TRAINING TM The Awarding Organisation of Choice Fitness First issues staff training pledge
Fitness First has hit out at the lack of supervision in UK health clubs, producing research carried out with YouGov which claims Brits spend ‘up to 13,500 hours’ working out in low cost gyms unsupervised each week. T e research also states 88 per cent
of UK gym-goers (from a sample of 2,996 adults) believe having fi tness- qualifi ed staff in gyms is important. In a move that could be viewed
as a dig against the 24-hour low cost gyms bidding to tempt away Fitness First members, the company announced it will invest £10m up to 2017 to boost staff expertise. T e money will support Fitness
Many gym-goers think that staff supervision is important
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First’s specialist training syllabus – which deploys elements of behavioural psychology, sports-science, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and emotional quotient (EQ) training – with all 2,000 members of staff expected to have completed by the end of year. T e company also pledged that the entire UK workforce will have an NVQ level two fi tness qualifi cation by the end of 2015. “T e UK gym industry has come a long way
in the last few years, but gym-goers or not, the vast majority of Brits say supervision and fi tness expertise are important to them, and
we must go further to respond to that,” said UK managing director of Fitness First Martin Seibold. “Gyms should be welcoming and there should always be fi tness-qualifi ed experts on hand to give advice, support and encourage- ment. Experience tells us that these factors are crucial in helping people to remain motivated, and to achieve the results they want.” T e 13,500 fi gure was calculated by extrapo-
lating estimates on supervision hours in 196 ‘low cost’ gyms from the 2013 State of the UK Fitness Industry report. Details:
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Leisure initiatives bring hope to jobless
Young people and the unemployed are being offered the chance of a career in the leisure industry through a raſt of new initiatives. T e leisure industry has a long tra-
dition of creating employment and helping people into work, serving as one of the key creators of jobs and opportunities during the depths of the recent double-dip recession. Job seekers looking for employment
at gyms are being given the chance to broaden their skill sets through a swimming training initiative. From June, Swim UK will be giving free
Lifeguarding and swim instructor classes are among the off erings
places on its new Level 2 Exercise and Fitness courses to those over 19 and receiving Job Seekers Allowance or similar benefi ts. School and college leavers are also able to apply. Meanwhile, Oldham Community Leisure
(OCL) has embarked on a similar scheme to give career training and job opportunities to unemployed residents in the town. T e Fit4Work scheme off ers unemployed
individuals free training in careers such as swim instructing and pool lifeguarding, as well
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as a dedicated work experience placement and a guaranteed interview for casual work. T e aim is to try and decrease unemploy-
ment within Oldham, while also benefi ting the company by identifying talented local individ- uals who can be trained to work within OCL. Elsewhere, the Doncaster Culture and
Leisure Trust (DCLT) launched its Sector Based Work Academy roughly a year ago, with the scheme recently attaining an impres- sive 96 per cent learner satisfaction rate. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=V2e9C
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