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Active IQ Level 2 Certificate in Gym Instructing (603/2692/X)
Day of week: Tuesday, Wednesday
Times: 18:00 - 21:00
Overview
Titanic Campus
Week Commencing: 15th September 2025
End Date: 25th January 2026
Times: 18.00-21.00 x 2 evening per week
Course Materials = Course Manual, cost is £32:00 (non-refundable)
The Active IQ Level 2 Certificate in Gym Instructing will develop your knowledge and skills in gym instruction to enable you to pursue a career as a gym instructor. This qualification will provide a combination of knowledge and skills to prescribe, plan and deliver safe and effective exercise programmes to a range of clients.
This one semester programme will enable you to gain employment in the health and fitness industry or develop your career as a fitness professional.
About this Course
The course you will be enrolled on is the Active IQ Level 2 Certificate in Gym Instructing
These are the units you will undertake;
- Principles of Anatomy, Physiology and Fitness
- Professionalism and Customer Care for Fitness Instructors
- Health and Safety in the Fitness Environment
- Conducting Client Consultations to Support Positive Behaviour Change
- Planning and Instructing Gym-Based Exercise
Requirement are pre-defined by the College's admissions criteria.
Students should be aged 16 plus and ideally some experience of gym-based exercises including free weights.
Students should be fit enough to cope with physical exertion and individual participation involved in the course.
There is an element of communication (discussing, presenting, reading and writing) involved and learners should have basic skills in communication at Level 2. Students need to have the required competence to complete work at home in the form of written worksheets or revising for an exam for the duration of the course.
Please note that 2 practical assessments are as a group and 1 practical assessment is individually undertaken and for which you will be required to provide your own client. There is also a client consultation assessment completed in class.
Important Information
The Centre for Inclusive Learning supports students with a disability, learning difficulty and/or long-term medical condition. To make a disclosure please complete the Learning Support Referral Form (LS1) available from the College website. Inclusive Learning Development - Life at the Met - Belfast Met
If you are enrolling on this course you are required to complete and submit an LS1 form and to contact CILD at least 30 working days prior to the course start date, to allow adequate time to discuss what support options may be available. It is also advisable to speak with the Curriculum team, so you are fully aware of the demands of an intensive course.
Fees:
Academic period 2025:
Examination / Registration Fee = £77.00
Materials Fee = £32.00
Tuition Fee = £320.00
Fees are payable annually.
Materials Fee = £32.00
Examination / Registration Fee = £77.00
Tuition Fee = £320.00
Course Materials = Course Manual, cost is £32:00 (non-refundable)
Assessment is through a range of practical observations, exam, case studies/ worksheets and a portfolio.
Careers
Successful students can progress to careers as a gym instructor.
There are also opportunities to progress to further study such as the Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Personal Training, Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral and the Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Sports Massage.
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