TAKING
FITNESS AUSTRALIA
By Barrie Elvish
TO THE NEXT LEVEL
B
arrie Elvish, newly
appointed CEO of
Fitness Australia,
gives us an insight into
recent developments and
upcoming initiatives to
stimulate and grow the
Australian fitness industry.
Raising the bar on fitness
business practices through
Quality Accreditation.
With many fitness businesses well
on their way through our newly
released Quality Accreditation
program we’re proud to say that it’s
designed to continuously build on
the quality of a fitness business, with
customer care and value being the
ultimate goals.
Fitness Australia’s Quality
Accreditation program is
independently managed by experts
who also work with businesses across
the health and medical sectors on
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compliance and best-practice.
They give fitness industry operators
key insights on how to improve
the effectiveness of their business,
provide greater value to their
customers, and raise community
expectations of customer care
and service. Find out more at
accreditation.fitness.org.au
health of the global population.
Being part of this discussion
on a global scale has given us
the opportunity to learn from
international exemplars of good
practice from our counterparts in
other countries.
There are now new ways for
AusREPs to get CECs!
We’re part of the World Health
Organization’s Implementation
of the Global Action Plan on
Physical Activity.
Our global circle has broadened, as
we’ve become part of few invited
parties, to the WHO Dialogue on
the implementation of their Global
Action Plan on Physical Activity.
It was our honour to showcase
the great work of the Australian
fitness industry in front of a global
audience. We know that the fitness
industry has a major role to play in
improving the health of Australians,
but as a nation, we still have a
long way to go. We now hope to
implement ways that the Australian
fitness industry can impact the
several new relevant and cost-
effective ways to gain CECs,
including through affiliated learning
that’s been undertaken, most of
which won’t take any more time or
cost any extra. For a full list of ways
to gain CECs go to
wwwfitness.org.au/cecs of exercise professionals so you
don’t have to; we keep registered
professionals up to date with fitness
industry standards and guidelines;
we have their commitment to
continuing education to enhance
their skills and knowledge, like most
other reputable professions do.
It’s best for your business to
employ Trainers and Instructors
who are registered with Fitness
Australia, here’s why. Business Members should take
advantage of our unlimited HR
service for support, or to check if the
people delivering fitness services
in your business are registered visit
fitness.org.au/AusREP.
We’ve expanded our Continuing
Education System by introducing
new ways for Australian Registered
Exercise Professionals (AusREPs)
to obtain CECs - all in an effort to
inspire continuous upskilling through
credible education which in turn
keeps Trainers and Instructors up
to date with the latest modes of
training, develops career pathways,
reinforces their professionalism,
and brings them up to scratch with
industry standards. The primary reason that the
Professional Registration System
exists is to protect the Consumer,
and in doing so, your business.
The registration system does
this is by making sure that only
professionals who have the skills and
qualifications to deliver safe and
effective exercise services to the
Australian community are registered
to practice.
We’ve listened to our AusREPs and
acknowledged the importance
of safety standards by introducing
CECs for CPR and First Aid
credentials, as well as adding By engaging professionals who are
on the official Australian Register
of Exercise Professionals, you can
be assured because; we verify
the qualifications and credentials
WHAT’S NEW IN FITNESS - AUTUMN 2019
WHAT’S NEW IN FITNESS - AUTUMN 2019
Fitness Australia is the national peak
fitness industry association which
exists to empower over 22,000
AusREPs and 3,300 fitness businesses
owners, with a vision to have more
Australians be more active, more
often.
To get industry news, tools or
guidance call us on 1300 211 311 or
visit www.fitness.org.au
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