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Type of Job

Working as a fitness manager you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of a gym, health club or fitness centre.

What is the job about?

The duties of a fitness manager will vary from location to location, but will typically include:

  • Scheduling activities
  • Organising and promoting special events
  • Recruiting and managing staff
  • Managing budgets
  • Full responsibility for health and safety

Key Skills & Knowledge needed

In addition to an interest in physical fitness, fitness managers also need a variety of management skills:

  • Good communication skills
  • Good customer service skills
  • Administrative skills
  • The ability to work within budgets
  • IT skills
  • Team leadership skills
  • Marketing and promotion skills

Qualifications and experience needed

There are different routes to becoming a fitness manager. While some people start as an assistant or even an instructor, then work towards professional qualifications, others complete a foundation degree, BTEC HND or degree before applying for management jobs.

Good choices for foundation degrees, BTEC HNDs and degrees include:

  • Sports and leisure management
  • Leisure studies
  • Sports science
  • Recreation management.

What other training and development could I do?

You can develop your career further by completing additional qualifications such as:

  • Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (ISRM) qualifications
  • NVQ Level 3 in Leisure Management
  • NVQ Level 4 in Managing Sport and Active Leisure
  • A foundation degree in a subject such as sport and recreation management, sport, health and fitness club management, and fitness and leisure management
  • A part-time degree in a subject such as sports and leisure management, leisure studies, sports science and recreation management.

Salary and benefit expectations

Managers typically earn between ?17,000 and around ?25,000 a year, while senior managers can earn over ?35,000.

Where else can I go for more information?

SkillsActive
Castlewood House
77-91 New Oxford Street
London
WC1A 1PX
Advice line: 08000 933300
www.skillsactive.com

Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (ISRM)
SportPark
Loughborough University
3 Oakwood Drive
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3QF
Tel: 01509 226474
www.isrm.co.uk