The Fitness Foundations short course is designed to give you the scientific skills you need for a career in exercise, sport and fitness. You'll learn how to give an effective client pre-screening, fitness assessment, and exercise prescription.
This is the first of three courses you need to complete to become a qualified fitness instructor and/or personal trainer. You can study all three courses at AUT. When you have successfully completed Fitness Foundations, you can progress to the Fitness Instructing short course and then the Personal Training short course.
Students are required to attend all in-person classes on the AUT North Campus in addition to online self-study throughout the course. There are no online classes to attend.
If you’re interested in a career in exercise, sport or fitness – this is a great starting point.
The Certificate of Proficiency in Fitness Foundations is the first of three courses you need to complete to become a qualified personal trainer and fitness instructor. All three courses are taught part-time over 4 months and each course is a prerequisite for the next course.
When you've successfully completed the first course, the Certificate of Proficiency in Fitness Foundations (Level 4), you then enrol in our second course – the Certificate of Proficiency in Fitness Instructing (Level 5). This enables you to be recognised as a fitness instructor and become REPS registered nationally and internationally in the fitness industry.
When you successfully complete the third and final course, the Certificate of Proficiency in Personal Training (Level 5), you will be qualified as a personal trainer and also be able to become REPS registered nationally and internationally in the fitness industry.
Course date: Thursday 19 June (material and study calendar available online)
Class dates: Saturday 28 June, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 July (workshop dates when students are required to attend the class in person on the AUT North Campus)
Time: 8.30am-5.30pm approx. (once the course starts you will be able to access the full timetable)
Final assessment: Monday 14 July – submit assessments online
You can apply online to study the Fitness Foundations short course.
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Disclaimer
Your enrolment in this course will only be complete after you’ve paid your course fees. You can pay fees online, on any AUT campus or by fees invoice. If you haven’t paid your fees within two weeks and 10 days before your course starts, your enrolment will be cancelled. If your employer is paying your fees, please provide a purchase order, with your employer's contact and billing details before the course starts. AUT reserves the right to cancel courses that don’t have enough students. If this happens, you’ll be given at least 2 or 3 days’ notice and can transfer to another start date for this course.