All the content of the qualification is mandatory and relates directly to the skills, knowledge and behaviours expected by employers in the sport and active leisure sector. The areas you will cover include:

• Ways in which people participate in sport and physical activity 
• Jobs in the sport and activity leisure industry
• Personal skills and professional behaviours for working in the active leisure industry 
• Routine maintenance and cleaning in a gym environment
• Exercise-related anatomy and physiology
• Client consultation processes and gym inductions
• Methods to motivate clients in a gym environment
• Planning and instructing gym sessions
• Reviewing and monitoring gym sessions

You will also cover broader skills in literacy and numeracy, which will help you to progress. You will develop other transferable technical and practical skills in communication (working with colleagues, customers and clients), and self-management and problem-solving skills.