RECOGNISING
PROFESSIONAL
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
A revamped registration system aims to enhance your professional and public profile.
WORDS: LAURETTA STACE
our clients trust you with their
fitness and health. Now it’s time
for you to be recognised for your
commitment to client safety, industry
standards and providing quality service.
To achieve this recognition, Fitness
Australia has enhanced its exercise
professional registration system and
overhauled its website, fitness.org.au.
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The Register of Exercise
Professionals
The enhanced system is based on industry
research identifying the four core job
roles for exercise professionals, and an
acknowledgement that an extensive list of
categories was confusing to consumers and
other stakeholders like health professionals.
The categories are:
• Personal Trainer
• Gym Instructor
• Group Exercise Instructor
• Group Exercise Leader.
Verifying your knowledge and
skills
In addition to your registration category,
your
online
exercise
professional
registration profile will display a new
delivery knowledge and skills listing that
represents the continuing education you’ve
attained over time.
Delivery knowledge and skill areas might
include settings, activities, population
groups or client conditions you’re able to
work with, based on your qualifications and
continuing education. For example, a GP can
find a local trainer who’s registered and has
verified knowledge and skills to work with
older adults or pre and post-natal women.
Categories that are not being carried
forward under the enhanced system (Aqua,
Older Adults, Children) are now profiled
through the delivery knowledge and
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skills listing, as they represent settings or
population groups that a registered exercise
professional might work with.
The delivery knowledge and skills listing
is extensive, with over 60 choices, including:
• Activities, such as Bootcamp, Strength &
Conditioning, Kettlebells training
• Setting, such as Aqua, Outdoor
• Conditions, such as Diabetes, Asthma
• Population groups, such as Children,
Older Adults, Women.
Registered trainers and instructors can log
in to their profiles and add new skills to
their CEC Diaries, where they’ll be able to
upload relevant documentation as evidence
that they’ve completed approved CEC
programs and events. This is the first time
that registered exercise professionals will
have a public profile of continuing education
programs they have completed.
Lauretta Stace is a leading advocate for the health
and fitness industry. As CEO of Fitness Australia,
she is on a systematic and strategic journey
to raise the profile of the fitness industry, help
integrate it within the health sector and ensure that
it is recognised for its role in helping millions of
people improve their health and wellbeing.
fitness.org.au
For example, a GP can find a local trainer who’s registered and
has verified knowledge and skills to work with older adults or
pre and post-natal women.