Diploma in Exercise Referral

UK
Level 3
Europe
Level 4

MONTHS

The qualification aims to equip the learner with the skills, knowledge and understanding required to plan and instruct programmes for exercise referral.

Learners will cover:

Skills relating to the qualification:

Collect and analyse nutritional information and apply the principles of nutrition to a physical activity programme.

Collect information about exercise referral patients and prepare patients and resources for exercise referral sessions.

Instruct, adapt, conclude and review exercise referral sessions. Agree on goals, plan, manage, review progress and adapt an exercise referral programme with exercise referral patients.

Entry Requirements

Learners should be 16 plus and must hold one or more of the following:

Certificate in Fitness Instructing or equivalent
Certificate in Personal Training
Diploma in Teaching Pilates
Diploma in Teaching Yoga

Qualification Structure

The learner must complete:

• Unit 1: Professional practice for exercise referral instructors

• Unit 2: Understanding medical conditions for exercise referral

• Unit 3: Planning exercise referral programmes with patients

• Unit 4: Instructing exercise with referred patients

• Unit 5: Applied Anatomy and Physiology

• Unit 6: Nutrition to support physical activity

Assessment

The YMCA Diploma in Exercise Referral is assessed through a combination of internal and external assessment.

Learner Assessment Record

Multiple Choice Theory paper

Assessment Workbook

Practical examination/observation

Location

*As this is a Practical based qualification you will need to be available to travel to our offices in Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland for practical tutorials and assessments.

Accreditation