Fitness industry short courses
Kick start your year with one of AUT’s fitness industry short courses. Whether you’re looking for professional development, want to explore a personal interest or open yourself up to new opportunities – our short courses are a great way to gain new skills and turn your passion into a career.
Fitness short courses
Interested in a career as a qualified personal trainer or fitness instructor? Take the first step by completing four short courses including fitness foundations, fitness instructing, group exercise instruction and personal training.
Medical Terminology
Looking to gain employment in the healthcare industry? This self-directed, 7-month online course covers medical terms and definitions related to anatomy, physiology, disease, investigations, procedures and pharmacology, so you can hit the ground running in your future career.
Sports Massage
Learn the latest massage techniques and soft tissue therapy for the treatment of the whole body with our Sports Massage course. Over seven 2½-hour classes held at our North Campus, you’ll learn techniques to treat athletes in clinical settings, as well as practical adaptations for use in gyms, sports fields and more.
To do this course you must have taken Fitness Foundations.
Pacific Nutrition
Primarily for Pacific workers, this course will teach you about the relationship between the types of food we eat and the effect they can have on our health. You’ll learn how to make everyday traditional foods healthier and how to share the information you have learnt with your families, communities and workplaces.
This course is run in partnership with the Heart Foundation.