Summary
Here’s what makes it a unique and rewarding place to work: Comprehensive personal training experience, versatility in your role, clear structure & support, strong team & community focus on coaching, not just sessions. Opportunities for growth and a fun & motivating atmosphere.
Wage
£6,281.60 a year
Training course
Personal trainer (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, early and late shifts with some weekends.
16 hours a week
Possible start date
Monday 21 April
Duration
2 years
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
* Coaching Classes
* Nutrition support
* Sales
* Member admin and support
* Facility management and cleaning
* Social media marketing and creating videos
* Member retention tasks
* Participating in team development meetings and workshops
* Club social events and races
Where you’ll work
UNIT 7
REDFIELDS INDUSTRIAL PARK
CHURCH CROOKHAM
FLEET
GU52 0RD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
ELEV8 TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Personal trainer (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
* Ability to apply appropriate methods and techniques to facilitate clients’ desired physiological goals.
* Assess clients’ readiness to change behaviour and apply effective change strategies, communication techniques and motivation to facilitate healthy behaviours that move them towards their goals and promote programme adherence.
* Implement a range of theories relating to client motivation and behaviour change.
* Identify commonly occurring conditions and provide information, advice and support to clients where required.
* Promote wellness advice and demonstrate an understanding of how modern lifestyles impact upon the health and wellbeing of the client, providing signposting to appropriate professionals where relevant.
* Design, tailor and coach an effective exercise programme, using appropriate equipment. Continuously monitor and review the effectiveness of the exercise programme to ensure it is engaging, varied and progressive to clients’ needs and goals, whilst following the principles of training and exercise science.
* Develop and deliver exercise sessions in environments other than the gym to individuals and small groups. Review and evaluate the effectiveness of these exercise programmes and amend accordingly.
* Correctly demonstrate a wide range of exercise techniques, carry out reviews and advise clients on their performance and apply suitable adaptations for those at different levels of fitness.
* Analyse clients’ performance and apply suitable adaptations, regressions, progressions and corrective strategies to ensure continued success.
* Analyse client’s dietary habits and identify areas for improvement.
* Apply nutritional principles when developing exercise and lifestyle programmes for clients.
* Ensure the use of appropriate IT systems to support and manage all aspects of a personal training business such as record keeping, sales and invoicing, client and group management, class scheduling, retention levels and session reminders.
* Manage the effectiveness of a client’s exercise programme through the use of appropriate available systems.
* Use appropriate products to support and manage clients effectively. Present, analyse and interpret data and information in line with professional practice.
* Provide a high standard, client focused service through excellence in the fitness environment and application of best practice such as injury prevention and risk management.
* Demonstrate tact and discretion when handing client data, adhering to relevant legislation
* Ability to effectively communicate with clients using a range of techniques.
* Be able to interpret and evaluate communication and adapt own communication styles in order to encourage and motivate clients to achieve their goals.
* Ability to implement and adapt strategies to successfully gain and retain clients, ensuring the development and sustainability of the client base.
* Plan and regularly review business performance in order to meet business goals and targets whilst identifying areas for improvement.
* Implement a variety of effective marketing strategies to engage prospective clients.
* Ability to promote and sell products and personal training services.
Your training plan
This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade C or 4)
* Maths (grade C or 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Problem solving skills
* Team working
* Dedicated
* Personable
* Confident with older clients
* Independent and initiative
* Proactive mindset
* Enthusiastic
* Resilient and persevering
* Professional and Reliable