Personal Training Apprenticeship Level 3, Northampton
FITNESS4LESS LIMITED
Northampton (NN1 1SR)
Closes in 27 days (Wednesday 24 September 2025)
Posted on 27 August 2025
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Summary
If you are looking for your first step into a career in the Fitness Industry we would like to speak to you! We are offering strong candidates the opportunity to work in our club, gaining industry experience while working towards your Personal Training Apprenticeship. Duties include managing Reception and supporting Gym members.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Personal trainer (level 3)
- Hours
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7 day shift pattern Mon-Fri 5.45 - 22.15, Fri 5.45 -21.15 Weekend 7.45 - 18.15
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Sunday 28 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
We are looking to find our future Personal Trainers, Supervisors and Club Managers from our apprenticeship scheme. We want to train strong candidates in all aspects of running our business, which will involve taking a key role in helping the Club operate. Duties include:
- Walking the gym floor talking to members
- Tidiness and maintenance of the equipment.
- Once qualified to a level 2, gym inductions.
- Learning to teach classes,
- Gaining help and advice from existing personal trainers.
- Working on reception.
Where you'll work
Fitness4less, Sol Central, Marefair
Northampton
NN1 1SR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CENTRAL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Training course
Personal trainer (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Ability to apply appropriate methods and techniques to facilitate clients’ desired physiological goals.
- Assess clients’ readiness to change behaviour and apply effective change strategies, communication techniques and motivation to facilitate healthy behaviours that move them towards their goals and promote programme adherence.
- Implement a range of theories relating to client motivation and behaviour change.
- Identify commonly occurring conditions and provide information, advice and support to clients where required.
- Promote wellness advice and demonstrate an understanding of how modern lifestyles impact upon the health and wellbeing of the client, providing signposting to appropriate professionals where relevant.
- Design, tailor and coach an effective exercise programme, using appropriate equipment. Continuously monitor and review the effectiveness of the exercise programme to ensure it is engaging, varied and progressive to clients’ needs and goals, whilst following the principles of training and exercise science.
- Develop and deliver exercise sessions in environments other than the gym to individuals and small groups. Review and evaluate the effectiveness of these exercise programmes and amend accordingly.
- Correctly demonstrate a wide range of exercise techniques, carry out reviews and advise clients on their performance and apply suitable adaptations for those at different levels of fitness.
- Analyse clients’ performance and apply suitable adaptations, regressions, progressions and corrective strategies to ensure continued success.
- Analyse client’s dietary habits and identify areas for improvement.
- Apply nutritional principles when developing exercise and lifestyle programmes for clients.
- Ensure the use of appropriate IT systems to support and manage all aspects of a personal training business such as record keeping, sales and invoicing, client and group management, class scheduling, retention levels and session reminders.
- Manage the effectiveness of a client’s exercise programme through the use of appropriate available systems.
- Use appropriate products to support and manage clients effectively. Present, analyse and interpret data and information in line with professional practice.
- Provide a high standard, client focused service through excellence in the fitness environment and application of best practice such as injury prevention and risk management.
- Demonstrate tact and discretion when handing client data, adhering to relevant legislation
- Ability to effectively communicate with clients using a range of techniques.
- Be able to interpret and evaluate communication and adapt own communication styles in order to encourage and motivate clients to achieve their goals.
- Ability to implement and adapt strategies to successfully gain and retain clients, ensuring the development and sustainability of the client base.
- Plan and regularly review business performance in order to meet business goals and targets whilst identifying areas for improvement.
- Implement a variety of effective marketing strategies to engage prospective clients.
- Ability to promote and sell products and personal training services.
Training schedule
- Gym Instructor Certificate Level 2 (if required)
- Diploma in Personal Training Level 3
- Level 2 English and Maths (if required)
- Full training within the Gym to be provided.
- Ongoing CPD.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
This is a physically active role, we expect you to be energised, enthusiastic & ready to get stuck in. Applicants must be friendly, helpful, able to work in a team & have good time keeping skills. Be flexible with hours & be able to get here for opening up if required at 05:45, & if on the late shift be able to get home when shift finishes at 22:15
About this employer
At Fitness4Less we aim to offer good quality gym facilities for the cheapest price. We believe cost shouldn’t be a barrier to getting everyone involved in beneficial fitness activities to improve health, wellness and vitality. Our focus is to create a friendly, non-intimidating atmosphere at the gym. As a beginner, we want you to feel welcome and our simple ‘Gym Intro’ programmes offer the basic first steps to exercise. If you are an improved, we offer new and alternative training options, which will stretch your capabilities and challenge you.
After this apprenticeship
Opportunity to learn and develop within the company.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CENTRAL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338974.
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Closes in 27 days (Wednesday 24 September 2025)
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