Help others become the best version of themselves

Get qualified as a personal trainer and launch a successful fitness career, helping others set and reach their personal fitness goals. 

In this advanced fitness course, develop the skills to run a business, manage client relationships and deliver personalised exercise programs. This qualification reflects the role of personal trainers who develop, instruct and evaluate personalised exercise programs for generally healthy and low risk clients, to achieve specific fitness goals.

This rewarding career provides job versatility, and you can work as a trainer both indoors and outdoors in gyms, council run leisure and community centres, client workplaces and homes, or online. You can be employed by a gym or be self-employed owning your studio or providing one-on-one or group training, even doing personal training as a second job and setting your own hours. 

Gain these skills

• Instruct and deliver personal training to a range of clients, including adolescents, seniors, athletes, and those with more complex exercise needs
• Plan and deliver training to change clients body composition (muscle gain and fat loss)
• Planning and marketing your fitness business
• Simple diet analysis, and providing healthy eating advice to clients
• Deliver safe, effective online personal training
• Work closely with medical and allied health professionals, and take control of your own professional development to further your skills
• Understand workplace safety and health practices