Enhance your personal training business and remain relevant in the highly competitive fitness industry. This course is ideal for anyone who wants to build their personal training brand and enhance client health and fitness outcomes.
Certificate of Personal Training Professional Practice is an online professional development program that will help you build and sustain a profitable and successful business as a personal trainer.
Throughout this personal training course, you will learn about the qualities of a successful personal trainer and how to improve training outcomes for clients through developing customised fitness programs and plans.
You will also learn to brand yourself as a professional personal trainer, attract and retain clients, manage client departures and terminate difficult clients.
On completion of this course, you will have gained the knowledge required to build and expand your personal training brand and maximise client results.
Course Structure
Unit - Personal Trainer Professional Practices
Unit 1 – Role of a personal trainer
- Personal training professionals
- Purpose of personal training
- Combating obesity
- Medical approval for exercise
- Barriers to exercise
- Major benefits of personal training
- Daily work and responsibilities of personal trainers
- Working hours
- Working locations
- How does it differ to other types of exercise professionals?
- What types of people can benefit from having a personal trainer?
Unit 2 – Qualities of a personal trainer
- Desirable character traits of the personal trainer
- Personal skills
- Core services on offer
- Expert instruction
- Creating a training plan
- What is motivation?
- A personal trainer and their role in motivation
- How to motivate a client
- Level of concern or tension (good stress)
- Stress management
- Signs and symptoms of stress
- Knowledge of results
- Education or training of the personal trainer
- Minimal acceptable knowledge required
- Maintaining standards
- Professional development
- Industry standards and association
Unit 3 – What you need to know – expertise for success
- Basic components of physical fitness
- Strength, muscular endurance and flexibility
- Motor skills and cardiorespiratory endurance
- The human body
- Energy production
- Energy and exercise
- Considerations for effective business
Unit 4 – Expanding a personal training service
- Common types of personal trainers
- Business basics
- Creating website, social media, business cards
- Building a customer data base
- Networking
- Expanding your services into other areas
- Health and wellbeing services
- Mobile personal trainer
- Stretching coach
- Boot camps
- Personal training / virtual fitness
- Food coaching / nutrition
- Specialised services
- Writing/Photos/Videos
- Limitations
Unit 5 – Working with new clients
- Working with new clients – meet and greet
- Contact information
- Medical approvals
- Pre-screening (Sample Screening Questionnaire)
- Sample Lifestyle and Wellness Questionnaire
- Anthropometric body measurements
- Summarise what you know about the client
- Can you work with them and vice versa?
- Confirming medical or health issues
- Confirm appointment times
- Terms and Conditions for clients
Unit 6 – Working with clients to create fitness plans and programs
- Creating a fitness plan
- Setting goals
- Long term goals
- Taking baseline measures & assessing progress
- Body composition scan
- Fat and muscle mass
- Taking photos
- The role of exercise in weight control
- Measuring energy expenditure
- Calculating ideal body weight
- Human movement & types of fitness programs
- Functional movement
- Strengthening and conditioning programs
- Powerlifting
- High intensity interval training (HIIT)
- Fitness technology
- Fitness programs for older adults
- Instructing young people
- Over-exercising
- Other exercise considerations
- Water and breathing
Unit 7 – Managing client departures
- Ending the trainer-client relationship
- After care
- Exit meetings
- Keeping in touch
- Difficult clients
- Procrastinators
- Discomforting clients
- The challenger
- Ending the relationship
- Finding and new clients
- Understanding clients
Study Hours
Estimated duration 50 hours
Course Delivery and Start
Start anytime, self-paced and 100% online
Assessment
Assessment will be comprised of written exercises, including short-answer questions, reflective tasks, short reports and/or projects. There are no examinations or due dates for assessment. As a result, you can complete training in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.
Testimonials
Graduation
A Certificate of Attainment and Statement of Results will be issued upon successful completion of this course.
How to Enrol
Enrol Online: Click Add to Cart/View Cart on the course page.
Enrol via Live Chat (Business Hours)
Enrol via Telephone 1300 76 2221 (Business Hours)
Enrol via Purchase Order/Tax Invoice
Enrolling Multiple Staff?
To enrol multiple staff, please complete the Employer Enrolment Form. We’ll be in touch within 60 minutes during business hours!
Payment Options
Visa, Mastercard, BPAY and Direct Deposit.
Course FAQs
Why Choose Australian Online Courses?
- Professional development that is widely recognised and respected;
- Improve your employment opportunities;
- Study online, anywhere via our elearning system;
- High-quality professional development programs written by industry experts;
- All course materials provided online – no textbooks to buy;
- Unlimited tutor support via email;
- We offer twelve (12) months’ access, with extensions available upon application (fees apply);
- Course may be tax deductible; see your tax advisor.
Are there any entry requirements or pre-requisites?
There are no course or subject pre-requisites for entry into our programs. However, our professional development programs are generally intended for people over the age of 18. In some circumstances, enrolments from younger people may be considered. Please complete the AOC Parent Guardian Consent Form prior to enrolling and submit here.
When can I start this course?
You can start within 60 minutes during business hours when you enrol and pay in full with a credit card!
Credit card: Within 60 mins during business hours.
BPAY: Within 1-2 working days.
Internet Banking: Within 1-2 working days.
Cheque/Money Order: Upon receipt of mailed cheque.
How is this course delivered?
This course is delivered online via our easy-to-navigate Learning Management System (LMS), where you will discover interactive online learning/written content, resources and assessment.
Do I need to attend classes or undertake any work placements?
No. All courses are delivered online via our LMS and there are no work placement requirements in this course.
What support can I expect from Australian Online Courses?
Unlimited tutor support is available throughout your studies via email only during business hours Monday to Friday. Our Administrative team are available Monday to Friday via email, live chat and telephone.
I am an international student. Can I enrol into this course?
Yes! We accept enrolments from individuals both within Australia and internationally; location is no barrier to entry into our programs.
Career Pathways
Future growth
Strong
Unemployment
Low
Professional Development for:
- Personal Trainers
- Gym Instructors
- Group Fitness Leaders
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