Level 3 Combined Diploma in Personal Training

Course Overview

Level 3 Combined Diploma in Personal Training is an Occupational Qualification aimed at learners who are either in a full-time level 3 education programme, a part time programme at a college or with a private training provider, and wish to pursue a career as a gym instructor, an employed or self-employed personal trainer. The qualification is based on the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) professional standards for personal training.

What are professional standards?

A professional standard is a framework which defines the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to perform certain tasks relating to a job role. These standards will gradually be embedded into qualifications by Awarding Organisations to replace the current qualifications that are underpinned by national occupational standards (NOS). Within the sport sector these standards are employer led and facilitated by CIMSPA. The CIMSPA professional standards outlines the knowledge and skills required to underpin the occupations and job roles within the sport and physical activity sector.

What does this qualification cover?

The qualification includes all the required elements to work effectively as a gym instructor and personal trainer. Learners must achieve all mandatory units which include:

· Anatomy and physiology for exercise and fitness professionals

· Professional practice for exercise and fitness professionals

· Exercise, fitness and lifestyle consultation and management

· Planning and instructing gym-based exercise programmes

· Applied anatomy for exercise, fitness, health and wellbeing

· Designing and delivering personal training programmes

· Nutrition for exercise, fitness, health and wellbeing

· Business awareness and acuity for personal trainers

Throughout this qualification, learners will develop their knowledge and understanding of relevant anatomy and physiology in an applied context. They will also develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to pre-screen clients, consult with clients and follow health and safety practices in a health and fitness environment, gather relevant lifestyle information and conduct appropriate fitness assessments.

Learners will develop skills to induct individuals and groups to gym equipment and design and deliver personal training sessions, provide appropriate healthy eating guidance and support clients with changing lifestyle behaviours to promote health and wellbeing. They will also develop business awareness in an applied context. In parallel, learners will develop their communication and customer service skills, their awareness of environmental sustainability and their commercial skills, all of which are valued highly by employers. Problem solving, team working skills and research skills will also be developed.

Duration

Part-time. Online Monday 6-9pm and face to face practical weekends.

Level 2 Gym

TBC