Certificate IV in Fitness

Admission requirements

You are eligible if:

* you havesuccessfully completed the Australian year 12 or equivalent in your country
* you haveachieved a minimum of either:
- IELTS 5.5 academic (no band scoreless than5.0) or
- TOFEL paper based 530 (minimum TWE 3.5) or
- TOFEL computer based 197 (minimum TWE 3.5) or
- TOFEL internet based 71 (minimum 17 in all sections).

Intake

February

Books and equipment (AUD)

Supplied through the materials fees, however students will be required to supply their own personal stationery.

Material fees (AUD)

$300

Students will be supplied with uniform, manuals, workbooks and learning resources.

Study pathways

On completion of the Certificate IV, graduates may apply to continue their study in:

* Certificate IV in Sport (Development) (055136G) at Kangan Institute
* Diploma of Fitness
* Exercise science degree at a university.

Career pathways

On completion of the Certificate IV, graduates may seek employment as:

- Personal trainer in a gymnasium
- Operate a personal training business and train clients one to one
- Gym instructor in a gymnasium facility
- Personal trainer/gym instructor within a medical rehabilitation facility.

Course structure

The Certificate IV in Fitness includes the Certificate III in Fitness (062968G).

In a typical week students will attend classes approximately three days per week with approximately 60 percent practical and 40 percent theory classes. Classes will be scheduled between 8.30am and 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.

The teaching methods used include classroom-based lectures and supervised practical components. The assessment methods include practical tutorials, project assignments and written tests.

Units

Organise personal work priorities and development
Contribute to effective workplace relationships
Operate computing packages
Provide advanced first aid response
Meet client needs and expectations
Process client complaints
Apply sport and recreation law
Follow defined occupational health and safety policies and procedures
Undertake risk analysis of activities
Provide orientation to clients prior to undertaking a fitness program
Undertake client induction and screening
Develop basic fitness programs
Apply basic exercise science to exercise instruction
Use and maintain core fitness industry equipment
Provide advice to clients on the application of basic anatomy and physiology to fitness programs
Provide nutrition advice to clients in accordance with recommended guidelines
Instruct fitness activity skills to a client using fitness equipment
Develop and apply an awareness of specific populations to exercise delivery
Provide leadership to groups
Develop work priorities
Address client needs
Coordinate client service activities
Analyse participation patterns in specific markets of the leisure and recreation industry
Promote compliance with laws and legal principles
Conduct projects
Implement and monitor the organisations
occupational health and safety policies, procedures and programs
Prepare for work
Complete daily work activities
Organise and complete daily work activities
Exercise initiative in a business environment
Plan and instruct a circuit training class
Undertake relevant exercise planning and programming
Utilise a broad knowledge of exercise science in exercise planning, programming and instruction
Undertake postural appraisal of low risk clients
Utilise a broad range of fitness equipment
Provide exercise for fitness industry clients with special requirements
Utilise an understanding of motivational psychology with fitness clients
Provide information and exercise related to nutrition and body composition
Plan and deliver personal training
Assist in preparing sport and recreation sessions for participants
Assist in conducting sport and recreation sessions for participants
Provide equipment for activities
Plan a session or program for participants
Conduct a sport and recreation session for participants
Plan and prepare an individualised long-term training program
Conduct, monitor and adjust individualised long-term training programs
Evaluate, analyse and modify long-term and/or high performance individualised training programs
Respond to emergency situations
Provide first aid
Create client relationship
Deal with client feedback