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Personal Training Qualifications, Your Ticket to a Rewarding Career in Fitness

Whether you're looking to improve your own training, coach and support others, or move into a full-time fitness career, there is a personal training qualification that's right for you.

Check out the suite of qualifications you can access below.

Netfit Fitness Leader Certificate

Delivered by Network for Fitness Professionals Ltd (Netfit) on campus or via distance learning, this programme is designed for the fitness enthusiast who wants to perfect their own training or lead others through a fitness journey. 

Take this Netfit programme if you want to train smarter, work as a fitness instructor, or coach a small group at a club or outdoors. 

Successful graduates are awarded the New Zealand Certificate in Exercise (Level 4) and are eligible for REPs registration.

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NZIHF Applied Personal Training Diploma

This comprehensive programme is for the career-minded fitness passionate student. Designed for people who love fitness and want to help others discover the impact of a great workout and a healthier lifestyle. Often, you’ll be into fitness or sport, or you’ll have gone on a fitness journey of your own and want to share your passion with others. Graduates work as part-time or full-time Personal Trainers, and fitness business owners. 

Successful graduates are awarded the NZIHF Applied Diploma in Personal Training. This qualification is the most sought after by industry hiring managers, providing you with the confidence to enter any fitness enterprise and immediately add value.

Delivered on campus or via distance learning this programme is made up of core courses and elective courses, giving you outstanding value, a robust real-world skill set plus the ability to shape your diploma around your interests.

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Diploma in Weight Management Coaching

NZIHF is excited to be New Zealand’s leading provider of the Diploma in Weight Management Coaching (RWMC) which focuses on how sustainable weight loss can be achieved without restrictive dieting or exhaustive exercise.

The Diploma also equips you with a range of professional tools and techniques that enable you to coach people to develop healthy, sustainable and effective habits, giving them long-term control of their weight.

Graduates of the diploma can register on the NZ Register of Weight Management Coaches and enjoy access to professional practice tools to use with clients and professional development updates required for re-registration.

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Use Your Passion for Fitness to Change Lives

Improve your own training, become a Qualified Personal Trainer and make a real difference in people's lives. Enquire now to find out more.