Certificate of Proficiency (Personal Training course)

You can apply online to study this personal training course.

If you're ready to apply now:

1. Visit Apply now
2. Tick 'Other individual courses' on the 'My programmes' tab (second tab)
3. Tick 'Sport and Recreation'
4. Select your preferred intake

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Disclaimer

Your enrolment in this course will only be complete after you've paid your course fees. You can pay fees online, on any AUT campus or by fees invoice. If you haven't paid your fees within two weeks and 10 days before your course starts, your enrolment will be cancelled. If your employer is paying your fees, please provide a purchase order, with your employer's contact and billing details before the course starts. AUT reserves the right to cancel courses that don't have enough students. If this happens, you'll be given at least 2 or 3 days' notice and can transfer to another start date for this course.

The Certificate of Proficiency in Personal Training focuses on weight training in a gym environment therefore, we highly recommend that you are an active gym member so you can put into practice what you are learning.

You are given access to the AUT Sport and Fitness Centres during your enrolment in each short course (from the start date to the assessment date). This will help you turn your theory into practical learning.

• Business skills for personal training
• Exercise prescription for fat loss
• Flexibility (advanced)
• Lifespan development and medical conditions
• Nutrition for PTs
• Periodisation
• Programming for the overweight and deconditioned
• Soft tissue injury
• Weight training techniques (intermediate)

This programme is delivered part-time on the weekends, online and at the AUT North Campus. By successfully completing the three courses for the Short Course in Personal Training, you could be qualified within four months.

• Certificate of Proficiency in Fitness Foundations
• Certificate of Proficiency in Fitness Instructing

AUT's Certificate of Proficiency in Personal Training qualifies you to work as a personal trainer and fitness instructor. Many of our students who complete the Certificate of Proficiency in Personal Training are highly sought after for their expert knowledge and skills, with many finding employment within the fitness industry in numerous gyms, recreation and community centres throughout New Zealand and overseas.