FIANEWS 8/2010 - CHECK OUT THE NEW JOBS EACH MONTH

Here you will find a free newsletter that will tell you about upcoming courses, seminars, industry events and job opportunities for all of our professional members. Full job descriptions are available to our professional members only.

Members go to: membersonline

Non Members - get all the latest jobs and more by becoming an FIA member at: fiamember-enrol or check out fiamembership for more information

Contents:

FIANews

Next Fitness Instructor Courses

Certificate III in Fitness - Fitness Instructor

starts: 6/9/10 Full Time or 27/9/10 Part Time (filling fast) or Distance Online anytime!

Who should enroll?

This program can be completed by anyone who has a healthy interest in Fitness. Become a registered instructor/trainer in the fitness industry.

Where is it held?

At the Fitness Institute Australia’s main campus in Surry Hills (close to all transport)

Investment fee: $1,650 (all inclusive)! or $1,500 if completing via Distance Online

(see 2010 price list for 2010 courses)

Note: Some training providers are up to 50% more expensive!, yet what they offer is nowhere near as comprehensive? If you are paying more for you course than with us, then you are paying too much!

Save $$$ with FIA and complete the best Certificate III in Fitness course in Australia. You can also complete this course via distance/online learning (it doesn't get any more flexible than that!).

Diploma of Fitness (SRF 50206) - Fitness Specialist - Starts 6/10/10 (filling FAST - small class)

(Build on from your Personal Trainer Course)

NEW Intensive Course

Have you completed (or nearly completed :-) your Certificate IV in Fitness with us? Are you ready for another challenge?

To assist students in "fast tracking" their Diploma of Fitness - Fitness Specialist we will be conducting a 1 term intensive from 6/10/10. This means students can attend 2 days per week (Wed/Thurs - 9.30 - 3pm) over ten weeks and complete all course requirements for the Diploma (all subjects can also be completed via distance/online).

Normally held over 2 terms (20 weeks) this intensive will "fast track" you qualification!

ACU National recognises the Diploma of Fitness and Diploma of Sport run by Fitness Institute Australia (FIA). The FIA and ACU National have an articulation agreement where by ACU National recognises the courses mentioned above which assists entry into the Bachelor of Exercise Science for those students who have gained good results in the Diploma.

Save $$$ with FIA  and get a head start on your competitors by being able to offer a variety of health related services.

FIACourses Information WebLink

Fitpointz Exercise Library (Members - Gain CECS - NOW ONLINE!) NEW!

Here you will find an article on one exercise (new exercise every month). With a detailed analysis of the muscles used during the exercise and a informative description of how to both perform and assist in the actual performance of the exercise. A full library of all previous exercises can be found at members online under the sub menu - fitpointz archives (members only).

FitPointz automated quizzes. Gain CECs for these archives just like the fitness forums and research reviews NOW ONLINE!

Personal Trainer Profile - Xavier Grevet

This months PT Profile is  Xavier Grevet. He is currently working as a personal trainer with LIFESTYLE FITNESS AUSTRALIA ERSKINEVILLE. Xavier started to do a bit of weight training after a gymnastic accident when he was 17 years old (rehabilitation work on damaged tendons and ligaments in his wrists due to a bad fall of the apparatus) and after a few years got involved with natural bodybuilding . He competed in 1996 but after that he had to stop due to military duties (being of French nationality it was compulsory at the time).  ..........Go back to the home page to read his full profile.

Elite Athlete Profile - Andrew Lauterstein Swimming

Andrew won a Bronze Medal in the 100m Butterfly at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is very happy to be able to study via distance online, which has allowed him to continue training and racing at the highest level. While still competing he plans to use the study to further improve his own personal performances and to also help other athletes around him................Go back to the home page to read his full profile.

The FIA is an official provider to the NSW Institute of Sport and the Western Australian Institute of Sport and the Western Sydney Academy of Sport (junior athletes).

Fit Pit - Learning Resources Area Online NEW!

