NATIONAL DIPLOMA: FITNESS
(Exercise Specialist)

NQF level 5, 247 credits, 2- year learning programme
(full time or correspondece) and part time-accellerated learning

course description

When you qualify with a fitness diploma (exercise specialist), you are able to work as a specialist personal trainer.  Your clients could be pregnant women, children and adolescents, older adults or overweight clients.  You qualify to work in the health and fitness industry nationally and internationally.  Through the eta learning process of personalised teaching, exposure to plenty of sport and physical activity and well-placed experiential learning in the field, you are able to achieve the assessment criteria and pass the eta course.  Once qualified, you are able to:

•   Design and implement physical activity programmes for healthy special populations • Lead and instruct physical activity programmes • Screen, assess, and motivate clients • Provide advice on wellness and nutrition • Provide advice on stress management and lifestyle plannin • Demonstrate communication and lifestyle counselling skill • Administer a health and fitness business       If you want to know more, please download the course Info sheet on this page or contact the eta directly.