Personal Training for Health, Fitness and Performance Level 3
Start Date
Mon Sep 05 2022
Day / Time
Weekdays
Duration
1 year
Campus
Academy for Sport
If you're already a qualified fitness instructor, this course will help you develop the skills, knowledge and competence required in order to work unsupervised as a personal trainer.
This includes being able to offer one-to-one training, baseline assessment, nutritional advice and progressive programming which is specific to the individual needs of a client.
This qualification will provide you with the knowledge and skills to:
- Develop their understanding of anatomy, physiology and nutrition and how they relate to exercise and fitness.
- Understand the roles and career pathways available in active leisure.
- Be able to plan and instruct safe and effective exercise and physical activity sessions.
- Be able to deliver safe and effective personal training sessions.
- Be able to deliver exceptional customer service.
- Be able to manage their personal and professional development.
- Be able to develop enterprise skills.
- Be able to market and sell products and services.
- Understand how technology is used within physical activity, fitness, sport and exercise.
You will take part in Personal and Social Development lessons with topics ranging from job applications to personal finance.
Sport
Academies
You
will have the opportunity to join of one of our eight sport academies,
where you will get:
- Up
to 4.5 hours of professional training each week, access to competitions
and specialist sport academy coaches
- Free
access to physiotherapy assessments and treatment*
- The
opportunity to compete in local, national and international
competitions
- A
personalised training and development programme
Our eight
specialist academies are:
- Athletics
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Men's
Football
- Men's
Rugby
- Netball
- Women's
Football
- Women’s
Rugby
They
all offer outstanding, training, coaching and playing opportunities for
everyone of all abilities.
If you do not wish to join one of our academies, you will undertake an
employment related project designed to develop further your employability
skills.
Within this qualification there are a number of assessments. One will be multiple-choice theory exams which will be externally set and marked and sat under invigilated conditions.
In addition to the knowledge-based assessment, there are a number of smaller practical assessments which reflect the processes, techniques, skills and industry requirements of a fitness instructor and personal trainer. These assessments help prepare you for employment in these job roles.
Lastly, there is an externally set and marked video analysis of a client consultation and personal training session.
At
the Academy for Sport, we have over 25 sport delivery staff including teachers,
coaches and learning facilitators all ready to support your learning journey.
Each
member of the team has their own specialist subjects that they will be teaching
you, for example we have specialists in Anatomy, Massage, Coaching, Sports
Development, PE and School Sport, Leadership, Event Management, Psychology,
Biomechanics, Nutrition and much more. They all have up to date
industry experience to share with you and the energy and enthusiasm to help you
to get where you need to be.
You'll
study at our Academy for Sport, where our facilities are among the best in the
country and include:
·
Classrooms
equipped with integrated IT
·
Sports
science and sports therapy facilities
·
Performance
lab
·
3G
and 4G pitches
·
Indoor
athletics track
·
Sports
hall
·
Strength
and conditioning gym
·
Massage
suite
·
Aerobics
suite
·
Gym
·
Boxing
ring
Whatever support you need, we’re here for you and will make sure you get the
most out of your time at college.
We have expert teams in place to look after every single one of our
students.
Our specialist teams can help with:
- Learning
difficulties
- Physical and sensory
disabilities
- Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD,
Asperger’s Syndrome or other specific learning
difficulties
- Mental health and well
being
- Exam access
arrangements
- Money, finance and bursary
advice
- Careers advice, job and
university applications
Find out more here, pop into one of our enrolment
events or call us on 0191 426 4329.
