How to Become a PT
Are You Planning to Become a Personal Trainer?
Are You Planning to Become a Personal Trainer?
Well done! It’s one of the most exciting and satisfying careers you can have. Probably the most important step if you’re serious about becoming a personal trainer is to ensure that the course you sign up for is an “Accredited” course. And FAE is the right certification company to choose.
After all, we’ve been the top choice with fitness professionals around the europe and middle east for more than 5 years. Plus, many fitness pros agree that FAE International Certified Personal Trainers (FAE-ICPTs) are better prepared to actively start their fitness career.
How to Begin…
Step 1: Make Sure You're Eligible
To be eligible for the FAE Personal Trainer Certification Exam, you must:
Step 2: Research Your Options
You’ll find many options for certifications, but only a handful are accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) or the European Register of Exercise Professionals (EREPS) .
The NCCA is a nationally recognized third-party agency that helps to ensure certification companies are working at the highest standards. Their mission is to set the standard for health and wellbeing in the fitness sector.
The EREPS is an abbreviation of ‘European Register of Exercise Professionals’, a fully
independent register of trainers, instructors and teachers working in the European fitness and physical activity sector.
Have you heard about ICREPS ?
The International Confederation of Registers for Exercise Professionals (ICREPs) is an international partnership between registration bodies around the world that register exercise professionals.
(MFHEA)
We are very proud to be nationally accredited and licensed (License number:2022-014) by Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA) as a Further and Higher Education Inistetiotion.
https://mfhea.mt/
The Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA) was officially launched on the 8th January 2021 and is legislated by the revised Education Act which came into force on the 1st January 2021. Our tagline is ‘Quality Education for Confident Futures.’
Our mission statement is:
“to foster the development and achievement of excellence in further and higher education in Malta through research, effective licensing, accreditation, quality assurance, and recognition of qualifications established under the Malta Qualifications Framework.”
EQF
The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) acts as a translation device to make national qualifications more readable across Europe, promoting workers' and learners' mobility between countries and facilitating their lifelong learning. The EQF aims to relate different countries' national qualifications systems to a common European reference framework. Individuals and employers will be able to use the EQF to better understand and compare the qualifications levels of different countries and different education and training systems. Since 2012, all new qualifications issued in Europe carry a reference to an appropriate EQF level.
https://europa.eu/europass/en/european-qualifications-framework-eqf
MQF
Malta Qualifications Framework
The Malta Qualifications Framework (MQF) assists in making the Maltese qualifications system easier to understand and review, and more transparent at a national and international level. The Malta Qualifications Framework is also a referencing tool that helps to describe and compare both national and foreign qualifications to promote quality, transparency and mobility of qualifications in all types of education.It is mainly referenced to the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) as well as to other non-European qualifications frameworks.
The NCCA is a nationally recognized third-party agency that helps to ensure certification companies are working at the highest standards. Their mission is to set the standard for health and wellbeing in the fitness sector.
The EREPS is an abbreviation of ‘European Register of Exercise Professionals’, a fully independent register of trainers, instructors and teachers working in the European fitness and physical activity sector.
Have you heard about ICREPS ?
The International Confederation of Registers for Exercise Professionals (ICREPs) is an international partnership between registration bodies around the world that register exercise professionals.
Malta Qualifications Framework
The Malta Qualifications Framework (MQF) assists in making the Maltese qualifications system easier to understand and review, and more transparent at a national and international level. The Malta Qualifications Framework is also a referencing tool that helps to describe and compare both national and foreign qualifications to promote quality, transparency and mobility of qualifications in all types of education.It is mainly referenced to the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) as well as to other non-European qualifications frameworks. https://ncfhecms.gov.mt/en/Pages/MQF.aspx
EQF
The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) acts as a translation device to make national qualifications more readable across Europe, promoting workers' and learners' mobility between countries and facilitating their lifelong learning. The EQF aims to relate different countries' national qualifications systems to a common European reference framework. Individuals and employers will be able to use the EQF to better understand and compare the qualifications levels of different countries and different education and training systems. Since 2012, all new qualifications issued in Europe carry a reference to an appropriate EQF level. https://europa.eu/europass/en/european-qualifications-framework-eqf
(MFHEA)
We are very proud to be nationally accredited and licensed (License number:2022-014) by Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA) as a Further and Higher Education Inistetiotion.
https://mfhea.mt/
The Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA) was officially launched on the 8th January 2021 and is legislated by the revised Education Act which came into force on the 1st January 2021. Our tagline is ‘Quality Education for Confident Futures.’
Our mission statement is:
“to foster the development and achievement of excellence in further and higher education in Malta through research, effective licensing, accreditation, quality assurance, and recognition of qualifications established under the Malta Qualifications Framework.”
Step 3: Choose a Certified Personal Trainer Program
you decide on FAE – and we hope you do – there are many CPT packages to choose from. There are no wrong decisions – all will help prepare you for a career in personal training and the FAE-ICPT exam!
What are the options ?
FAQs
We cover the specifics of how much each certification body charges for the exam and
study materials below, but the range is between €1000 and €3000.So, you can figure it will cost you around €1500 to get certified as a personal trainer for most accredited education providers.
The personal trainer certification length is good for life provided you keep up with continuing education requirements of your certification. Another way of explaining this is that you’ll have to understand that each personal trainer certification company has different requirements for their trainers to maintain their certifications. The general rule of thumb is a certification must be renewed every two years and is done so by taking Lifelong Learning Programs (LLP) .
Remember education is an investment ,never go cheap!
Again ,Education isn't easy. In fact, in its formal state, it's probably one of the most complex, challenging things we do in our society, especially now, given the growing diversity of our student body and the greater amounts of information students are expected to know.
Again ,Education isn't easy. In fact, in its formal state, it's probably one of the most complex, challenging things we do in our society, especially now, given the growing diversity of our student body and the greater amounts of information students are expected to know.
The personal trainer certifications with an option for NCCA accreditation or EREPS accredited providers are the most respected in the industry. The NCCA is the gold standard for third-party personal training certifications and the EREPS is the platinum standard in EU countries.
The investment in a personal trainer education is worth it no matter which way you look at it. Most ICPTs are €1000 to €1500 and full time trainers can expect to make this money back in their first month. The education you get will also ensure a healthy knowledge for personal gains as well.
Personal trainers will be expected to be fit enough to demonstrate the exercises they are recommending to clients. While there is no fitness test to become a personal trainer, being in-shape would certainly help you attract clients. In an easy to say way, if the personal trainer is not in a good shape how the clients would trust the plan will actually work out?
As all our qualifications are nationally and internationally accredited, all our PT students will receive a ICPT ( International Certified Personal Trainer) certificat after passing all the exams.
