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Fitness and Personal Training Level 3 Full-time (FSPT)

Barnsley College

Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2AX

Extended Diploma

Level 3

Available start dates

Monday, 01 September 2025

Sports Academy

2 Year(s)

Full time

Daytime/working hours

Course Summary

Learn to plan and deliver fun, safe training sessions and improve your job prospects. Perfect for future Personal Trainers or Sports Therapists.

Course Details

Course highlights:

Fitness Skills Development
Fitness Testing
Health and Wellbeing in Sport
Nutrition for Performance
Business in Personal Training
Sports Massage

Kickstart your fitness career now!

How will it be delivered and assessed?

Assessment will occur continually throughout the programme. You will have unit assignments to complete and will be assessed on your practical ability. You will also have time-constrained assignments, as well as oral presentations. Each individual unit and the full award are graded at Pass, Merit or Distinction.

Entry requirements

Five GCSEs at grade 4 or above including GCSE English Or Level 2 in Sport with a Merit/Distinction profile plus English at grade 4 or above.

Equipment required

All Sport students will be expected to wear a Barnsley Sports Academy (BSA) hooded top* and polo shirt*, along with dark tracksuit bottoms and sports trainers. During practical sessions, kit will consist of a Barnsley Sports Academy t-shirt*, dark shorts and sports trainers. Non-regulation clothing/footwear is not permitted. Students will also require ring-binders, writing materials, paper/stationery and core textbooks. Barnsley Sports Academy clothing marked with an asterisk (*) can be purchased from the Sports Centre Reception.

Your next steps...

This qualification is designed to enable candidates to progress employment within the personal training, sport therapy or other sports industry related roles. The qualification is also the perfect way to progress into Higher Education in related degree subjects.

Additional information

https://www.barnsley.ac.uk/course/sports-coaching-and-development-pathway-2-fitness-and-personal-training-level-3-full-time/

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