Level 3 Personal Trainer Apprenticeship
Workoutz
HALESOWEN (B63 3SW)
Closes in 13 days (Thursday 5 November 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 22 October 2026
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Summary
Personal Trainer Apprenticeship: Develops the skills, knowledge, and confidence to assess clients, design personalised fitness programmes, deliver effective coaching, and support healthier lifestyles. Suitable for those pursuing a career in fitness and wellbeing.
- Wage
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£12,480 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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On a rota basis.
Opening hours are between:
6.00am - 9.00pm, Monday to Friday.
8:30am - 3.00pm, Saturday.
8:30am - 2.00pm, Sunday.
Evening and weekend work will be required.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 12 November 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
- Welcoming members and providing excellent customer service throughout the day.
- Delivering one-to-one and small group personal training sessions.
- Creating and updating personalised fitness programmes for clients.
- Carrying out client consultations, fitness assessments and health screenings.
- Conducting gym inductions for new members and demonstrating equipment safely.
- Completing regular gym floor walks to support members and monitor safety.
- Advising members on exercise techniques, training plans and fitness goals.
- Monitoring the gym floor to ensure equipment is used correctly and safely.
- Maintaining a clean, tidy and welcoming gym environment.
- Cleaning and sanitising gym equipment and training areas.
- Reporting any faulty equipment, hazards or maintenance issues.
- Recording client progress, session notes and membership information on gym systems.
- Promoting personal training services, memberships and gym activities.
- Responding to membership enquiries and conducting gym tours for prospective members.
- Delivering group exercise classes (where qualified).
- Processing bookings, memberships and payments when required.
- Assisting with stock checks and replenishing gym supplies.
- Creating content for social media, including photos, videos and fitness tips.
- Supporting gym events, fitness challenges and promotional activities.
- Attending team meetings and working closely with colleagues to deliver a positive member experience.
Where you'll work
UNIT 1
BOROUGH COURT
GRAMMAR SCHOOL LANE
HALESOWEN
B63 3SW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HALESOWEN COLLEGE
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
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4 or Above)
- Maths (grade C/4 or Above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Physical fitness
About this employer
Workoutz Gym Halesowen provides a welcoming and supportive environment where members of all fitness levels can achieve their health and fitness goals. The gym offers a range of modern equipment, expert guidance, and a community-focused atmosphere that encourages motivation, confidence, and long-term wellbeing.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Personal Trainer
- Fitness Coach
- Gym Instructor
- Health & Wellbeing Coach
- Strength & Conditioning Assistant
- Group Exercise Instructor
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HALESOWEN COLLEGE
Hayley Taylor
htaylor@halesowen.ac.uk
07458 045 179
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000058790.
Apply now
Closes in 13 days (Thursday 5 November 2026 at 11:59pm)