- Duration: 6 Months
- Timings: Flexible
Course details
If you're looking for a fast-track into a career in fitness or a bridging qualification into more advanced personal training certifications, the Fitness Instructor Course is for you. This course will equip you with all the skills necessary to meet the duties of a fitness instructor, including assisting clients with proper technique and use of gym equipment and advising on generic exercise programmes.
Key features
- Learn the basics of anatomy and exercise physiology
- Learn the proper use of equipment and understand gym safety procedures
- Improve on your communication and motivational skills to deal with clients more effectively
Career opportunities
- Work as a fitness instructor in commercial gyms and private studios
- Use this as a bridging course to see if a career in health and fitness is for you, or to give you an NQF 4
Eligibility / Requirements
- A grade 10 or NQF3 equivalent is required to do this course- Students will need to log 50 experiential hours to qualify
About Health and Fitness Professionals Association Academy (HFPA)
HFPA is the premier provider of Fitness Education in South Africa. We have led the way since 1979, offering accredited, innovative, and comprehensive programmes. Our graduates are employed internationally and are highly regarded as Fitness Professionals who have graduated from an institution that provides the best in education.
Our Campus Facilities, located nationally, are unmatched in the industry, with the latest in gym and high-performance equipment, multimedia lecture rooms and studios, all of which provide for a professional learning environment. Our online learning platform (OLP) and tutors offer distance learning students structured support throughout their course.
Our experience in education as a Higher Education Institution will ensure that you are provided with a structured, supported and happy learning experience, and enable you to enter your career as a Fitness Professional with the knowledge and confidence to achieve success in a vibrant, dynamic and ever-growing industry. Founded in 1979, HFPA was one of the first organizations, internationally, to recognize and act upon the need for representation and specialized training for the sport and fitness industry.
Since then they have lead the way as a Higher Education Institution for health, theyllness and fitness professionals around the world.
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