Overview
This qualification gives you the skills and knowledge to perform a variety of activities independently in a fitness setting. You will gain experience within a range of exercise situations focusing on programming, exercise prescription and personal training.
Work may be undertaken in locations such as gyms, fitness facilities, pools, community facilities and in outdoor environments. Completing the Certificate IV in Fitness will make you eligible to register with Fitness Australia as a Personal Trainer.
Qualification: |
Certificate IV in Fitness SIS40215 |
Course No: |
C4-HS19 |
Campus: |
CIT Bruce |
Duration: |
Students will finish this course in one semester (6 months) full-time or part-time equivalent, plus practical application in workplace environments (duration will vary depending on the individual's knowledge, experience and/or application in the workplace)
OR part time equivalent. |
Cost Info: |
Further information about fees is available at Course fees and assistance
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Indicative Cost: |
$2,758 Apprentice/Trainee $430
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Likely Job Outcome: |
Personal trainer, program coordinator, (depending on electives achieved) children's trainer, or older client trainer. |
Application Type: |
Register Your Interest |
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Timetable Information
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Additional Information
Practical application in the workplace will include undertaking training roles in CIT Fit Well, schools, community groups and Fitness workplaces.
You will be provided with an essential fitness equipment kit. The kit includes: heart rate monitor, blood pressure machine, stethoscope, tape measure, stop watch and bag.
Skills Recognition
Entry Requirements
Entry to this qualification is open to individuals who hold a current first aid and CPR certificate and have been recognised as competent through a recognised training course or recognition process against the following units of competency:
SISFFIT001 Provide health screening and fitness orientation
SISFFIT002 Recognise and apply exercise considerations for specific populations
SISFFIT003 Instruct fitness programs
SISFFIT004 Incorporate anatomy and physiology principles into fitness programming
SISFFIT005 Provide healthy eating information
SISFFIT006 Conduct fitness appraisals
SISFFIT014 Instruct exercise to older clients
SISXCCS001 Provide quality service
By enrolling, CIT assumes you have checked and met these entry requirements. CIT staff will confirm either before or within the first few weeks of classes.
You must:
- have a Certificate III in Fitness and hold current Fitness Australia Instructor Registration
And
- have current First Aid Certificate and CPR Certificate
Before undertaking any practical work experience, you will be required to undertake a 'Working with Vulnerable People Check'.
To study any course at CIT (excluding degrees and non-accredited training) you must have a Unique Student Identifier (USI).
Transition Information
Qualifications at CIT are regularly updated or replaced to meet current industry needs and maximise your employment opportunities. If this occurs while you are part way through a qualification, you may need to vary your learning to meet the new national requirements. CIT will aim to make this as smooth as possible for you.
Subject Cancellations/Changes
To ensure positive outcomes for all students, CIT may need to cancel or change classes at short notice. CIT will make every effort to inform students as soon as changes are made and will also make every effort to offer alternative arrangements for students to meet the requirements of the subject and complete their qualification. In an unfortunate instance when this cannot be met, you will receive a full refund. Please ensure you maintain current contact details via CIT Self Service or by contacting CIT Student Services at infoline@cit.edu.au.
