Expand+Pool Instructor, Fitness Training and Continuing Professional Development Programmes:

The Department of Health and Leisure Studies, located in the Kerry Sports Academy, offers part-time courses for initial basic qualifications, follow-on qualific...

Hide-Pool Instructor, Fitness Training and Continuing Professional Development Programmes:

The Department of Health and Leisure Studies, located in the Kerry Sports Academy, offers part-time courses for initial basic qualifications, follow-on qualifications as well as opportunities for continuing professional development.

Courses consist of one or more modules (subjects) from the department’s Bachelor of Science degree programmes, which are mapped to national and international qualifications standards and frameworks. The part-time courses consist of both theory and practical elements. They are taken with the full-time undergraduate students and so are typically delivered during normal business hours on weekdays.

Course duration is described here in terms of semesters. A semester typically consists of a 12-week study period followed by a 3-week final examination and assessment period.

Courses are categorised into:
1. Pool Instructor e.g. theory with pool-based practice courses;
2. Fitness Instructor e.g. fitness Instructor, personal training courses; and
3. Continuing professional development

Fitness Instruction - Including Group Fitness:
This is a two-semester, part-time (12-14 hours per week) course, incorporating gym, body conditioning and exercise to music. The course can lead to eligibility for inclusion at Level 2 (Fitness Instructor and Group Fitness) on the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) in Ireland. Eligibility to register with REPs is conditional on achievement of a specified threshold grade.