Certificate IV in Fitness - Personal Trainer Course

Interested in working your own hours or setting up your own business? The Certificate IV in Fitness is the course that extends your fitness knowledge and qualifies you as a Personal Trainer.

With a Certificate IV in Fitness, you can work in a gym, leisure centre, on a cruise ship, PT studio, outdoors, at a holiday resort or health spa or even run your own business! Your career pathways are endless.

Face-to-face

Online

About the SIS40210 Certificate IV in Fitness

Throughout the Certificate IV in Fitness you can expect to study:

Advanced Programming
Functional Core Training
Xpress Personal Training
Athlete Strength and Conditioning
Rehabilitation
Children's Training
Exercise for Older Adults
Outdoor Group Training
Postural Analysis
plus more!

This advanced course gives students the knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver innovative, individualised one-on-one and group Personal Training sessions.

"I really enjoyed the Functional Movement lecture by Lauren (as part of the Certificate IV in Fitness). She was very passionate about it and I learned so much. I have researched more about integrated/functional exercises and found that they are not really widely known. I have now incorporated some great new moves into my group fitness choreography. I have never seen this type of exercise before at any gym and I'm quite pleased to have something new and better, especially for the rural district where I live" Wendy, Ararat

Work experience

Work Experience is compulsory for the Certificate IV in Fitness, with a total of 20-hours placement required (as a component of the professional practice). Australian Fitness Academy offers a comprehensive work experience program, which assists in providing essential experience before entering the fitness industry.

Practice the skills you learn in a real life environment with work experience!

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Study options

To ensure study can fit with your schedule, the Certificate IV in Fitness is offered through flexible delivery modes. This includes online and face-to-face.

Online learning

Self paced over 6 or 12-months, you can study at a time and pace to fit with your busy lifestyle. Online learning includes presentations, videos, activities and readings which you can complete in your own time while receiving access to the Academy's extensive student support services.

Online course - sample

A sample course has been set up to show how the online content is presented and how the course is structured. Anyone interested in online study can view the sample course to get an idea of the quality of resources available throughout the course.

To access the online sample course:

Go to http://Australian Fitness Academy-elearning.mywisenet.com.au/
Click on "Example Course"
Click on “Sample Course”
Username: sample
Password: sample

You can also view the below videos, which form part of the learning resources we offer to all our students.

Support while studying online

Australian Fitness Academy understands you will most likely need further assistance while studying online. For this reason Australian Fitness Academy has full-time Student Support who are available should you need extra help while studying online.

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Face-to-face learning

Face to face study involves attending classes in Caulfield, Melbourne or Toowong, Brisbane. Studying face-to-face includes both theory and practical sessions utilising the on-campus state of the art Training Centres.

This course can be studied full-time or part-time:

Full-time: 15-week course. In class attendance 2 days per week plus additional home study.
Part-time (Melbourne Only): 30-week course. Evening attendance 2 nights per week (6.15pm - 9.45pm) plus additional home study.

Additional practical sessions are offered for both full-time and part-time students on Fridays from 12pm - 4pm.

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Government funded support

Australian Fitness Academy is approved to deliver government subsidised training within Victoria via the Victorian Training Guarantee. If you are eligible you can study the Certificate IV in Fitness with help from the Victorian and Commonwealth governments. Government funded courses are available face-to-face and online.

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Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

The Australian Fitness Academy's RPL process offers prospective students a potentially quicker way to obtain the Certificate III and IV in Fitness qualifications.

Undertaking the RPL process allows applicants to use their past qualifications and work related experience in order to match the current unit of competencies that make up a Certificate III and IV in Fitness.

Upon review of an RPL application, prospective students will be informed as to exactly what modules (if any) they need to complete in order to obtain their qualifications.

To download the Certificate IV in Fitness RPL Application Kit, click here.

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Course Fees

Course fees can vary depending on the course you choose to study and the mode of delivery (face-to-face or fully online). AFA offers convenient fortnightly payment plans so you can pay your course off over time and we are happy to work these plans in with your budget.

The Academy also offers discounts on face-to-face study when two or more people enrol at the same time.

Please contact AFA on 1300 232 348 for more information.

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