Free Level 2 Gym Instructor Course in Burton-on-Trent. Classes run at Burton Town Centre Campus on Thursday evenings, 5:30pm to 8:30pm. The course runs over one year, so you can fit your gym instructor classes around work or other commitments. You'll develop the knowledge and skills to support and educate clients in a gym or health club setting. The course combines weekly face-to-face lessons with distance learning. The college is a recognised CIMSPA partner, and this gym instructor qualification is certified by REPs and CIMSPA. No formal entry requirements, though some personal experience of gym-based exercise is helpful.
Who this course is for
This course aims to develop your knowledge and skills to allow you to engage, facilitate, educate and support clients in a gym or health club environment. This qualification is certified by REPs and CIMSPA.
Ideally, you should have some experience of gym based exercise through personal practice and possess a certain amount of physical fitness.
The course is delivered through a blended approach of taught lessons and distance learning, allowing you to have face to face contact with the course tutor on a weekly basis. We have links with a number of partners in the area where work experience can be gained. The College is a recognised partner of CIMSPA, which will allow you to gain a student membership once you have enrolled on the course.
Entry requirements
No Formal Entry Requirements
What you will learn
You'll learn how to engage and support clients in a gym environment.
You'll develop skills to plan and deliver safe exercise sessions.
You'll study anatomy and physiology relevant to gym instruction.
You'll learn how to carry out fitness assessments with clients.
You'll develop knowledge of health and safety in a gym setting.
You'll build skills to motivate and educate clients toward their fitness goals.
How you will learn
The course uses a blended approach. You'll attend weekly taught lessons at Burton Town Centre Campus and complete additional study through distance learning. You'll have regular face-to-face contact with your tutor. The college also has links with local partners where you can gain work experience. Assessment includes practical and knowledge-based elements aligned to the Level 2 Diploma.
What you will need to bring
The centre will provide most materials. Burton Town Centre Campus will confirm anything else you need before you start. As the course involves practical gym-based activity, suitable exercise clothing and footwear are likely to be needed.
Where next
Jobs you could do
Gym instructor: lead inductions and gym floor sessions for members.
Personal trainer: work one-to-one with clients on fitness goals.
Fitness instructor: deliver group exercise or circuit classes.
Leisure centre assistant: support members across a leisure facility.
Health club floor staff: supervise and advise members day to day.
What you could study next
Level 3 Personal Trainer Qualification: the natural next step if you want to work one-to-one with clients and build a personal training business.
Level 3 Diploma in Fitness Instructing and Personal Training: a combined qualification that broadens your scope and meets requirements for CIMSPA Practitioner membership.
Level 3 Award in Education and Training: useful if you want to move into coaching or teaching fitness in a college or community setting.
