Fitness Center Attendant

Fitness Center Attendant

YMCA of Greater Providence

This range is provided by YMCA of Greater Providence. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

$16.00/hr - $16.00/hr

Position Summary:

Provide quality instruction of aerobics and fitness classes in accordance with YMCA standards and guidelines. Encourage participants using energy and enthusiasm. Instruct, supervise, and reinforce proper strength training procedures; provide encouragement and monitor the fitness area to ensure a safe and clean environment.

• Provide enjoyable, high quality class instruction.
• Appropriately demonstrate and instruct proper exercise in accordance with program standards.
• Responsible for the health and safety of all individuals in the fitness area, i.e. caution regarding unsafe practices and conditions and perform rescue/first aid when necessary.
• Report accidents and injuries and complete incident reports.
• Set up and break down equipment as necessary.
• Find coverage for self in the event of an absence and notify the Program Director of the change.
• Attend staff meetings/events.
• Work in harmony and cooperation with the staff, volunteers and members of the YMCA.
• Provide encouragement during class instruction while being an enthusiastic and positive representative of the YMCA.
• Be a member service ambassador, remain abreast of current programs and facility schedules, being prepared to provide personalized direction to other YMCA services.
• Continually enhance professional development through additional certification trainings, workshops, educational courses and/or appropriate reading material.
• Communicate with members, make them feel welcome and address them by name.

• Education:
  
  High School degree or GED preferred.
• Experience:
  
  1-3 years of health or member service related experience.
• Reasoning Ability:
  Ability to anticipate, identify and address members needs to ensure safety and enjoyment; accurately complete all required paperwork; professionally handle and or get help to resolve conflict; follow instructions; solve practical problems; interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

• Exercise Instructor Certification (within 6 months of hire)
• CPR/AED First Aid (Outreach)
• YMCA Healthy Lifestyle Principles (within 3 months of hire)
• Foundations of Group Exercise OR Foundations Strength & Conditioning (within 6 months of hire)
• Listen First and Child Abuse Prevention

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands; balance, stoop, kneel or crouch;

and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The position has exposure to Blood borne Pathogens and the incumbent will be educated and prepared to do so. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.

• Know our mission and be able to tell our story.
• The mission of the YMCA of Greater Providence is to build healthy spirit, mind and body for all, through programs, services and relationships that are based on our core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.
• Honor your colleagues by being on time, present and fully engaged at all times.
• If you disagree, propose a solution.
• Be accountable for results.
• Commit to valuing and acting as one YMCA as evidenced by referring to ourselves as employees of the YMCA of Greater Providence.
• Display leadership that requires not only skill, but energy, passion, optimism and creativity.
• Build open and honest communication. Face to face, or voice to voice, is the preferred method of communication with email for information sharing only.
• Deliver exceptional service that is of high value. Build a positive staff team. Be friendly.

Entry level

Full-time

Other

Wellness and Fitness Services