Personal Fitness Training

Welcome to your Personal Fitness Trainer Certification

Dear Learner,

Welcome to your Personal Fitness Trainer certification. This is a NQF Level 5 part-qualification and offers 2 industry standard certificates:

• Fitness Instructor
• Personal Fitness Trainer

Job Opportunities

The Personal Fitness Trainer certification opens up your door to entrepreneurship and self-employment.

Options are broad and include, but not limited to, tenant-based professional at a local gym, self-employed personal trainer in your own space or home-based training, International opportunities through Cruise liners, emigration and conditioning. You can also further your scope into Group based training (boot camp or Aerobics); Exercise is Medicine or other specialties.

Your competence and success on this certification is based on a variety of outcomes-based learning standards and FitPro is here is assist you and guide you through all the requirements of this process.

What to expect online:

1. A complete digital copy of your learning manual
2. Videos to guide you through specific protocols and theoretical components
3. Task sheets for some modules that need to be completed in your time and uploaded online for grading
4. Quizzes at the end of each lesson which makes up your Portfolio of Evidence.
   1. As you have read through and comprehend a section, you need to complete the related online quiz in order to stay up to date and on par for completion.
5. Your theory exams are available online.

Required Stationary and Equipment:

You are encouraged to make use of your own stationary for note making and learning purposes.

You will commence with Fitness Assessment Protocols in Module 7 of your certification. You are encouraged to purchase your own personal set as it will be used throughout your career.

Assessment equipment includes:

1. Aneroid Manual Blood pressure cuff and stethoscope (please do not use Automatic devices)
2. Skinfold calibre
3. Tape measure

Summary of your assessments:

1. 2 Theory exams
   1. Fitness Instructor
   2. Personal Fitness Trainer
2. 1 Practical exam
   1. Personal Fitness Trainer (conducted via Zoom or in person at the FitPro office)
3. Online Portfolio of Evidence
   1. 15 Modules
4. Research Project
   1. 10 page documented research project
5. Case Study
   1. 6 week personalised training intervention
6. Workplace Observation Hours
   1. 100 workplace observation and practice hours with other qualified professionals in the fitness industry. Qualified professionals include Personal Fitness Trainers, Biokineticists, conditioning coaches and group trainers.
   2. Online based observation is permitted.
   3. The mentoring professional must sign off on hours observed.

Assessment Standards

All assessments are standardised to maintain high quality standards in the industry. Assessments will not be adapted or modified. Only learning disorders that are submitted to the office with a Physician’s letter of diagnosis will be accordingly accommodated.

Results are not communicated until all the required assessment components are complete and the account is up to date. Should your account go into arrears, your access to the course and all assessments will be suspended until the account is up to date.

Should you fail to meet the minimum requirements on an assessment; an opportunity to re-assess will be provided. Learners do have the right to request an appeal or breakdown of a failed assessment.

Duration of Certification

The Personal Fitness Training certification needs to be completed within 12 months from date of registration. Thereafter a re-registration fee of R3600.00 will apply in order to continue.

Communication with FitPro

At any point during your certification, feel free to contact the Academic Office for assistance and guidance:

Email:                    education@fitpro.co.za ; derekarcher@fitpro.co.za

Please be advised that education progress queries or questions cannot be communicated via the office whatsapp number. These queries must be emailed directly to the Academic Office.

FitPro Online School

The FitPro Online School is an additional option for the learner. Online School is your LIVE classroom from anywhere in the world. Lessons are presented for only 1 hour via Zoom with an experienced lecturer.

FitPro wishes you all of the best with your studies and we look forward to seeing your qualify!

The FitPro Team