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EXERCISE SPECIALIST + SPORTS CONDITIONING COACH

A full occupational certification which offers you the best in both specialised fitness training and sport conditioning.

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
  • Train athletes and teams in sport conditioning settings
  • Specialise in the sports arena or open your own business

EXERCISE SPECIALIST + SPORTS CONDITIONING COACH

6 – 12 MONTHS | OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE | NQF 5 | 182 CREDITS | INTERNATIONALLY PORTABLE

A full occupational certification which offers you the best in both specialised fitness training and sport conditioning.

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    • Our Exercise Specialist course is a full occupational certification
    • Offers you the best of both specialised fitness training and sport conditioning, meaning that you can train special groups like the elderly, children and pregnant clients, as well as train sports people to compete at their highest level
    • If you are an already qualified personal trainer looking for the competitive edge, this internationally portable certificate is a great way to broaden your scope of practice
    • Our Sports Conditioning course is intended for already qualified personal trainers who would like to take things to the next level by specialising further in training sports people and athletes.
    • Allows you to apply advanced programme design and conditioning methods in the fields of strength conditioning and high performance training to prepare athletes to compete at the top of their sport

    EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY

    INCLUDES:

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

    SPORTS CONDITIONING

    INCLUDES:

    • Training principles and methods of developing sports conditioning programmes

    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

    • SAQA Registered Skills Program
    • 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 qualification to do this course