Level 4 Certificate in Personal Training

The Level 4 Certificate in Personal Training trains learners to a professionally competent level, enabling them to prescribe, plan, and deliver safe but effective exercise programs, and to develop their skills and knowledge to allow the learner to pursue a career in personal training.

Covered Topics

• Anatomy and physiology, functional kinesiology and concepts and components of fitness.
• Nutrition for exercise, health and fitness.
• Lifestyle and medical factors that affect wellbeing.
• Analysis of client information using the most accepted techniques.
• Assessment of a client’s current health and fitness status.
• Planning and conducting of physical activity sessions, within a variety of environments using multiple resources.
• Client consultations using the most accepted methods and providing strategies for successful behaviour change.
• Communication skills to effectively build successful relationships with their clients and other health care professionals.
• Legal and professional requirements for personal training.
• How to set up and manage a personal training business on a self-employed basis if they wish to.
• How to manage, evaluate and improve own performance.

Entry Requirements

• Learners must hold a suitable Level 3 qualification in gym instructing.
• Some experience of gym-based exercises, including free weights, is highly recommended.
• The course requires physical exertion and individual participation is essential; therefore, a degree of physical fitness is necessary.
• There is also an element of communication (discussing, presenting, reading and writing) involved and learners should have basic skills in communication pitched at level 3.

QUALIFICATION STRUCTURE