Learning Resources

The FIA Learning Resources is a collection of interviews, procedures, protocols, forms and general information available to you to extend your knowledge of fitness assessment, nutritional analysis and exercise prescription that will complement the information you have received from lectures, practical sessions and reading assignments. FIA Learning Resources is grouped under three sections:

1. Listen to a Medical Expert, Fitness Instructor or Nutrition Expert
2. Read from the Bookshelf
3. Open the Filing Cabinet

You can also listen, read or access information from selected scenarios for each of the following five topics in the order listed:

* Topic 1: Undertake relevant exercise planning and programming
* Topic 2: Undertake postural appraisal for low risk clients
* Topic 3: Provide exercise for fitness industry clients with special needs
* Topic 4: Plan and deliver Personal Training
* Topic 5: Provide information and exercise related to nutrition and body composition

Welcome to CECs Online! (Members - FitPointz now available for CECS)

Did you know the average fitness trainer can spend as much as $1,500.00 on CECs over a re- registration period?

As a member of FIA you can now gain valuable CEC’s for re-registration via a “user friendly” format. Save time and money by completing an FIA Quiz Online from anywhere in the world! FREE to all members of FIA you can earn 1 CEC every time you pass a quiz. You can complete the quiz at anytime and you are given instant feedback regarding the result. There are now three libraries of quizzes :

• Research Reviews
• Fitness Forums
• FitPointz  NEW!

How it works:

• After successfully completing the quiz your CEC will be available for viewing at Academic History.
• Each quiz is based on a different topic and a selection of diverse articles about that topic from the Online Library (500 +articles).

• It takes most people approximately two hours to read the 10 research review articles and answer the quiz and approximately 1 hour (varies) for the fitness forum and FitPointz articles

• You are given 20 minutes to answer a quiz (the passing grade is 90%) .

Members: Please ensure you check/update your personal details at Manage Account (members go here).

Renewing members: CEC’s Online is a membership service paid for by members, so if you would like to use the library and quizzes, we invite you to renew your membership (renewing members go here).

NOW ONLINE: Bent Leg Deadlift + 21 other fitpointz !!

Corrective Exercise Prescription course - a must for all Personal trainers

Prerequisite: Certificate III in Fitness

Confused about what works and what doesn't? Confused about functional training vs strength training? Sick of completing endless CEC programs that don't lead anywhere? Now you can find out the facts, gain CECs and upgrade your quals all at the same time and all online!

This brand new Diploma of Fitness subject has been designed to extend the Personal Trainers knowledge of how to assess a clients’ muscular strengths and weaknesses and prescribe strengthen and stretching exercises to correct any presented distortions. The subject examines over 800 strengthen and stretching exercises grouped according to movement patterns. The strengthening exercises prescribed promote all forms of resistance including body weight, barbells, dumbbells, elastic resistance tubing, water, partner resistance, cable pulleys, weight machines etc. The exercises are examined from a variety of different positions performed through all planes of movement. The stretching exercises promote all stretching techniques including variations of static, ballistic and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation.

You will receive all the materials required to complete this program, including your textbook online (written by the lecturers for this subject), an assessment manual/online study guide and full online tutorial support. You will also receive advanced standing into the Diploma of Fitness (full exemption from this subject). A certificate of attainment and CECs will be issued on successful completion of the assessments.

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Books Online

Think before you print...
1 ream of paper = 6% of a tree and 5.4kg of CO2 in the atmosphere; 3 sheets of A4 paper = 1 litre of water

The FIA is reducing its carbon footprint! - Our Invitation to all FIA students

We would like to invite you to become part of the FIA carbon footprint reduction campaign by embracing our new Books Online, where all written materials for all courses will now be available from our Books Online Area (starts August). From this month we will be "phasing out" students receiving written materials for each subject, you will now be given access to all written materials online. This will mean your books will be available to you 24/7 and in a compact manageable format, literally thousands of pages of comprehensive information at your finger tips, anywhere, anytime! Read more about this at books online (students will be able to purchase a hard copy for only the cost of the printing and handling from the office if required).

