Courses
All of our courses are operated in the following way unless otherwise specified:-
Choose self paced home study working at your own pace, with tutor telephone and e-mail support.
Or
Choose our blended format which combines self paced home study with tutor telephone and e-mail support, face to face contact, study days and workshops, again paced to suit you.
We run our courses in this ways so you can choose the pace you wish to work and carry on with your everyday life, this format also allows you to keep working whilst training for your new career.
We offer courses to start your career in fitness and a range of courses to continue your professional development which will add skills and help you to expand your client base. We are constantly updating and adding courses to keep pace with this exciting, growing and fast paced industry, so keep checking our website as we always have new courses in development.
All our courses are delivered, assessed and monitored by exceptional professionals who are actively working and running their own businesses within the Health & Fitness realm. We believe in order to teach you and send you into your new career ready to succeed we need to know the industry inside out. You will only be taught by people working in the industry now, our instructors can give you a real world insight into you new career leaving you fully prepared to forge ahead and succeed in your new career.
£995
NVQ - Certificate on Gym Instruction
(REPS Level 2 Qualification)
Entry Requirements
This qualification is open to anyone over 16 years old. It would assist you to also have a reasonable level of fitness along with basic numeracy and literacy skills.
Course Content
- Anatomy and physiology
- Promote Healthy Living
- Demonstrate knowledge of the exercise and fitness in a work environment
- Lifestyle screening
- Plan, prepare, teach and deliver a gym session
- Use of free weights, fixed path resistance machines , core work, flexibility
- Evaluate a gym session
- Design and assign a six week gym programme
- Health & safety
- Customer service, industry ethics and professionalism
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between three weeks and three months.
Assessment
- Multiple choice theory exam
- Question and answer worksheets
- Practical assessment.
Qualifications
- Careers in Fitness Certificate in Level 2 Gym Instruction
- Oxford Cambridge and RSA NVQ Level 2 Gym Instruction
£2700
NVQ - Certificate in Advanced Personal Training
(REPS Level 3 Qualification)
Entry Requirements
This qualification is open to anyone 16 or over, with an appropriate Level 2 qualification, for example the Gym Instruction module.
Course Content
- Advanced Anatomy & Physiology
- Collect and analyse information to plan a progressive activity programme
- Plan, Review and adapt a physical activity programme
- Health, Fitness & Lifestyle analysis
- Plan, Market and sell your services
- Nutrition for a progressive physical activity programme
- Nutrition for weight management
- Plan and deliver Personal Training
- Adapt a physical activity programme for a specific sport
- Core stability and flexibility
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between two and six months. We do allow up to 12 months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Advanced anatomy and physiology assesment
- Five real life cases studies
- Question and answer worksheets
- Practical assessments
£3900
NVQ Master Diploma in Advanced Personal Training
(REPS Level 3 Qualification)
Entry Requirements
This qualification is open to anyone 16 or over, with an appropriate Level 2 qualification, for example the Gym Instruction module.
Course Content
- Advanced Anatomy & Physiology
- Collect and analyse information to plan a progressive activity programme
- Plan, Review and adapt a physical activity programme
- Health, Fitness & Lifestyle analysis
- Plan, Market and sell your services
- Nutrition for a progressive physical activity programme
- Nutrition for weight management
- Plan and deliver Personal Training
- Adapt a physical activity programme for a specific sport
- Core stability and flexibility
Additional modules that give you the Careers in Fitness Master Diploma in advanced Personal Training.
- Adapt a physical activity programme for the needs of older clients
- Adapt a physical activity programme for the needs of disabled clients
- Adapt a physical activity programme for the needs of pre and post natal clients
- Adapt a physical activity programme for the needs of children and young people
- GP Referral certificate
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between two and six months. We do allow up to 12 months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Advanced anatomy and physiology assesment
- Five real life cases studies
- Question and answer worksheets
- Practical assessments
Additional Courses CPD Points
£395
NVQ Certificate in Adapting a Physical Activity Programme to the needs of Older Clients
Entry Requirements
This qualification is open to anyone over the age of 16 with an appropriate Level 3 qualification for example Level 3 Personal Trainer.
Course Content
- Overview of ageing and activity levels.
- Physiological aspects of physical activity and ageing.
- Age Assessment, physiological and biomechanical changes.
- Skeletal, muscular and respiratory system of older clients.
- Plan, teach, review and adapt a programme for older clients
- Exercise effects within the body of an older client.
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between one and three months. We do allow up to 6 months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Knowledge questions and answers.
