Occupation Atlasfitness instructor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c784c2db-e636-429f-8492-3191790a58d7
fitness instructor
Fitness instructors build fitness participation of new and existing members through fitness experiences that meet their needs. They deliver fitness instruction to individuals, with the use of equipment, or to a group, through fitness classes. Both individual and group instructors have the purpose of promoting and delivering safe and effective exercise. Depending on the specific situation, some additional knowledge, skills and competences may be required.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
SRESocial · Realistic · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social5.62
- R Realistic5.23
- E Enterprising3.51
- C Conventional2.98
- I Investigative2.71
- A Artistic2.40
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors (39-9031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (18)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adapt fitness exercises
- analyse personal fitness information
- assess physical conditions of clients
- collect client fitness information
- correct fitness customers
- correct potentially harmful movements
- identify customer objectives
- integrate exercise science to the design of the programme
- maintain the exercise environment
- motivate fitness clients
- participate in training sessions
- promote fitness customer referral
- promote healthy fitness environment
- promote healthy lifestyle
- provide fitness customer care
- provide fitness customer service
- provide fitness information
- safely instruct about fitness
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 18 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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