The fitness industry is expanding and so is the demand for highly skilled and motivated personal trainers.  Our course will train you to develop a career within a health club, leisure centre, client's home, outdoors and within a park setting.  As a qualified personal trainer you will be able to train a diverse group of people and have a major influence on their health and wellbeing.

This course is ideally suited for individuals wishing to work full time, part time, or on a self employed basis and is designed to give you the appropriate indepth knowledge and interpersonal skills to train a wide range of clients. As a Personal Trainer each day is different, you will enjoy the interaction of working on a one-to-one basis with your own clients, creating your own schedule and mentoring your clients to achieve their fitness goals and aspirations.

To be a Personal Trainer requires hard work, skill and motivation but the rewards are emense and you can choose to work independently and be your own boss or within a club setting.

The course is very challenging to undertake and requires considerable commitment in your personal discipline and application.  The Personal Trainer course is run in two formats:

•     Intensive - run over 12 weeks
•     Modular - where you take one course a month. 

Both formats cover both practical and theoretical elements as well as requiring home study and completion of assignment.

The Certificate in Personal Training (CPT) commences with the Gym Instructor Course.  If you already hold the level 2 exercise and fitness knowledge we will give you Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) and you will only be required to re-sit the theory element of the course.  Please contact the office to chat about this further. Students undertaking the Level 3 CPT Modules must be over 18.

Certificate in Personal Training - Courses

Once you have undertaken the Gym Instructor Course the other modules in the Certificate in Personal Training are:

Mandatory Courses:

• Client Lifestyle and Fitness Assessment
• Nutrition and Weight Management
• Business and Marketing Skills
• Advanced Fitness Instructor

Optional Courses (must choose 1):

• Training in Different Environments
• Sports Conditioning

Please click on the course name for more detailed information.

Once you have gained this qualification, you can apply to join REPs at Level 3. You are also able to study further by undertaking other modules and workshops, please see Specialist Courses and Workshops for further information.