

• SISFFIT032 - Complete pre-exercise screening and service orientation
• SISXIND009 - Respond to interpersonal conflict
• SIRXSLS001 - Sell to the retail customer

HEALTHY NUTRITION & SERVICE

This topic covers the basics of healthy eating, scope of nutrition practice for fitness professionals and the experts you can use for referrals. You will learn how to source information about healthy eating from the national dietary guidelines that apply to healthy people, advise on recommended daily serves of the five food groups outlined in national dietary guidelines, provide clear information about discretionary foods and inform clients about limiting daily intake, explain the benefits of healthy food and beverage choices, and impact of poor choices on health and wellbeing, identify characteristics of clients who require nutrition advice beyond scope of practice and recognise risks of providing information to those clients and provide information about types of health professionals with required expertise to clients who require nutritional advice outside scope of practice

• SISFFIT052 - Provide healthy eating information
• BSBOPS304 - Deliver and monitor a service to customers

CONDUCT FITNESS ASSESSMENTS

This topic covers the skills and knowledge required to assess current fitness capabilities of clients and deliver and monitor customer service. You will learn how to Prepare for fitness assessments using the pre-exercise screening documentation, consult with client to identify their goals and preferences, assess a clients fitness and evaluate the results to determine capability, explain the results to the client and discuss the outcomes

• SISFFIT033 - Complete client fitness assessments

DESIGN AND DELIVER SESSIONS

This topic covers the skills and knowledge to develop tailored gym-based exercise sessions for individuals where the level of personalised instruction, ongoing client monitoring and program evaluation is limited. You will learn how to consult with client to identify their goals and preferences, review outcomes of client pre-exercise screening and fitness assessment and identify relevant information for program design, discuss exercise preferences and consult with client to identify their short- and long-term fitness goals to inform program design, develop the program and session structure that target the client’s fitness goals, provide clear and accurate exercise technique instruction and demonstration to ensure safe and effective corrective instruction based on observations, follow and contribute to safe work practices

• HLTWHS001- Participate in workplace health and safety
• SISFFIT040 - Develop and instruct gym-based exercise programs for individual clients

DELIVER GROUP EXERCISE

This topic covers the skills and knowledge required to plan and deliver group exercise sessions designed for participation by mixed ability groups. You will learn how to identify diverse reasons and goals for participation in group exercise sessions and evaluate how these can be accommodated in a group setting, plan sessions and select exercises, training techniques and exercise equipment that target identified fitness goals and suit the group profile, prepare and check the required environment and physical resources for safety and serviceability, provide clear safety information and explain participant responsibility to work within their capability, deliver the group exercise session using clear verbal instructions and communication to motivate and encourage participants

• SISFFIT035 - Plan group exercise sessions
• SISFFIT036 - Instruct group exercise sessions

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & REFLECTION

This topic covers the skills and knowledge required to organise personal work schedules, maintain required levels of competence through self-reflection and development, and apply critical thinking skills to workplace problems. You will learn how to organise and complete a work schedule and evaluate your performance through self-reflection, identify personal and professional development needs for job role and facilitate these opportunities, address workplace problems with a team and create and evaluate solutions

• BSBPEF301 - Organise personal work priorities and development
• BSBCRT311 - Apply critical thinking skills in a team environment
• CHCPRP003 - Reflect on and improve own professional practice