Personal Trainer

Overview

The Professional Fitness Trainer provides evaluation of client status and delivers safe and professional, client-based exercise routines to help clients achieve fitness goals. The trainer is responsible for achieving personal revenue goals each month while delivering the best customer service and hospitality to all members and guests.

• Must meet minimum private training sales of 40 sessions per month and maintain positive client retention
• Provide new member fitness consultations and evaluations
• Develop individual exercise programs based upon client’s abilities, health, and goals
• Be on time for all scheduled appointments
• Maintain accurate, current records on all client exercise programs and progress
• Keep track of each client’s training sessions and fee payments
• Enforce all fitness center and club policies
• Assist in the development, implementation and marketing of innovative private and group Private Fitness Trainer (PFT) programs
• Assist in the maintenance and cleanliness of the fitness center
• Accurately record each day work, the actual time worked and client sessions in the appropriate tracking system
• Active participation in meetings and training programs. Attend club sponsored developmental or educational seminars and programs
• Maintain valid trainer and CPR/AED certification

• Promote the company’s safety goals and actively work towards ensuring a safe working environment
• Interpret and ensure compliance with company policies and procedures
• Actively further corporate objectives and continuously support improvement and positive change
• Make professional development a consistent priority

• Assist with special club projects, events and promotions

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary job function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• ACSM-HFS, NSCA-CSCS, ACE-PT, NASM or acceptable national certification is required.
• Bachelors of Exercise Science degree or related studies preferred.
• Current CPR/AED & First Aid certification required (Red Cross or American Heart Association)
• 1-2 years of experience in a health club environment preferred.
• Experience in marketing and promotions preferred.
• Nutrition education preferred.

• Sales and Marketing — Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, and sales techniques.
• Problem Anticipation/ Deductive Reasoning — Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong and then apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems and considers the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Written Comprehension and Expression — Ability to read, understand and communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Oral Comprehension and Expression —Ability to understand and communicate so others can understand ideas and information.
• Computer – Ability to develop and maintain computer records in Word, Excel and other software required by TBCC and regulatory agencies. Ability to develop tracking and report forms in Word and Excel as needed.
• Well organized and detail oriented.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent customer service attitude and abilities.

• This position deals with outside personnel such as clients on a regular basis with contact in various forms such as in person, phone and email.
• The location of the position changes frequently from indoors to outdoors as site visits are necessary. However, extreme environmental conditions do not exist.
• It is sometimes necessary to deal with unpleasant or angry people with the need to problem…