IAO
Level 3
QN: 603/6001/X
Curriculum Active
IAO Level 3 Diploma for the Gym Instructing and Personal Training Practitioner
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by IAO. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 390 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
IAO
Syllabus Units
12 Units
Guided Hours
390 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Anatomy and physiology for Exercise
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the structure and function of the cardiorespiratory system
- Understand the structure and function of the skeleton
- Understand the joints of the skeleton
- Understand the muscular system
- Understand the life-course of the musculoskeletal system
- Understand the energy systems and their relation to exercise
- Understand the nervous system and its relation to exercise
- Understand the digestive system.
2
Applied Anatomy and Physiology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the cardio-respiratory system and its relation to exercise and health
- Understand the skeletal system and its relation to exercise
- Understand the muscular system and its relation to exercise
- Understand postural and core stability
- Understand the nervous system and its relation to exercise
- Understand the endocrine system and its relation to exercise and health
- Understand energy systems and their relation to exercise.
3
Business Acumen for Personal Trainers
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to create business and marketing plans to support a successful personal training business
- Understand how to manage finances related to a personal training business
- Be able to create a business and marketing plan to support a successful personal training business.
4
Cleaning and Maintenance within a Gym Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand cleaning and waste management
- Be able to clean and maintain the gym environment.
5
Client Consultation and Lifestyle Management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the client consultation process in the gym environment
- Understand health screening, fitness testing and risk stratification
- Understand lifestyle and health promotion
- Understand the prevention and management of common health conditions
- Understand principles of behaviour change and exercise adherence
- Be able to conduct consultations and assessments.
6
Consultation, Assessment and Programme Design for Personal Training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to obtain client information to inform programme planning
- Be able to conduct client consultations to collect and analyse information
- Be able to conduct health and fitness assessments appropriate to individual clients
- Understand key principles and guidelines for programming exercise for a range of clients
- Understand how to manipulate training variables to meet different programming goals
- Understand how to deliver different modes of exercise in different environments
- Understand how to design small group training sessions
- Understand a range of fitness training techniques and methods.
7
Lifestyle Management and Motivation for Personal Training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the components of a healthy lifestyle and factors that affect health and wellbeing
- Understand psychological factors influencing behaviour change
- Understand strategies to encourage long-term adherence to positive lifestyle practices
- Be able to implement strategies to encourage long term adherence to positive lifestyle practices
- Understand health conditions and medically controlled diseases.
8
Maximising the Customer Experience in the Exercise Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to assess customer needs in a gym environment
- Understand customer service in a gym environment
- Understand how to engage and communicate with customers
- Be able to engage and communicate with customers and colleagues
- Understand professional practice
- Understand the principles of business planning in a gym environment.
9
Nutrition for Physical Activity
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of nutrition
- Understand key nutritional strategies and guidelines
- Understand how to use nutritional assessment tools
- Be able to collect and analyse nutritional information
- Be able to apply the principles of nutrition.
10
Planning and Delivering Gym-Based Exercise Programmes
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand components of fitness and programming variables
- Understand gym-based exercise training and techniques
- Be able to plan gym-based exercise programmes
- Understand how to deliver gym-based exercise programmes
- Be able to deliver gym-based exercise programmes
- Be able to review gym-based exercise programmes.
11
Planning and Delivering Personal Training Programmes
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan sessions and programmes for a range of clients
- Understand how to observe and adapt exercise technique
- Be able to demonstrate professional conduct when delivering personal training sessions
- Be able to instruct and adapt personal training sessions to meet the needs of different clients
- Be able to review sessions and programmes.
12
Safeguarding adults and adults at risk in a fitness environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what is meant by safeguarding adults and adults at risk
- Understand how safeguarding legislation is regulated
- Understand the safeguarding of adults and adults at risk in a fitness environment
- Understand roles and responsibilities in safeguarding adults and adults at risk in a fitness environment
- Be able to safeguard adults and adults at risk in a fitness environment
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/6001/X
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- IAO
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jul 2020