Fitness Instructor Apprenticeship

Summary

Freedom leisure actively promotes healthy lifestyles, and our community facilities are the perfect place to achieve this. You will be customer focused, and able to deliver excellent customer service at all times. You must have a desire to learn, as this is a fantastic opportunity, as there are opportunities after completing the Apprentice

Annual wage: £12,314 a year
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Training course: Personal trainer (level 3)
Hours: 37 hours a week - Rota Basis, exact shifts to be confirmed
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Sunday 13 October
Duration: 1 Year 3 Months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Are you looking for an opportunity to move into the Leisure industry?

Freedom leisure actively promotes healthy lifestyles, and our community facilities are the perfect place to achieve this.

We are looking for someone who has a real passion for fitness! As a Fitness Instructor, you will need to inspire people to train, tailor workouts to the individual; making them fun and effective, ensuring that they use the equipment both effectively and safely. The role of a Fitness Instructor is varied and interesting as you never know who your next client is going to be, so you will need to possess excellent people skills to build peoples trust and confidence in you.

Main Responsibilities:

- Fitness assessments, consultations and introduction sessions for new members

- Creating personal exercise plans for members

- Demonstrating activities for members to follow

- Showing members how to use exercise machines and free weights correctly

- In line with health and safety supervise members to make sure they are exercising safely and effectively

- When on duty act as a point of contact for members dealing with any problems or concerns

- Complete health and safety checks as and when directed

- Be the point of contact for new members, taking them through the application process from start to finish including tours. Ensuring the membership database is updated and all relevant paperwork is filed correctly

- General housekeeping duties, making sure the club is kept to a clean and professional standard

- General administration duties including answering the telephone, e-mails, filing etc.

- Maintain a high level of commitment to your studies

- Ensure that the work dress code is adhered to and maintain a good level of personal hygiene

What your apprenticeship includes:

-A mixture of face to face and online catch ups every 4 - 6 weeks to discuss feedback and progress

-A mixture of on and off the job training, including workshops and webinars

-Reviews every 12 weeks with your Line Manager and apprenticeship Trainer

-The chance to get Functional Skills in English and maths (if you don't already have GCSE)

At Freedom Leisure you will work towards your L3 Personal Training Enhanced Apprenticeship Qualification over the course of 15 Months

Where you’ll work

Freedom Leisure

GU22 9BA

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP 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

Personal Trainer - Enhanced - Apprenticeship L3 including Functional Skills in Maths and English

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

None required (grade None required)

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

Team Working
Organisation Skills

Other requirements

Job requires evening and weekend working on a rota basis.

About this company

---Freedom leisure actively promotes healthy lifestyles, and our community facilities are the perfect place to achieve this. We are looking for an Apprentice Customer Service Assistant. We are looking for a Customer Service Assistant to join our friendly and professional team. We are looking for someone who is able to provide a high level of customer service at all times. To meet, greet and serve customers in a friendly and professional manner and able to promote the facilities, services and p

After this apprenticeship

Ongoing training and development

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