Apprentice Personal Trainer

ADVANCED BODY CONDITIONING LIMITED

LEIGH ON SEA (SS9 5PR)

Closes in 24 days (Saturday 1 November 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 8 October 2025

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Summary

Level 3 personal trainer award, successful applicants will gain hands on experience of how to manage clients, help members get their goals and have the potential of full time employment after their apprenticeship is over. This is an excellent opportunity for a smart, ambitious and motivated individual to join a friendly environment.

• Wage:

  £9,815 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

  National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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  Sign up and sales bonus available.

• Training course: Personal trainer (level 3)
• Hours: Shifts will be evenly broken down in to 4 shifts per week with a mixture of early, evening and weekend options. Mon-Sun 6-8 hour shifts (TBC). Potential working hours will be between 06:00-22:00.

  25 hours a week

• Start date:

  Sunday 2 November 2025

• Duration:

  1 year 3 months

• Positions available:

  2

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

• Greeting Members
• Signing up members
• Delivering exercise classes
• Delivering tours and gym programmes
• Answering and making calls
• Dealing with member queries
• Cleaning of the facility
• Tidying the facility
• Interacting with members

Where you'll work

UNIT 1
55 PROGRESS ROAD
LEIGH ON SEA
SS9 5PR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED

Training course

Personal trainer (level 3)

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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

• Level 3 Personal Trainer Apprenticeship Standard
• Functional Skills (if required)
• Revision and distance learning will be carried out at work and at home
• Educational hours will be included in the Apprentices rota

Requirements

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Organisation skills
• Administrative skills
• Team working
• Physical fitness

Other requirements

This is a physically demanding role, applicants will need to be able to lift weights to tidy up and be fit enough to demonstrate exercises.

About this employer

We believe in delivering fitness and wellness to our local community without the high price tag. We pride ourselves on high levels of customer care and thrive on getting the best results possible.

http://www.abc-gym.com (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

• Option to move to an employed personal trainer at ABC Fitness or to move on to the team leader award for further education

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ADVANCED BODY CONDITIONING LIMITED

Cat

Cat@abc-gym.com

01702525863

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000345568.

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Closes in 24 days (Saturday 1 November 2025 at 11:59pm)

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