Subject Information
Complete 20 subjects
Core: Complete all 12 subjects
- SISFFIT013
Instruct exercise to young people aged 13 to 17 years
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CIT Code: |
SPRT877 |
Cost: |
Standard $198.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge
required to plan, instruct and evaluate exercise for young people aged
thirteen to seventeen years. It requires the ability to supervise
young people using fitness facilities and relevant equipment to
promote functional capacity and fitness.It involves using industry
endorsed risk management protocols when determining the provision of
suitable exercise services. This may include guidance from relevant
medical or allied health professionals. This unit applies to personal
trainers who work in a variety of fitness locations such as fitness,
leisure and community centres. These individuals typically work
autonomously in controlled and uncontrolled fitness environments. Work
is performed according to relevant legislation including working with
children or vulnerable people checks, and organisational policies and
procedures. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISFFIT015
Collaborate with medical and allied health professionals in a
fitness context
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CIT Code: |
SPRT878 |
Cost: |
Standard $132.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge
required to identify situations and conditions requiring guidance
from, or the need to work with, medical or allied health
professionals. This unit requires the ability to undertake referrals,
and interpret and implement instructions from medical or allied health
professionals to ensure appropriate exercise planning and delivery
within industry endorsed scope of practice. This unit applies to
personal trainers who require guidance from an appropriate medical or
allied health professional following industry endorsed pre-exercise
screening and risk stratification, or resulting from professional
judgement. These individuals typically work autonomously in controlled
and uncontrolled fitness environments. Work is performed according to
relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
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Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISFFIT016
Provide motivation to positively influence exercise behaviour
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CIT Code: |
SPRT879 |
Cost: |
Standard $99.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge
required to promote exercise and incorporate behaviour change
strategies into fitness instruction, programming and provision of
fitness advice. This unit applies to personal trainers who work in
controlled and uncontrolled environments. These individuals typically
work independently with some level of autonomy. Work is performed
according to relevant legislation and organisational policies and
procedures. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISFFIT017
Instruct long-term exercise programs
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CIT Code: |
SPRT880 |
Cost: |
Standard $121.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, knowledge and skills
required to plan, instruct and evaluate long-term exercise programs
for clients. It requires the ability to apply the principles of
training and program design to achieve goals in relation to health and
skill-related components of fitness. It applies to the use of a
variety of training techniques and cardiovascular, free weights and
contemporary training equipment, in client programs. This unit does
not cover exercise prescription or instruction of uncontrolled
movements. The personal trainer must only implement instruction and
monitoring of power exercises that are controlled and only in
situations where the client is prepared. This unit does not apply to
the use of Olympic lifts. This unit applies to personal trainers who
work in controlled and uncontrolled environments. These individuals
typically work independently with some level of autonomy. Work is
performed according to relevant legislation and organisational
policies and procedures. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISFFIT018
Promote functional movement capacity
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CIT Code: |
SPRT881 |
Cost: |
Standard $99.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge
required to assess client movement and exercise capacity and develop
an appropriate exercise program. It requires the use of functional
movement knowledge in day-to-day professional practice to encourage
healthy posture, effective movement patterns and safe exercise
technique for clients. This unit applies to personal trainers who
offer exercise programs to improve functional movement for general
populations, including older adults and young people. These clients
are those with no unstable health conditions, pain or injury as
identified through industry endorsed pre-exercise screening and risk
stratification protocols. This unit does not apply to the provision of
postural assessment, advice or treatment for an injury, disease or
condition. The personal trainer is expected to refer clients requiring
guidance, advice or treatment to an appropriate allied health
professional. This unit applies to personal trainers who typically
work autonomously in controlled and uncontrolled fitness environments.
Work is performed according to relevant legislation and organisational
policies and procedures |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISFFIT019
Incorporate exercise science principles into fitness
programming
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CIT Code: |
SPRT420 |
Cost: |
Standard $301.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge
required to incorporate an understanding of exercise science
principles into fitness instruction, programming and provision of
fitness advice. This unit applies to the use of physiological and
mechanical principles in training to improve the health- and
skill-related components of fitness of clients who have recently
completed industry endorsed pre-exercise screening and risk
stratification procedures. This unit applies to personal trainers who
typically work autonomously in controlled and uncontrolled fitness
environments. Work is performed according to relevant legislation and
organisational policies and procedures. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISFFIT020
Instruct exercise programs for body composition goals
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CIT Code: |
SPRT882 |
Cost: |
Standard $110.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge
required to design exercise plans and programs to change and maintain
desired and realistic body composition of clients. It applies to
exercise programs aimed at health-related components of fitness, with
particular attention to body composition. This unit does not directly
apply to provision of healthy eating information regarding body
composition goals, however it does cover the calculation of energy
expenditure to enable planning and instruction of appropriate programs
to achieve identified goals. This unit applies to the planning of
programs for clients who have completed industry endorsed pre-exercise
screening and risk stratification procedures. This unit applies to
personal trainers who typically work autonomously in controlled and
uncontrolled fitness environments. Work is performed according to
relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
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Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISFFIT021
Instruct personal training programs
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CIT Code: |
SPRT735 |
Cost: |
Standard $334.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge
required to plan, instruct and evaluate personal training programs for
a variety of clients in both controlled and uncontrolled environments.
