Subjects
16 units must be completed:
9 core units
7 elective units, consisting of:
all units in Groups A, B or C
remaining units to make up the required 7 elective units from Group D; maximum of 2 units may be selected elsewhere in SIS Training Package, or any other current Training Package or accredited course.
Packaging Rules for each specialisation:
All Group A electives must be selected for award of the Certificate III in Fitness (Aqua Exercise Instructor)
All Group B electives must be selected for award of the Certificate III in Fitness (Group Exercise Instructor)
All Group C electives must be selected for award of the Certificate III in Fitness (Gym Instructor).
The selection of electives must be guided by the job outcome sought, local industry requirements and the complexity of skills appropriate to the AQF level of this qualification.
Core | |
Provide health screening and fitness orientation | |
Recognise and apply exercise considerations for specific populations | |
Instruct fitness programs | |
Incorporate anatomy and physiology principles into fitness programming | |
Provide healthy eating information | |
Instruct exercise to older clients | |
Provide quality service | |
Maintain equipment for activities | |
Work effectively in sport, fitness and recreation environments | |
Group A - Aqua Exercise Instructor | |
Identify risk and apply risk management processes | |
Provide first aid | |
Participate in workplace health and safety | |
Perform basic water rescues | |
Instruct water familiarisation, buoyancy and mobility skills | |
Instruct water-based fitness activities | |
Instruct aquatic sessions for specific population groups | |
Group B - Group Exercise Instructor | |
Identify risk and apply risk management processes | |
Provide first aid | |
Participate in workplace health and safety | |
Instruct group exercise sessions | |
Instruct approved community fitness programs | |
Group C - Gym Instructor | |
Identify risk and apply risk management processes | |
Provide first aid | |
Participate in workplace health and safety | |
Conduct fitness appraisals | |
Group D - General Electives | |
Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices | |
Perform basic water rescues | |
Instruct water familiarisation, buoyancy and mobility skills | |
Conduct fitness appraisals | |
Instruct group exercise sessions | |
Instruct water-based fitness activities | |
Deliver pre-choreographed or prescribed community fitness | |
Deliver pre-choreographed or prescribed group exercise to music | |
Instruct approved community fitness programs | |
Instruct movement programs to children aged 5 to 12 years | |
Instruct aquatic sessions for specified population groups | |
Facilitate groups | |
Facilitate inclusion for people with a disability | |
Maintain sport, fitness and recreation facilities | |
Process financial transactions | |
Educate user groups | |
