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Exercise Specialist

An Occupational skills certificate that continues on from the Personal Trainer certificate (or equivalent) and broadens your scope to include special population groups

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

  • Grow your existing client base
  • Establish a unique reputation as a specialist trainer for specific groups
  • Work as a strength and conditioning coach for schools, sports teams and clubs
  • Start your own business and work in association with a referral team of doctors, physiotherapists, biokineticists and dieticians

Exercise Specialist

12 MONTHS | NATIONAL CERTIFICATE | NQF 5 | 101 CREDITS | INTERNATIONALLY PORTABLE

An Occupational skills certificate that continues on from the Personal Trainer certificate (or equivalent) and broadens your scope to include special population groups

ONLINE LEARNING

R8 700,00

Associated Courses

The Exercise Specialist certificate continues on from the Personal Trainer certificate (or equivalent), allowing you to grow your scope of practice.

This qualification is a full occupational qualification which offers you specialised fitness training, meaning that you can train special groups like the elderly, children and pregnant clients.

This course is completed via our comprehensive Online Learning Platform.

*Logbook hours required: 50 Hours

EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY

INCLUDES:

  • The muscular and skeletal systems
  • The changes which occur due to posture and special conditions

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

INCLUDES:

  • Adaptations of exercises for pregnancy, children and youth, and older adults

NUTRITION & INJURIES

INCLUDES:

  • Nutrition: Nutrition and dietary requirements for specific goals and special conditions
  • Injuries: Adapting exercise programmes to risk factors and special conditions within the scope, and the referral process for clients with conditions outside the scope of an exercise specialist

FITNESS ASSESSMENTS

INCLUDES:

  • Procedures for assessing sports specific clients and special population client

NQF Level: 5

Course Credits: 101

  • SAQA Registered
  • NQF level 5
  • CATHSSETA Provider Accreditation Number 613/R/000189/2011
  • Recognised and registered with REPSSA (Register of Exercise Professionals South Africa). REPSSA is part of ICREPS (International Confederation of Registers for Exercise Professionals) The NCIF qualification is internationally portable enabling graduates to work anywhere in the world.

You must hold a Personal Trainer certificate to do this course