Lecture Online
Developed for both campus based and distance/online students our lecture online tool now offers the opportunity to listen and view all FIA lectures as many time as you like. Unique to FIA you will be able to view all the lecturer's slides while listening to the lecturer discuss all relevant subject information. More than just a bunch of lectures recorded at a fitness convention or seminar and replayed online, our lectures are a completely scripted lecture series that covers the actual content of your textbook for the relevant subject/course you are completing and at the same time will give you expert guidance on how to successfully complete the subjects/courses you are studying. With our unique lecture online browser you can listen continuously to any number of slides/lectures and even jump forwards and backwards in the presentations as many times as you like. When used in conjunction with all the other student online tools, lecture online makes learning with the FIA an experience that no other course provider can come close to matching!

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Sales School -Friday 13th August - Melbourne

As a personal trainer the first thing you need upon completion of your certification is clients. Whether it is part-time, full-time, indoor, outdoor, group fitness training learn how to attract to the right kind of clients to your business without feeling like a slippery salesperson. Email us at business@ptplus.com.au for information about this workshop or how you can get started in building your own business.

6 figure trainer workshop - September - Perth

Learn the fundamental of how to build a 6 figure business without
having to swap time for money and simply judge your success
on completing more PT session. By simply using your skills slightly
differently you can create a multiple of revenues and free yourself from
your current job or build a full time or part time business to six figures and
beyond. Email us at business@ptplus.com.au

Email us at info@ptplus.com.au for more information.

Healthy Business
Scott Krywulycz

PT Plus International
Phone-1300 962 422
Fax - 02 9531 8947
www.ptplus.com.au

Career Opportunities

Career & Job Network - (Members only section - join now) Can you afford not to be a member of FIA?

Employers - Looking for staff?, simply email your listing to: admin@fia.com.au (this service is free - you do not need to be a member). Direct access to the best instructors in the fitness industry*

Fitness Trainers - Looking for a job/career?, become a member of FIA (go to: fiamembership) (New positions are added on a weekly basis to the members section, so keep coming back!)

Did you know?

The fitness industry has been noted as being one of the top 10 fastest growing professions in the world. In fact the Australian Government ranks future growth in this sector as 5 out of 5 stars in the latest employment reports.

*Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) Job Outlook

New jobs online:

• Vision - Personal Trainers 44 locations
• Step into Life - Personal Trainers
• Fitness First - Latest positions
• Pump Fitness - Fitness Instructor
• Personal Trainer - North Strathfield
• MEFIT - PERSONAL TRAINER
• Coastal Bodies - personal trainer.
• Cert III and Cert IV Personal Trainers - western suburbs
• Mobile Personal Trainers Required - Melbourne - My Trainer
• Working for an established Gym in the Western Suburbs.
• She FITNESS - Hiring passionate personal trainers for new locations!
• Goodlife health club
• Mobile Personal Trainers Wanted - Central Coast, Newcastle, Blue Mountains, Wollongong & Sydney Metro (Western Suburbs)
• Modern Fitness Studio with Vision/Nautilus equipment has an opportunity
• Now hiring Personal Trainers and Fitness Instructors at Newtown
• Massage therapist needed with an interest in fitness and beauty therapy
• One on one and group personal training by qualified local fitness professionals
• Parcfitness is a family owned fitness studio
• Personal Trainer - North Strathfield
• Casual Gym Instructor/Personal trainer - Bacchus Marsh
• Box Class require an experienced fitness boxing instructor
• Female Yoga/Personal Trainer in Saudi Arabia
• Fitness First - Pennant Hills
• Sydney FC - remedial & sports massages
• Qualified Personal Trainer Required
• Club Coordinator Part Time @ Fernwood Hornsby
• Personal Trainer/Fitness Specialist
• YOUTOPIA, a personal fitness and wellbeing studio in Rushcutters Bay. I'm looking for qualified personal trainers
• Personal Trainers for Vision Personal Training - Balgowlah
• Fitness Inside Out Licensee - Lower North Shore & Southern Suburbs
• experience reliable mobile trainer to service inner city Melbourne
• PARC FITNESS CLUBS - FITNESS TRAINER POSITION
• PREGGI BELLIES - GROUP FITNESS INSTRUCTORS
• Are you Certificate III or Certificate IV Qualified and looking to Ignite Your Personal Training Career?
• Your Online Personal Trainer - Casual Mobile Personal Trainers Required
• Business Opportunity for Independent Trainers - THUMP
• Personal Trainers - Fitness First
• Personal Trainers - START YOUR OWN BUSINESS AT SYDNEY’S LEADING MIND & BODY HEALTH CLUB GROUP
• Step into Life – fantastic opportunity to purchase a Group Outdoor Personal Training Business
• Steiner Cruise Ships