It requires the ability to plan individualised programs for clients
who have completed industry endorsed pre-exercise screening and risk
stratification procedures. This unit applies to personal trainers who
typically work autonomously in controlled and uncontrolled fitness
environments. Work is performed according to relevant legislation and
organisational policies and procedures. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISFFIT023
Instruct group personal training programs
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CIT Code: |
SPRT883 |
Cost: |
Standard $154.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge
required to plan, instruct and evaluate group personal training
programs for a variety of clients in both controlled and uncontrolled
environments. It requires the ability to plan individualised programs
for clients who have completed industry endorsed pre-exercise
screening and risk stratification procedures. It requires the ability
to instruct personal training sessions and programs to a group of
people, whilst taking into account individual goals, programming
requirements, personality and fitness level. The personal trainer
ensures that the supervision ratio to client adheres to organisation
policies and procedures. This unit applies to personal trainers who
typically work autonomously in controlled and uncontrolled fitness
environments. Work is performed according to relevant legislation and
organisational policies and procedures. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISFFIT025
Recognise the dangers of providing nutrition advice to clients
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CIT Code: |
SPRT885 |
Cost: |
Standard $33.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge
required to identify when the provision of nutritional advice is
beyond the scope of practice of a personal trainer. It requires the
ability to recognise the dangers of providing nutrition advice in a
fitness setting and when a client requires referral to an Accredited
Practising Dietitian, Accredited Sports Dietitian or General
Practitioner. This unit covers recognition of appropriate information
sources to apply to the provision of food advice, and when the
provision of such advice is unethical and beyond the scope of
practice. This unit applies to personal trainers who typically work
autonomously in controlled and uncontrolled fitness environments. Work
is performed according to relevant legislation and organisational
policies and procedures. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISFFIT026
Support healthy eating through the Eat for Health Program
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CIT Code: |
SPRT886 |
Cost: |
Standard $132.00
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Description: |
This unit requires the ability to provide healthy eating
information and assist clients within industry endorsed scope of
practice following completion of industry endorsed pre-exercise
screening. The scope of practice of a personal trainer does not
include: ? the provision of specific or individualised dietary
analysis or advice, or information regarding: ? - specific diets ? -
fad diets ? - nutritional supplementation ? - sports foods ? -
ergogenic aids ? - nutrition for exercise or sports performance ? -
the provision of information or advice to people with medical
conditions requiring specialised dietary advice, or to frail elderly
people who are at risk of malnutrition ? - the provision of dietary
information or advice for infants and toddlers. The personal trainer
must refer clients to an Accredited Practising Dietitian, Accredited
Sports Dietitian, or General Practitioner as appropriate. This unit
applies to personal trainers who typically work autonomously in
controlled and uncontrolled fitness environments. Work is performed
according to relevant legislation and organisational policies and
procedures. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISXRES001
Conduct sustainable work practices in open spaces
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CIT Code: |
SPRT893 |
Cost: |
Standard $132.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge
required to plan and conduct work in open spaces while upholding
sustainable practices. This unit requires the ability to conduct
research of the current land condition, capability, uses and
practices, and develop and implement strategies to achieve sustainable
practices for outdoor programs and activities. This unit applies to
operation or program managers who are responsible for planning,
implementing and evaluating sport, recreation or fitness programs and
activities across a range of activity areas. They work autonomously
with responsibility for management of resources and upholding of
sustainable work practices |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
Electives: Complete 8 subjects
- BSBSLS408
Present, secure and support sales solutions
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CIT Code: |
SELL124 |
Cost: |
Standard $132.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to present
sales solutions that respond to specific buying needs of a client, and
to use sales processes associated with securing prospect commitment to
proceed with a sale. It also includes attending to post-sales
activities that build and strengthen the partnership between a
salesperson and client, and enhance the likelihood of future sales. It
