What can I do with this qualification?
Graduates of the National Qualification in Exercise, Health Studies and Personal Training are fully qualified fitness instructors and personal trainers and can work in the health fitness industry at home and abroad or in a self employed capacity as a personal trainer.
Successful completion allows graduates to obtain professional indemnity insurance cover to faciliate exercise prescription to members of the public.
Programme Overview
The National Qualification in Exercise, Health Studies and Personal Training will offer successful graduates the opportunity to prescribe safe and effective exercise to the general public in either group fitness situations or on an individual one-to-one personal training basis.
This qualification, which is delivered by the National College of Exercise and Health Studies (NCEHS), offers individuals the opportunity to learn the skills required to teach safe and effective exercise to the general public. Exercise prescription offered by NCEHS Health Fitness Instructors includes resistance training classes using the wide variety of weight training machines available in health clubs and fitness centres. Graduates also deliver group exercise to music classes, either in health clubs and fitness centres in an employed capacity, or in community centres, parish halls etc. as self employed individuals. They also have the opportunity to deliver one-to-one personal training as this excellent programme also includes the National Qualification in Personal Training.
As a result of the superb quality of instructional skills and internationally accepted qualifications, NCEHS Health Fitness Instructors can obtain a highly specified Professional Indemnity Insurance policy which is available exclusively to our graduates.
NCEHS graduates will find themselves immediately employable and in strong demand within the health fitness profession. Opportunities also exist for NCEHS qualified Health Fitness Instructors to work on board luxury cruise liners through our professional relationship with Steiner, the company responsible for staff placement in this area.
Entry Requirements
The National Qualification in Exercise, Health Studies and Personal Training is open to anybody with a strong interest in exercise and health fitness and the desire to pass their enthusiasm on to the general public as part of their day-to-day working routine as either a full time or part time health fitness instructor.
The course content includes anatomy and physiology, exercise to music, resistance training, diet and sports nutrition, first aid, injury prevention and other areas of interest. The content is delivered to facilitate adult learners of mixed ability.
Synoptic Syllabus
The National Qualification in Exercise, Health Studies and Personal Training covers all relevant areas including:
# Functional Anatomy & Kinesiology, Basic Exercise Physiology
# Concepts and Components of Fitness
# Exercise Principals & Energy Systems
# Lesson Planning & Class Structure
# Muscular Actions & Exercise Analysis
# Resistance & Flexibility Training
# Exercise to Music, Choreography & Music Appreciation
# NCEHS Key Elements to successful Instruction and Personal Training
# Safety and Contra – Indicated exercise
# Personal Training & Instructional Teaching Skills
# Diet & Sports Nutrition
# Injury Prevention in exercise
# Introduction to Sports Massage
# Business Aspects
# Code of Ethics
Tutors
All National College of Exercise and Health Studies tutors are expert in their chosen field with some having represented Ireland at international level in health fitness competition.
All senior tutors have many years of experience working in the health fitness profession and, having obtained a H. Dip. in Education have learned the skills required to deliver complex information to learners of mixed ability.
All tutors have dedicated areas of speciality to enhance the learning experience for NCEHS students.
CPD
NCEHS graduates have a responsibility to ensure that the exercise prescription which they offer the public is current, safe and effective. In order to achieve this goal graduates must participate in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) which ensures that they are always operating within ‘best practice’ standards.
CPD can be achieved through attendance at health fitness conventions and conferences or through the participation in advanced educational programmes which bring graduates up to date with changes.
Copyright (c) 2008 Kenneth Anczerewicz
There are numerous benefits to pursuing and online degree. Course options include not only general studies but also specific degree options from associate to doctoral. Discover ten benefits to online programs below.
1. You don’t have to leave home or relocate. You can attend college while your family is asleep or otherwise occupied. You can use even 15 minutes of spare time productively. You don’t need babysitters. You don’t have to fight traffic or bad weather.
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10. You’ll never be late or absent from a class again. While these are ten key benefits to an online degree there are numerous others. Perhaps you will agree that online education is the only way to go!
While these are ten key benefits to an online degree there are numerous others. Perhaps you will agree that online education is the only way to go!
Following the Chris Brown and Rhianna incident, there has been an explosion of opinions weighing in on the issue of violence against women. This has brought to light a popular childhood lesson, "boys don’t hit girls," which most parents teach their sons and daughters. This lesson makes a lot of sense because, even though young children, on average, tend to be roughly equal in size regardless of their gender, by adulthood the average male is significantly bigger than the average woman.
The problem with the childhood lesson ‘‘boys don’t hit girls" is that in the long run it does little to deter or stop violence against women. Parents who are sincere in their resolve for their sons not to become abusers of women should refrain from the passive double standard we have been taught by a majority of our ancestors. The double standard in reference pertains to boy-on-boy violence being tolerated a lot more than boy-on-girl violence, for which there is zero tolerance (at least in the public eye). As parents we should teach our children to never resort to violent measures when experiencing a conflict with another person. The same intensity of disapproval shown to a boy who hits a girl needs to be shown to a boy who hits another boy or two boys of equal strength involved in a physical altercation. Think about it—if a young boy’s reason for attacking his male peer is because of hurtful remarks his peer made towards his character, it is logical to presume that if those same hurtful remarks had come from a female peer, the student would have resorted to the same measures. For naysayers on this issue, I would further propose that most aggressive boys don’t fight girls in school only because most of the girls are usually afraid of them and choose not to associate with these boys. The only children who have no problem confronting aggressive boys are fellow aggressive boys.
When we only tell our children that "boys don’t hit girls," without teaching them nonviolent strategies towards resolving conflict and genuinely condemning all violent behavior they resort to, our children will only learn one thing in regards to boys not hitting girls: "Girls are not to be hit in public." Unfortunately this is the case when we have boys, young men and adults who do not have the cognitive maturity to peacefully resolve conflicts with others. In order to avoid experiencing shame and disapproval from others, they hit women in the absence of witnesses, in response to conflicts they experience—with women. In addition, teaching children "only" that boys are not to hit girls, promotes an unhealthy division between the sexes at an early age. Because without learning peaceful conflict resolutions strategies, most boys will simply learn to ignore girls in public, during heated disputes. This also leads to children internalizing that women are not to be taken seriously.
I could go on and write about how the mass media contributes to our collective acceptance of violence, but most well-intentioned parents reading this article might find that overwhelming. Instead I would suggest that parents who struggle with bad-tempered and aggressive children should seek out mental health professionals who specialize in working with children and young teens in peacefully resolving conflicts. From my professional experience and in spite of cultural influences, I find that clients with a history of violence fully embrace therapy dealing with anger management and conflict resolutions. Most of my clients have later shared with me about how empowered they felt with the learned cognitive strategies they practiced.
Ugochukwu Uche MS, LPC
Psychotherapist and Professional Life Coach
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