SIS40221 - Certificate IV in Fitness
Step up your fitness career and become a personal trainer! This qualification will help develop your knowledge and abilities, providing you with a qualification that can create employment opportunities.
Mixed Mode, On-campus, RPL/RCC/Credit
There are multiple durations. Please refer to Course Structure below.
Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay City, Mixed Mode
17 units
This qualification provides a pathway to work as an employed or self-employed personal trainer in settings such as fitness facilities, gyms, leisure and community centres, client workplaces and homes, and outdoor locations. Personal trainers may offer services to individuals and groups, and may provide online training services. In some employment contexts, personal trainers may be involved in team leadership or supervisory activities.
This qualification reflects the role of personal trainers who develop, instruct and evaluate personalised exercise programs for generally healthy and low risk clients, to achieve specific fitness goals. Clients with higher health risks are referred to medical or allied health professionals.
Personal trainers work independently using highly developed fitness skills and knowledge in both routine and unpredictable situations. They use well-developed communication and collaboration skills to interact with clients and health professionals to improve client fitness outcomes.
This qualification provides a pathway to work as an employed or self-employed personal trainer in settings such as fitness facilities, gyms, leisure and community centres, client workplaces and homes, and outdoor locations. Personal trainers may offer services to individuals and groups, and may provide online training services. In some employment contexts, personal trainers may be involved in team leadership or supervisory activities.
The skills in this qualification must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State or Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.
No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
This is a nationally recognised accredited course.
Mixed Mode Course Structure
Duration:This program is typically delivered over an 11 month period. Enrolments for this program are spread over the study duration to provide the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge. Some units with similar outcomes have been clustered to enhance the learning experience. Students can extend their study duration and access educational support if required.
Core
SISFFIT049 | Use exercise science principles in fitness instruction |
SISFFIT050 | Support exercise behaviour change |
SISFFIT041 | Develop personalised exercise programs |
SISFFIT042 | Instruct personalised exercise sessions |
SISFFIT043 | Develop and Instruct personalised exercise programs for body composition goals |
CHCCOM006 | Establish and manage client relationships |
SISFFIT044 | Develop and instruct personalised exercise programs for older clients |
SISFFIT045 | Develop and instruct personalised exercise programs for adolescent clients |
SISFFIT051 | Establish and maintain professional practice for fitness instruction |
SISFFIT053 | Support healthy eating for individual fitness clients |
Elective
BSBESB402 | Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures |
SISXCAI005 | Conduct individualised long-term training programs |
SISXCAI010 | Develop strength and conditioning programs |
SISXCAI009 | Instruct strength and conditioning techniques |
BSBESB404 | Market new business ventures |
SISFFIT034 | Assess client movement and provide exercise advice |
BSBESB401 | Research and develop business plans |
On Campus Course Structure
Duration:This program is typically delivered over an 6 month period. Enrolments for this program are spread over the study duration to provide the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge. Some units with similar outcomes have been clustered to enhance the learning experience. Students can extend their study duration and access educational support if required.
Core
SISFFIT042 | Instruct personalised exercise sessions |
SISFFIT049 | Use exercise science principles in fitness instruction |
SISFFIT041 | Develop personalised exercise programs |
SISFFIT050 | Support exercise behaviour change |
SISFFIT043 | Develop and Instruct personalised exercise programs for body composition goals |
CHCCOM006 | Establish and manage client relationships |
SISFFIT044 | Develop and instruct personalised exercise programs for older clients |
SISFFIT045 | Develop and instruct personalised exercise programs for adolescent clients |
SISFFIT051 | Establish and maintain professional practice for fitness instruction |
SISFFIT053 | Support healthy eating for individual fitness clients |
Elective
BSBESB402 | Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures |
SISXCAI009 | Instruct strength and conditioning techniques |
SISXCAI005 | Conduct individualised long-term training programs |
SISXCAI010 | Develop strength and conditioning programs |
SISFFIT034 | Assess client movement and provide exercise advice |
BSBESB404 | Market new business ventures |
BSBESB401 | Research and develop business plans |
RPL Course Structure
Duration:RPL Only
Core
SISFFIT044 | Develop and instruct personalised exercise programs for older clients |
SISFFIT051 | Establish and maintain professional practice for fitness instruction |
SISFFIT043 | Develop and Instruct personalised exercise programs for body composition goals |
CHCCOM006 | Establish and manage client relationships |
SISFFIT041 | Develop personalised exercise programs |
SISFFIT045 | Develop and instruct personalised exercise programs for adolescent clients |
SISFFIT042 | Instruct personalised exercise sessions |
SISFFIT050 | Support exercise behaviour change |
SISFFIT049 | Use exercise science principles in fitness instruction |
SISFFIT053 | Support healthy eating for individual fitness clients |
Elective
SISXCAI009 | Instruct strength and conditioning techniques |
SISXCAI005 | Conduct individualised long-term training programs |
SISXCAI010 | Develop strength and conditioning programs |
SISFFIT034 | Assess client movement and provide exercise advice |
BSBESB404 | Market new business ventures |
BSBESB401 | Research and develop business plans |
BSBESB402 | Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures |
Traineeship Course Structure
Duration:This program is typically delivered over an 11 month period. Enrolments for this program are spread over the study duration to provide the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge. Some units with similar outcomes have been clustered to enhance the learning experience. Students can extend their study duration and access educational support if required.
