About This Role
Helping individuals achieve their health, wellness, and fitness goals through expert instruction, encouragement, and personalized program support is the core of this client-focused role. You will assess fitness levels, develop customized training programs, and lead one-on-one and group sessions, while also overseeing weight room and recreational gym operations.
Responsibilities
- Assess individual fitness levels
- Develop customized training and fitness programs
- Lead both one-on-one and group training sessions
- Provide professional guidance on exercise techniques, health and fitness practices, and the safe and effective use of a variety of weight training and fitness equipment
- Ensure participants use proper form and follow established safety standards
- Oversee weight room and recreational gym operations during training sessions
- Help to maintain a safe, welcoming, and motivating environment for all users
- Monitor equipment condition and identify maintenance needs
- Carry out minor equipment repairs where appropriate
- Exercise sound judgment and work effectively both independently and as part of a team
- Adapt approach to meet the needs of a diverse range of participants and customers
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of internal and external contacts
- Deal tactfully and diplomatically with a variety of customers
- Prepare and maintain correspondence, records and reports
- Present ideas and viewpoints effectively both orally and in writing
- Operate a variety of equipment used in programs for health, wellness and fitness facilities
Requirements
- Sound knowledge of the principles, practices and objectives of individual weight training and fitness programs and of the various types of weight training equipment
- Sound knowledge of current personal training industry standards and methods of practice
- Sound knowledge of applicable policies, regulations and rules governing the work performed
- Working knowledge of the principals of anatomy and physiology as it applies to the work performed
- Ability to oversee weight room and recreational gym operations when leading an individual or group training session
- Working knowledge of fitness equipment machines and ability to do assessment and minor repairs
- Ability to evaluate individual’s fitness levels, develop individual weight training and fitness programs, and provide advice and guidance relative to health and fitness matters
- Completion of Grade 12 supplemented by a diploma or certification program in community recreation, leadership and/or sports science, and sound related experience; or an equivalent combination of training and experience
