In a nutshell
What are the qualifications about?
Get recognition for your skills in leading fitness sessions with the NVQ in Instructing Exercise and Fitness.Depending on your job, you can focus on gym-based exercise, group exercise to music or water-based exercise.
You'll show your ability to plan, prepare and instruct sessions. You'll also cover essentials like dealing with accidents and emergencies, developing your own practice and motivating and supporting clients.
Who are they for?
This qualification is for people who would like to become a fitness instructor, or to work as one..
You don't need any prior qualifications to take this NVQ.
Why choose City & Guilds?
A City & Guilds qualification is proof that you have the right skills to do your job well - which is why so many employers look for people who have one. You can be confident your qualification is well respected within your industry.
City & Guilds qualifications are engaging and rewarding, and can lead to a whole range of fulfilling careers - including many of the UK's happiest professions.
Fast facts
| Qual. number: | 4840 |
|---|---|
| Type: | NVQ |
| Level: | 2 |
| TBC | |
| Duration: | 6 months - 2 years. |
| Fundable? | Yes. See the Learning Aims Database |
| Last registration: | 31/12/2010 |
Your questions
... if you're taking these qualifications
- What sorts of things do they cover?
- How will I learn and be assessed?
To gain an NVQ, you need to show you've got a particular set of skills. You usually work with your centre or training provider to review your current skills and find the best way to gain new ones - perhaps by trying new things at work, or by studying.
NVQs are assessed at work or in a simulated workplace. For each unit your assessor watches and asks questions as you perform a task, or looks at a portfolio of work that you've built as formal evidence of your learning. Then they confirm you've got the skills to do the job well.
- Which level is right for me?
Level 2
You are currently working as an instructor in gym-based exercise, water-based exercise or group exercise with music. You want to get recognition for your skills, perhaps as part of your professional development or in order to qualify for the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS). - How long do they take?
The NVQ in Instructing Exercise and Fitness usually takes:
- 6 months to 1 year full time
- 1 to 2 years part time.
This is a rough guide - each centre decides its own timescales and you can often learn at your own pace.
- What jobs could they lead to?
Achieving this qualification shows you have the skills to be an effective health and fitness Instructor. This qualification also allows access to the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS).
If you're looking to advance in your career through practical, hands-on training, the new QCF Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training is a good next step. This Diploma is also excellent preparation for the new QCF Level 3 NVQ in Personal Training.
... if you're delivering these qualifications
- How would we deliver and assess them?
To deliver an NVQ, you need qualified assessors - you can train internal members of staff or recruit specially.
To find all the requirements for assessment and delivery, download the course handbooks from the key documents section.
- What resources do we need?
Centres must ensure that candidates have access to the resources commonly in use in the industry and that the pressures and constraints of the workplace are properly reflected. You must also ensure that assessment sites conform to health and safety requirements and that good health and safety practice is reflected in assessment.
Centres must specifically ensure that there is sufficient space for the safe and effective delivery of the exercise and fitness activity, and that there is sufficient and safe equipment that is fit for purpose and in good working order to enable all aspects of the standards to be met.
To find all the resource requirements, download the course handbooks from the key documents section.
- How can we get approval to offer them?
New to City & Guilds?
First become a centre - then you can apply for qualification approval.Already a centre?
You can get fast-track approval if you offer:- the old Level 2 NVQ in Instructing Exercise and Fitness (4833-05 to -07).
Download the form for fast-track approval. <link to qualification-specific form or to generic page>
Don't offer any of these? Download and complete the qualification approval form .(PDF) and send it to your local City & Guilds office.
- Are there any learner eligibility requirements?
All learners must be employed as fitness instructors. You must make sure they can access all the resources they need to complete the qualification.
- Do these qualifications replace any others?
The Level 2 NVQ in Instructing Exercise and Fitness replaces the Level 2 NVQ in Instructing Exercise and Fitness (4833). However all qualifications are currently being replaced with the new QCF NVQ. However, please note all the NVQ's are being re-developed for the QCF for this year 2010.
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