Core
SISFFIT049 | Use exercise science principles in fitness instruction |
SISFFIT050 | Support exercise behaviour change |
SISFFIT042 | Instruct personalised exercise sessions |
SISFFIT043 | Develop and Instruct personalised exercise programs for body composition goals |
CHCCOM006 | Establish and manage client relationships |
SISFFIT041 | Develop personalised exercise programs |
SISFFIT044 | Develop and instruct personalised exercise programs for older clients |
SISFFIT045 | Develop and instruct personalised exercise programs for adolescent clients |
SISFFIT053 | Support healthy eating for individual fitness clients |
SISFFIT051 | Establish and maintain professional practice for fitness instruction |
Elective
BSBESB402 | Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures |
SISXCAI009 | Instruct strength and conditioning techniques |
SISXCAI010 | Develop strength and conditioning programs |
SISXCAI005 | Conduct individualised long-term training programs |
SISFFIT034 | Assess client movement and provide exercise advice |
BSBESB404 | Market new business ventures |
BSBESB401 | Research and develop business plans |
Mixed Mode Course Structure
2023 February | Mixed Mode, Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay City |
2023 March | Mixed Mode, Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay City |
2023 April | Mixed Mode, Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay City |
2023 May | Mixed Mode, Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay City |
2023 June | Mixed Mode, Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay City |
2023 July | Mixed Mode, Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay City |
2023 August | Mixed Mode, Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay City |
2023 September | Mixed Mode, Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay City |
2023 October | Mixed Mode, Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay City |
2023 November | Mixed Mode, Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay City |
On Campus Course Structure
2023 February | On-campus, Mackay City |
2023 March | On-campus, Mackay City |
2023 July | On-campus, Mackay City |
2023 August | On-campus, Mackay City |
Students are required to complete the bksb (basic key skills builder) online literacy and numeracy assessment prior to enrolment unless the student has completed an equal or higher level course.
Entry to this qualification is open to individuals who hold the following units of competency or units that have been superseded by those units as shown in the table below:
Entry requirements | Or Units that superseded those units such as |
HLTAID011 Provide First Aid (or a unit that supersedes this unit | HLTAID003 |
HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safety | Same |
SISFFIT032 Complete pre-exercise screening and service orientation | SISFFIT001 Provide health screening and fitness orientation |
SISFFIT033 Complete client fitness assessments | SISFFIT006 Conduct fitness appraisals |
SISFFIT035 Plan group exercise sessions | SISFFIT007 - Instruct group exercise sessions or SISFFIT023 - Instruct group personal training programs |
SISFFIT036 Instruct group exercise sessions | SISFFIT007 - Instruct group exercise session or SISFFIT009 - Deliver pre-choreographed or prescribed community fitness or SISFFIT010 - Deliver pre-choreographed or prescribed group exercise to music or SISFFIT011 - Instruct approved community fitness programs or SISFFIT023 - Instruct group personal training programs |
SISFFIT040 Develop and instruct gym-based exercise programs for individual clients | SISFFIT003 - Instruct fitness programs |
SISFFIT047 Use anatomy and physiology knowledge to support safe and effective exercise | SISFFIT004 - Incorporate anatomy and physiology principles into fitness programming |
SISFFIT052 Provide healthy eating information | SISFFIT005 - Provide healthy eating information |
This qualification provides a pathway to work as an employed or self-employed personal trainer in settings such as fitness facilities, gyms, leisure and community centres, client workplaces and homes, and outdoor locations. Personal trainers may offer services to individuals and groups, and may provide online training services. In some employment contexts, personal trainers may be involved in team leadership or supervisory activities.
Fee for service | $3,876.00 (2023) |
Fee for service per unit | $228.00 (2023) |
TAFE Priority Skills Fund/Training Program fee per unit | $25.00 (2023) |
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Explore your eligibility for a fee reducing subsidy or concession as shown in this table, or call us on 13 27 86.
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