applies to individuals working in sales-related positions in a small,
medium or large enterprise, in a wide variety of industries, who may
provide sales solutions individually, or provide advice and support on
aspects of sales solutions to support a sales team. No licensing,
legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the
time of publication |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- BSBSMB403
Market the small business
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CIT Code: |
MGNT352 |
Cost: |
Standard $110.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to monitor
and improve business performance via a clear strategy complementing
the business plan. It applies to individuals who operate a small
business independently or within a larger organisation. Individuals in
this role analyse and interpret market data and are proficient
communicators. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements
apply to this unit at the time of publication. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- BSBSMB404
Undertake small business planning
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CIT Code: |
MGNT356 |
Cost: |
Standard $115.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to research
and develop an integrated business plan for achieving business goals
and objectives. It applies to individuals who operate a small business
that operates independently, or as part of a larger organisation.
Individuals in this role interpret business information and numerical
data competently and are skilled communicators. No licensing,
legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the
time of publication. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- BSBSMB405
Monitor and manage small business operations
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CIT Code: |
MGNT348 |
Cost: |
Standard $109.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to implement
a business plan and modify operations as required. It applies to
individuals who operate a small business which stands alone, or is
part of a department within a larger organisation. Individuals in this
role are skilful communicators and interpret numerical data with ease.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this
unit at the time of publication. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISFFIT024
Instruct endurance programs
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CIT Code: |
SPRT884 |
Cost: |
Standard $121.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge
required to plan, instruct and evaluate endurance training programs
for clients who have completed industry endorsed pre-exercise
screening and risk stratification procedures. It requires the ability
to identify and analyse specific client needs, instruct specialised
endurance tests, and organise and implement a range of endurance
training methods to achieve identified goals. This unit does not cover
the more complex methods of extensive speed training, power training,
agility training or plyometric training. This unit applies to personal
trainers who work in controlled and uncontrolled environments. These
individuals typically work independently with some level of autonomy.
Work is performed according to relevant legislation and organisational
policies and procedures. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISSSTC301A
Instruct strength and conditioning techniques
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CIT Code: |
SPRT794 |
Cost: |
Standard $157.00
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Description: |
Unit descriptorThis unit describes the performance outcomes,
knowledge and skills required to use drills, exercises and activities
to instruct strength and conditioning techniques to individual
athletes or groups of athletes according to their sport-specific
needs, or those undertaking fitness programs to achieve personal
fitness goals. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISSSTC402A
Develop strength and conditioning programs
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CIT Code: |
SPRT596 |
Cost: |
Standard $102.00
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Description: |
Unit descriptorThis unit describes the performance outcomes,
knowledge and skills required to develop, implement and evaluate a
strength and conditioning program. It focuses on the skills needed to
develop a program which meets the needs of individual athletes or
groups of athletes according to their sport-specific needs or those
undertaking fitness programs to achieve personal fitness goals. |
Prerequisites: |
Nil |
- SISXCAI005
Conduct individualised long-term training programs
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CIT Code: |
SPRT813 |
Cost: |
Standard $132.00
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Description: |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge
required to apply sport or activity-specific knowledge to plan,
implement and evaluate long-term training programs designed to develop
individual sporting skills or physical capacity. This unit applies to
sport, fitness or recreation professionals working with individuals,
groups or teams. These individuals undertake work according to
relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
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Prerequisites: |
Nil |
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