Who is this qualification for?
This qualification is designed for those who have responsibility for the planning and delivery of safe and effective exercise programmes within a gym or health club environment.
This qualification would suit:
- Learners who are new to a gym/fitness environment.
- Learners who wish to forge a career in gym-based instructing and progress to become a Personal Trainer.
Qualification benefits
For individuals
- Focus on skills and competencies required to be able to plan, deliver and review a series of instructing sessions in a gym-based environment.
- Be introduced to the principles and practices of safe, ethical and effective practice in leading activity sessions, ensuring competence to the required standard in an appropriate sports environment.
For employers
- Benefit from a more highly skilled workforce, capable of retaining members, safety and operational efficiency.
- Investing in staff and their CPD improves staff loyalty and reduces staff turnover.
- Provides a foundation for staff to progress to Level 3 Personal Training, ensuring a future pipeline of highly skilled staff.
Qualification units
- Anatomy and physiology for exercise
- Promote health, safety and welfare in active leisure and recreation
- Principles of exercise, fitness and health
- Work with clients to help them to adhere to exercise and physical activity
- Reflect on and develop own practice in providing exercise and physical activity
- Anatomy and physiology for exercise
- Know how to support clients who take part in exercise and physical activity
- Health, safety and welfare in a fitness environment
- Principles of exercise, fitness and health
- Planning gym-based exercise
- Instructing gym-based exercise
The following Essential Skills courses may be required or will need to be completed:
- Essential Skills Level 1 Application of Number (AON)
- Essential Skills Level 1 Communication
Following the completion of the Level 2 qualification, learners can progress onto our Level 3 Personal Training programme.
“The support and flexible approach shown by the team at Portal is really helping to get the best out of my team.”
Caroline Spanton
Beicio Cymru | Welsh Cycling
Qualification delivery and assessment
At Portal we understand the demands of modern work life. We know that your work commitments, project deliverables, and team responsibilities require careful balance. That’s why we’ve shaped a flexible learning approach that allows you to hone your skills without having to compromise your ongoing commitments.
This qualification is delivered through a blended approach, combining face-to-face and remote learning. On enrolment, each learner is assigned a dedicated assessor who will provide ongoing support throughout the programme. The assessor will meet with the learner on a monthly basis, either remotely (for example, via Microsoft Teams), or in the workplace. The monthly sessions will run for 1½ hours.
Mixed methods which could include:
- Written and verbal work
- Observation of performance
- Work related evidence
- Multiple choice examinations
The apprenticeship and higher apprenticeship programmes are fully funded by the Welsh Government. Applicants must meet the following Welsh Government eligibility.
Individuals must:
- Have the right to work in the UK
- Have a contract of employment for at least 16 hours a week
- Not be enrolled on any other Welsh Government funded programme
- Not hold a degree in the same area of study as the apprenticeship programme
