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Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Workplace Health and Safety in a Fitness Setting

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Course Features

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Duration

2 weeks

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Lifetime Access

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Accessibility

Mobile, Desktop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Advanced

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Effort

2 hours per week

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

Employers, workers, and the community are all affected by work-related illnesses, deaths, and injuries. This course will teach you how to protect yourself and your clients as a trainer.

The key elements of your local legislation will be identified, along with insurance and best practices procedures.

You will gain an understanding of what skills are required to work at the highest levels of safety and security. You will also learn how to respond to and mitigate the long-term effects of safety incidents or hazards.

We will discuss your responsibilities as a fitness professional and the duty of care you have.

CQUniversity, Australia’s top regional university, has designed this course in collaboration with the fitness industry.

Project-based learning with experts in the field will help you to increase your knowledge and confidence to expand your business into an outdoor setting.

Fitness Australia has accredited this course, which is a world leader in best practices for fitness professionals.

Course Overview

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Alumni Network

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International Faculty

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Post Course Interactions

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Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Explain the workplace health and safety requirements to ensure safe work practices

Identify strategies to implement workplace health and safety procedures and work instructions

Identify ways to maintain the currency of safe work practices regarding workplace systems, equipment, and processes in own work area

Reflect on strategies to manage your own levels of stress and fatigue according to workplace procedures

Target Students

Fitness professionals who require an understanding of workplace health and safety requirements in a fitness setting

Course Instructors

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Ashlee Battersby

Instructor

I have been running my own personal training business for 13 years. Experience in personal training, group training, outdoor training, group exercise and management. I now love teaching Fitness at CQU
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Sonya Barber

Instructor

As a career health and fitness advocate and educator, I want to share the Personal Trainer Toolkit for fitness businesses from start up to existing, and looking to grow your fitness community.

Course Accreditations

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