What would you do as an Exercise and wellness coordinator?
Exercise and wellness coordinators
- usually work regular business hours but may work evenings and weekends
- usually work in gyms, recreation centres and exercise centres
- need to be organised, work well under pressure and communicate well
Tasks
- run health and exercise programmes
- plan fun and active events
- help people to join activities
- help people build confidence and skills
- support mental and physical wellbeing
- monitor and record people's progress
- discuss progress with families and health experts
- check if programmes are working well
- organise safe use of spaces
- train staff and volunteers
How can you become an Exercise and wellness coordinator?
You usually need experience to become an exercise and wellness coordinator and a qualification may be useful.
You may need
- experience in similar work
- an intermediate certificate in human movement and sports science
- to do an apprenticeship in human movement and sports science
- a current First Aid and CPR Certificate
- a driver licence
If you're in school
You usually don’t need specific NCEA levels for this job, but Level 2 may be useful.