For a full description of the above jobs and all other latest job opportunities:

Members go to: membersonline

Non Members - get all the latest jobs and more by becoming an FIA member at: fiamembership

Can you afford not to be a member of FIA?

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Upcoming Courses

Next Fitness Instructor Courses

Certificate III in Fitness - Fitness Instructor

starts: 6/9/10 Full Time or 27/9/10 Part Time (filling fast) or Distance Online anytime!

Who should enroll?

This program can be completed by anyone who has a healthy interest in Fitness. Become a registered instructor/trainer in the fitness industry.

Where is it held?

At the Fitness Institute Australia’s main campus in Surry Hills (close to all transport)

Investment Fee : $1,650 (all inclusive)! or $1,500 if completing via Distance/Online

(2009 price for 2009 course only)

Note:

Some training providers are up to 50% more expensive!, yet what they offer is nowhere near as comprehensive? If you are paying more for you course than with us, then you are paying too much!

Save $$$ with FIA and complete the best Cert III program in Australia. You can also complete this program via distance/online learning (it doesn't get any more flexible than that!).

Certificate IV in Fitness (SRF 40206) - Personal Trainer 

starts 25/10/10 Part Time or Distance Online Learning, start anytime!

Book early (limited numbers)!  Campus based > also offered as Online/Distance Learning - Start Anytime

FIA is now conducting the popular Certificate IV in Fitness (Personal Trainer) Program via campus based and online learning (flexible delivery). For more information download our brochure or contact us via email.

How is the course offered?

You can attend 2 days per week (Monday/Tuesday) for 5 weeks or complete via distance /online learning or even a mix of the two.

Who should enroll?

This program can be completed by anyone who has completed their Certificate III in Fitness, is a registered instructor/trainer and is looking to expand their knowledge and skills in the fitness industry.

Where is it held?

At the Fitness Institute Australia’s main campus in Surry Hills (close to all transport)

Costs: $2,350.00 (price - all inclusive)

(2010 price)

Save $$$ with FIA and complete the best Certificate IV in Fitness course in Australia. You can also complete this course via distance/online learning and choose any number of subjects at a time i.e. 1 subject @ $470.00 per subject (it doesn't get any more flexible than that!).

What you receive:

You will receive all the materials required to complete this course. Textbooks online (written by your lecturers), assessment online manuals/study guides, face to face lectures and online tutorial support. You will also receive advanced standing into the Diploma of Fitness (full exemption from 5 of the 12 subjects), certificates of attainments in each of the subjects completed and CECs per subject.

"Doing an intensive course was the best option as I could still work the other days and if I can

understand everything in the course I will be a better trainer"

Michael Ettinghausen

NEW! Fitness Instructor Courses & Personal Trainer Courses

Certificate III in Fitness & Cert IV in Fitness

Lennox Head and/or Newcastle

For more information - phone: Call (02) 6618 0400 or follow the link below to the Sport & Recreation website

Certificate III in Fitness - Intensive North Coast

Certificate III in Fitness - Intensive Newcastle

Instructors/Trainers - get all the latest jobs and other great benefits - become a member at: fiamembership

Further enquiries: 1300 136 632 or email:  admin@fia.com.au

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