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7 months
Face-to-face (15 hrs/week) and Distance (5 hrs/week)
Blended (Face-to-Face and Distance) · 20 hours per week (15 hrs face-to-face + 5 hrs distance)
Monthly (any Monday throughout the year)
Course Overview
Where You Can Study
Gold Coast
Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Quality & Recognition
Academic Regulator
ASQA
Accreditation Status
AccreditedCourse Content
Complete pre-exercise screening and service orientation
Learn how to identify client fitness requirements, administer pre-exercise health screening and plan, conduct and evaluate a fitness appraisal.
Complete client fitness assessments
Learn how to identify client fitness requirements, administer pre-exercise health screening and plan, conduct and evaluate a fitness appraisal.
Apply business risk management processes
Learn about the relevant laws, legislation and regulations you need to be aware of as well as conduct a risk assessment and manage a risk register.
Work with diverse people
Describes the skills and knowledge required to work respectfully with people from diverse social and cultural groups and situations, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
Work in a team
Describes the skills and knowledge required to work respectfully with people from diverse social and cultural groups and situations, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
Use anatomy and physiology knowledge to support safe and effective exercise
Consolidate your understanding of anatomy and physiology and learn to apply this knowledge to your own professional practice.
Instruct group exercise sessions
Learn the performance outcomes, knowledge and skills required to plan, instruct and evaluate a variety of fitness programs and circuit sessions.
Plan group exercise sessions
Learn the performance outcomes, knowledge and skills required to plan, instruct and evaluate a variety of fitness programs and circuit sessions.
Develop and instruct gym-based exercise programs for individual clients
Programming and instruction of cardiovascular, resistance and flexibility programs for low or moderate risk clients who have completed industry endorsed pre-exercise screening and risk stratification procedures.
Provide healthy eating information
Discover the fundamentals of healthy eating, balanced nutrition and nutritional practices to enhance peak performance.
Deliver and monitor a service to customers
Individuals often exercise discretion and judgement using appropriate knowledge of customer service, providing technical advice and support to customers over short or long-term interactions.
Organise personal work priorities
Describes the skills and knowledge required to organise personal work schedules, to monitor and obtain feedback on work performance and to maintain required levels of competence.
Participate in sustainable work practices
Describes the skills and knowledge required to measure, support and find opportunities to improve the sustainability of work practices.
Provide first aid
Learn how to respond in an emergency, apply appropriate first aid, communicate details of the incident and evaluate the incident.
Participate in workplace health and safety
Describes the skills and knowledge required for workers to participate in safe work practices to ensure their own health and safety, and that of others.
Common Questions
The Certificate III in Fitness is 30 weeks in total, broken down into 21 weeks of study, 3 weeks of supervised study, and 6 weeks of holidays.
Students must pass a minimum of one of the following English requirements: Upper Intermediate Certificate or higher, Certificate IV level or higher qualification in Australia, IELTS 5.5-6, FCE Grade B or C, CAE 160-179, TOEFL 72-94, TOEIC 400-485 (listening) and 385-450 (reading), or the Entrepreneur Education English Test achieving at least Upper Intermediate level. All English evidence must be within a 2 year validity period.
You may be eligible for Credit Transfers if you hold the same unit(s) from another provider. To be eligible, you must present your certified qualification at enrolment stage, together with the completed 'Course Credit Form'. Once assessed, you will be notified of the outcome. Should your achieved units be equivalent, your CoE/course duration will be reduced according to the amount of time needed to complete the outstanding units.
Graduates of the Certificate III in Fitness may pursue careers as a Gym Owner, Gym Instructor, or Group Exercise Co-ordinator.
Students will require continual access to their own laptop computer during class and outside of class to meet distance education requirements. Students are required to purchase these items at their own expense. Additionally, Canvas is used as the online learning portal, where students can access course learning materials, assessment requirements, marked submissions, and communicate with their Mentor outside of timetabled hours.
Application
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