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Active IQ Level 2 Certificate in Gym Instructing (603/2692/X)
Day of week: Multiple Days
Times: 09:00 - 17:00
Overview
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-year programme will enable you to gain employment in the health and fitness industry or develop your career as a fitness professional.
About this Course
Course Materials cost is £32:00 (non-refundable)
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
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 every evening in the form of written worksheets or revising for an a exam for the duration of the course.
Enrolment for this course session closes: Friday 16th October 2025
The course manual and start letter will be sent the week before the course commences.
Teaching is for 1 week (7 consecutive days), starting Monday 26th October 2025 with an additional day during the following 3 weeks for practical assessment.
Please note that 2 practical assessments are as a group, which should take place during the allocated course time and 1 practical assessment which is individually undertaken, and you will be required to provide your own client. The individual practical assessment will take place 1-3 weeks after the course at a mutually agreeable time.
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 an intensive 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 2026:
Examination / Registration Fee = £77.00
Materials Fee = £32.00
Tuition Fee = £320.00
Fees are payable annually.
Assessment is through a range of practical observations, exam, case studies/ worksheets and a portfolio.
Careers
Students who successfully complete this qualification may progress onto the Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Personal Training or work in the industry as a gym instructor.
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