- Written case study.
£395
NVQ Certificate in Adapting a Physical Activity Programme to the needs of Disabled Clients
Entry Requirements
This qualification is open to anyone over the age of 16 with an appropriate Level 3 qualification for example Level 3 Personal Trainer.
Course Content
- Establishing and maintaining an effective rapport.
- Collect, record and analyse information using safe and appropriate methods.
- How to seek specific advice from experts.
- Plan, prepare and teach activities.
- Legislation relating to disability.
- Misconceptions in dealing with disability.
- Different communication methods to use with different disabilities.
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between one and three months. We do allow up to 6 months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Knowledge questions and answers.
- Written case study.
£395
NVQ Certificate in Adapting a Physical Activity Programme to the needs of Pre and Post Natal Clients
Entry Requirements
This qualification is open to anyone over the age of 16 with an appropriate Level 2 or level 3 qualification for example Level 2 Gym Instructor or Level 3 Personal Trainer.
Course Content
- Plan, prepare teach and monitor activities.
- Assess, monitor and manage risk in clients.
- How to maintain fitness levels during pregnancy.
- Improve posture and prevention of back pain during pregnancy.
- Pre and post weight control.
- Relaxation techniques.
- Preparation for delivery and faster post natal recovery.
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between one and three months. We do allow up to 6 months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Knowledge questions and answers.
- Written case study.
£395
NVQ Design and implement a physical activity programme for children and younger people
Entry Requirements
This qualification is open to anyone over the age of 16 with an appropriate Level 3 qualification for example Level 3 Personal Trainer.
Course Content
- Plan, teach, review and adapt a programme for younger clients.
- Legalities surrounding training children.
- Anatomy & physiology of a growing body.
- Self esteem and psychological well being.
- How to make training fun, social and engaging.
- Cardiovascular, flexibility and strength in the younger generation.
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between one and three months. We do allow up to 6 months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Knowledge questions and answers.
- Written case study.
£395
NVQ Adapt a physical activity programme to a specific sport
Entry Requirements
This qualification is open to anyone over the age of 16 with an appropriate Level 3 qualification for example Level 3 Personal Trainer.
Course Content
- Plan, teach, review and adapt a programme for specific sports.
- Manage risks surrounding specific sports.
- Liaise with other specialists.
- Agreeing and monitoring specific goals.
- Defining goals for pre and post season training.
- How to plan a sports specific periodised programme (micro, meso and macro) to include tapering and peaking.
- The role of nutrition in preparation and recovery from training and competition.
- The importance of hydration and fluid replacement in training and competition.
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between one and three months. We do allow up to 6 months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Knowledge questions and answers.
- Written case study.
£395
NVQ GP Referral Design, agree and adapt a physical activity programme with referred patients/clients
Entry Requirements
This qualification is open to anyone over the age of 16 with an appropriate Level 3 qualification for example Level 3 Personal Trainer.
Course Content
- Follow correct protocols and procedures for working with health care professionals.
- Risk management.
- Informed consent to participate to transfer medical information.
- Functional assessments.
- Psychological and mental health.
- Metabolic and immunological.
- Monitoring and providing ongoing reports to medical professionals.
- Government policy and published national guidelines for exercise referral.
- Risk stratification and absolute contraindications.
- Dealing with obesity, arthritis, osteoporosis, Parkinson's and many other conditions.
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between one and three months. We do allow up to 6 months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Knowledge questions and answers.
- Written case study.
Pilates, Yoga and Exercise to Music Qualifications
£1400
NVQ Certificate in instructing MAT Based Pilates
(REPS Level 3 Qualification)
Entry Requirements
This qualification is open to anyone over the age of 16 with an appropriate Level 2 qualification for example Level 2 Gym Instructor.
Course Content
- Plan, prepare, instruct and evaluate a Mat based Pilates session.
- Fundamentals of Pilates.
- Maintenance and developmental stretches.
- Use of specific Pilates equipment.
- Space layout, floor and lights.
- Postural alignment.
- Mobilisation
- Core activation
- Balance
- Flexion, extension , rotation, circumduction and lateral flexion of the spine.
- 34 original exercises devised by Joseph Pilates, along with progressions and adaptations of those exercises.
- The original principles of Pilates:-
- Breathing
- Concentration
- Control
- Centring
- Precision
- Flow
- Application of breathing to movement and mobilisation.
- Stabilisation Emphasis on shoulder girdle, lumbar spine, pelvic girdle, diaphragmatic and thoracic lateral breathing.
