Extended Certificate/Diploma
Learners taking this qualification will study three mandatory units:
Year 1
Unit A: Careers in the Sport and Active Leisure Industry
Unit B:
Health, Wellbeing and Sport
Unit C2: Fitness Skills Development.
Year 2
Unit D2: Personal Trainer Skills Development
Unit 2:
Self-employment in Sport and Physical Activity
Unit 4: Nutrition for
Physical Performance
Unit 21: Business and Technology in Personal
Training
National Foundation Diploma/Extended Diploma
Learners taking this qualification will study four mandatory units:
Year 1
Unit A: Careers in the Sport and Active Leisure Industry
Unit B:
Health, Wellbeing and Sport
Unit C2: Fitness Skills Development
Unit 2: Self-employment in Sport and Physical Activity.
Year 2
Unit D2: Personal Trainer Skills Development
Unit E: Research
Project in Sport (Pearson-set)
Unit 2: Self-employment in Sport and
Physical Activity
Unit 4: Nutrition for Physical Performance
Unit 21: Business and Technology in Personal Training
The mandatory content gives learners an introduction to working in the sport
and fitness industry and forms a basis for progression to further study.
Part of the mandatory content also allows learners to develop technical
skills in working with clients in a gym environment, carrying out gym inductions
and leading small-group-based exercise supported by underpinning knowledge of
the body and specific populations, which are all required to work as a Gym
Instructor or Personal Trainer in the health and fitness industry.
Other optional Units will be delivered and assessed to give the learners as
much knowledge and experience of the industry as possible.
