Apprentice Personal Trainer

PRO-FITNESS MARTLESHAM LTD

Ipswich (IP5 3RE)

Closes in 15 days (Friday 6 March 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 17 February 2026

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Summary

A fantastic opportunity to begin a career as a personal trainer with a well-established independent local gym. Training provided includes First Aid/Level 3 Personal Trainer qualification. Gain valuable on-the-job experience of all aspects of operating a fitness facility. We have been working successfully with apprentices for over 10 years.

Wage

£12,759.50 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Personal trainer (level 3)
Hours
30-35 hours per week to cover shifts across opening hours of Monday - Friday, 7.00am - 8.00pm. Saturday, 8.00am - 1.00pm. Sunday, 8.00am - 12.00pm (to be confirmed).

32 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Wednesday 1 April 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

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

  • Shadowing a full-time member of staff carrying out member inductions/personal exercise programmes
  • Administration tasks: signing up and supporting members
  • General cleaning to maintain the gym equipment for the membership

Where you'll work

Pro-Fitness (Martlesham)
BodyTalk Gym, Adastral Park
Martlesham
Ipswich
IP5 3RE

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)

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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

  • Personal trainer Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
  • Successful application will undertake a Personal Training (level 3) qualification
  • PT qualification is completed at the workplace, so it forms part of the working day
  • First Aid qualification is completed as a one-day course away from the workplace

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

Physical Education (grade 4+)

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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

The vacancy will involve shift work and weekend work and the requirement to be on your feet for most of the day.

About this employer

Pro-Fitness (Martlesham) Ltd is an independent company est. 2008 and has worked successfully with apprentices for over 10 years. We pride ourselves on being able to provide an entry opportunity into the health & fitness industry where employees are supported to gain valuable experience and an industry recognised qualification as part of their working day, which enables them to thrive in the industry.

After this apprenticeship

  • There may be the opportunity to join the team as a full-time Personal Trainer depending on the availability of a position at the time of completing the qualification
  • Joining another facility as part of a PT team
  • Setting up a business as a self-employed personal trainer

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CENTRAL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000016072.

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Closes in 15 days (Friday 6 March 2026 at 11:59pm)