- Spine articulation in all planes of movement.
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between two and six months. We do allow up to 12 months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Knowledge questions and answers.
- Case study.
£1400
NVQ Plan and instruct specific physical activities Yoga
(REPS Level 3 Qualification)
Entry Requirements
This qualification is open to anyone over the age of 16 with an appropriate Level 3 qualification for example Level 3 Personal Trainer.
Course Content
- Plan, prepare, instruct and evaluate a Yoga session.
- How to use Yoga equipment.
- Postural assessment.
- Assessing clients physical and psychological needs.
- Static and dynamic postures.
- Basic breath and pranayama.
- Simple to complex Yoga asanas.
- Main postures.
- Counter pose postures.
- Theme.
- Forward bends, back bends, twisting, side bends and inversions.
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between two and six months. We do allow up to 12 months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Knowledge questions and answers.
- Case study.
£795
NVQ Exercise to Music
Entry Requirements
This qualification is open to anyone over 16 years old. It would assist you to also have a reasonable level of fitness along with basic numeracy and literacy skills.
Course Content
- Anatomy and physiology
- Group warm up and cool down
- Lifestyle screening
- Group instruction and teaching skills
- Plan, prepare, teach and deliver a gym session
- Choreography & timing
- Beat counts and cueing
- Health & safety
- Customer service , industry ethics and professionalism
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between three weeks and three months. We allow up to six months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Multiple choice theory exam
- Question and answer worksheets
- Practical assessment
OCR Assessor & Verifier Awards
£695*
NVQ OCR Level 3 Award in Assessing candidates using a range of methods (A1)
*£695 for A1 and A2 together
Entry Requirements
You must be in possession of a level 3 NVQ or VRQ or a BTEC first diploma.
Course Content
- Structure of NVQ's, structure of VRQ's.
- Stages of assessment.
- How to identify evidence.
- Communication skills.
- Appearance.
- Standardisation.
- Cross referencing.
- Best practice.
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between two and six months. We do allow up to 12 months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Portfolio of evidence.
- Knowledge questions.
- Professional discussion.
£695*
NVQ OCR Level 3 Award in Assessing candidates performance through evaluation (A2)
*£695 for A1 and A2 together
Entry Requirements
You must be in possession of a level 3 NVQ or VRQ or a BTEC first diploma.
Course Content
- Structure of NVQ's, structure of VRQ's.
- Stages of assessment.
- How to identify evidence.
- Communication skills.
- Appearance.
- Standardisation.
- Cross referencing.
- Best practice.
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between two and six months. We do allow up to 12 months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Portfolio of evidence.
- Knowledge questions.
- Professional discussion.
£695
NVQ Level 4 Award in conducting internal quality assurance of the assessment quality process
Entry Requirements
You must be in possession of a level 3 NVQ or a BTEC national award in a related subject.
Course Content
- Carry out and evaluate internal assessment.
- Quality assurance.
- Support the assessors.
- Monitor the assessors performance.
- Meet with the external quality assurance.
- Keep policies and procedures up to date.
Suggested Study Time Frame
Dependent on your efforts and current lifestyle this course can take between two and six months. We do allow up to 12 months to complete this qualification, an extension can be granted in exceptional circumstances.
Assessment
- Portfolio of evidence.
- Knowledge questions.
- Professional discussion.
Additional Course Support
- Fully regulated by the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS)
- Courses tailored to your individual requirements and previous experience, why waste time re-doing things you may of already covered via other means of education i.e. Sports Science degree etc.
- Assistance with obtaining career development loans.
- Interest free Instalment payment options available.
- Distance learning and classroom based learning.
- Courses designed to fit around you and your current lifestyle be that work or family commitments.
- Regular workshops.
- We will identify your preferred learning style and help you to optimise your study time.
- Ongoing E-mail, telephone and person to person support when training and when qualified.
- Post graduation support with regards to interviews, business development, job placements and career development.
We recognise that coming into the Health & Fitness industry can be a big step and is often driven by a career change and a huge period of re-adjustment and transition. At Careers in Fitness we pride ourselves on the support and flexibility we offer to our students, we will work with you to ensure you gain the qualification you deserve so you are then able to forge a real and lasting career within the Health & Fitness Industry We offer Careers in Fitness, not just qualifications.
We know our reputation and results speak for themselves, by the student feedback we receive and the high percentage of students returning to take additional courses and expand their knowledge further.
Don't just take our word for it, read our testimonials and feel free to contact any of our previous students to hear firsthand about their experience of careers in Fitness.