Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructing (QCF) Diploma Level 3

Syllabus

Unit One: Principles of exercise, fitness and health (A/600/9017)

On completion of this unit you will:

• Understand the effects of exercise on the body
• Understand the components of fitness
• Understand how to apply the principles and variables of fitness to an exercise programme
• Understand the Exercise contraindications and key safety guidelines for special populations
• Understand how to safely monitor exercise intensity
• Understand the health benefits of physical activity
• Understand the importance of healthy eating

Unit Two: Instructing gym-based exercise (A/600/9020)

On completion of this unit you will:

• Understand how to provide gym-based exercise
• Be able to prepare self and equipment for gym-based exercise
• Be able to prepare clients for gym-based exercise
• Be able to instruct gym-based exercise
• Be able to supervise clients undertaking gym-based exercise
• Be able to bring a gym-based exercise session to an end
• Be able to reflect on providing gym-based exercise
• Be able to support clients taking part in gym-based exercise

Unit Three: Anatomy and physiology for exercise (H/600/9013)

On completion of this unit you will:

• Understand the structure and function of the circulatory system
• Understand the structure and function of the respiratory system
• Understand the structure and function of the skeleton
• Understand joints in the skeleton
• Understand the muscular system
• Understand the life-course of the musculoskeletal system and its implications for special populations exercise
• Understand energy systems and their relation to exercise
• Understand the nervous system and its relation to exercise

Unit Four: Know how to support clients who take part in exercise and physical activity (M/600/9015)

On completion of this unit you will:

• Understand how to form effective working relationships with clients
• Understand how to address barriers to exercise/physical activity that clients experience
• Understand how to support clients to adhere to exercise/physical activity
• Understand how to provide ongoing customer service to clients

Unit Five: Health, safety and welfare in a fitness environment (T/600/9016)

On completion of this unit you will:

• Understand emergency procedures in a fitness environment
• Understand health and safety requirements in a fitness environment
• Understand how to control risks in a fitness environment
• Understand how to safeguard children and vulnerable adults

Unit Six: Anatomy and physiology for exercise and health (A/600/9051)

On completion of this unit you will:

• Understand the heart and circulatory system and its relation to exercise and health
• Understand the musculoskeletal system and its relation to exercise
• Understand postural and core stability
• Understand the nervous system and its relation to exercise
• Understand the endocrine system and its relation to exercise and health
• Understand energy systems and their relation to exercise

Unit Seven: Programming personal training with clients (F/600/9052)

On completion of this unit you will:

• Understand how to prepare personal training programmes
• Understand the importance of long term behaviour change for personal training
• Understand the principles of collecting information to plan a personal training programme
• Understand how to screen clients prior to a personal training programme
• Understand how to identify personal training goals with clients
• Understand how to plan a personal training programme with clients
• Understand how to adapt a personal training programme with clients
• Be able to collect information about clients
• Be able to agree goals with clients
• Be able to plan a personal training programme with clients
• Be able to manage a personal training programme
• Be able to review progress with clients
• Be able to adapt a personal training programme with clients

Unit Eight: Delivering personal training sessions (J/600/9053)

On completion of this unit you will:

• Understand how to instruct exercise during personal training sessions
• Understand how to adapt exercise to meet client needs during personal training sessions
• Understand how to review personal training sessions with clients
• Be able to plan and prepare personal training sessions
• Be able to prepare clients for personal training sessions
• Be able to instruct and adapt planned exercises
• Be able to bring exercise sessions to an end
• Be able to reflect on providing personal training sessions

Unit Nine: Applying the principles of nutrition to a physical activity programme (L/600/9054)

On completion of this unit you will:

• Understand the principles of nutrition
• Understand key guidelines in relation to nutrition
• Understand nationally recommended practice in relation to providing nutritional advice
• Understand the relationship between nutrition and physical activity
• Understand how to collect information relating to nutrition
• Understand how to use nutritional information
• Understand the principles of nutritional goal setting with clients
• Be able to collect and analyse nutritional information
• Be able to apply the principles of nutrition to a physical activity programme

Unit Ten: Planning gym-based exercise (F/600/9018)

On completion of this unit you will:

• Understand how to collect client information to plan gym-based exercise
• Understand how to use client information to plan gym-based exercise
• Understand how to plan gym-based exercise with clients
• Be able to collect and use client information to plan a gym-based exercise programme
• Be able to plan a safe and effective gym-based exercise programme with clients

Study Hours

This is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to your tutor. You should allow at least 1 - 2 hours of study to complete each question paper.

The approximate amount of time required to complete the course is: 346 hrs.