Who is this qualification for?
This qualification is for all aspiring Personal Trainers. With our Level 3 in Personal Training, you’ll gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence required to advance your career as a professional Personal Trainer. You’ll enhance your understanding in key areas, enabling you to confidently deliver safe and effective personal training sessions, while supporting and empowering your clients to achieve their fitness goals.
Qualification benefits
For individuals
- Gain the knowledge and understanding required to maintain health, safety and welfare in a personal training environment, including the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults
- Gain the skills to create safe, effective personal training programmes for diverse clients while integrating key principles of nutrition
- Achievement of this qualification would also allow learners to progress onto higher level qualifications within the fitness industry
For employers
- Develop individuals with skills and understanding in key physical activity areas, enabling them to better support your clients
- Encourage talent retention by providing professional development opportunities, empowering them to make positive changes and supporting them in achieving their career goals
- Enhance your organisation’s reputation by building a skilled and knowledgeable team that showcase expertise and professionalism
Qualification units
- Promote Health, Safety and Welfare in Active Leisure and Recreation
- Principles of Exercise, Fitness and Health
- Reflect on and Develop own Practice in Providing Exercise and Physical Activity
- Anatomy and Physiology for Exercise and Health
- Motivate Clients to Maintain Long Term Adherence to Exercise and Physical Activity
- Evaluate Exercise and Physical Activity Programmes
- Design, Manage and Adapt a Personal Training Programme with Clients
- Deliver Exercise and Physical Activity as Part of a Personal Training Programme
- Apply the Principles of Nutrition to Support Client Goals as Part of an Exercise and Physical Activity Programme
- Health, Safety and Welfare in a Fitness Environment
- Principles of Exercise, Fitness and Health
- Know How to Support Clients who Take Part in Exercise and Physical Activity
- Anatomy and Physiology for Exercise and Health
- Applying the Principles of Nutrition to a Physical Activity Programme
- Delivering Personal Training Sessions
- Programming Personal Training with Clients
In addition to the above, learners will also need to complete;
- Essential Skills Level 2 Application of Number (AON)
- Essential Skills Level 2 Communication
Completion of the Level 3 qualification in Personal Training will provide learners with 10 CPD points if you are a CIMSPA Practitioner member.
Following the completion of the Level 3 qualification, learners can progress onto higher level sports programmes.
“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, to support progress, carry out observations, and set tasks.
Mixed methods which could include:
- Written work
- Professional discussion
- Question and answer
- Observation of performance
- Work related evidence
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
