What would you do as an Exercise instructor?
Exercise instructors
- usually work irregular hours, including early mornings, nights and weekends
- usually work in gyms, recreation centres and exercise centres, and may travel locally
- may work in hot and noisy conditions
- may do physically demanding work
- need to be organised, safety conscious and communicate well
Tasks
- train people in physical exercises
- teach people safe exercise techniques
- show clients how to use equipment
- check client fitness and strength levels
- create exercise programmes for clients
- encourage people to exercise correctly
- teach healthy lifestyle habits
- check and maintain equipment safely
How can you become an Exercise instructor?
You usually need a qualification and experience to become an exercise instructor.
You need
- a First Aid Certificate
You may need
- a CPR Certificate
- an intermediate certificate in human movement and sports science
- a New Zealand Certificate in Exercise (Level 5)
- experience in similar work
- membership with the New Zealand Register of Exercise Professionals
If you're in school
You usually don’t need specific NCEA levels for this job, but Level 2 may be useful.
