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Certificate III in Fitness SRF30206
Start a new career in Fitness.
The Certificate III in Fitness course is the entry level requirement for working within the fitness industry. Students will have the skills and knowledge on successful completion of this course to become a gym class instructor, as well as an exciting start in the rapidly growing fitness industry.
Students will learn the necessary skills and knowledge to enable them to instruct classes in a gymnasium, (gym instructor). In addition to the fitness requirements for this qualification students will receive three informative textbooks, nutrition and diet information and gain invaluable knowledge and skills through a combination of workplace experience and theory lessons.
Key areas of learning:
- Organise personal work priorities and development
- Contribute to effective workplace relationships
- Operate computing packages
- Provide first aid response
- Meet client needs and expectations
- Process client complaints
- Apply sport and recreation law
- Follow defined OHS policies and procedures
- Undertake risk analysis of activities
- Provide orientation to clients prior to undertaking a fitness programme
- Undertake client induction and screening
- Develop basic fitness programme
- Apply basic exercise science to exercise instruction
- Use and maintain core fitness industry equipment
- Provide advice to clients on the application of basic anatomy and physiology to fitness guidelines
- Provide nutrition advice to clients in accordance with recommended guidelines
- Instruct fitness activity skills to a client using fitness equipment
- Develop and apply an awareness of specific populations to exercise delivery
- Provide leadership to groups
- Customise gym instructional skills to include specific areas of expertise current in the fitness industry
- Analyse participation patterns in specific markets of the leisure and recreation industry
Mandatory work placement is a requirement of this course.
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