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Study the Ofqual Regulated Level 4 Certificate in Nutrition for Weight Management and Athletic Performance through distance learning.

BISMA is a leading training provider for fitness qualifications in the UK. Our qualifications are recognised by national and international Awarding Organisations. Our Level 4 Certificate in Nutrition for Weight Management and Athletic Performance qualification is awarded by Focus Awards ensuring your Awarding Body qualifications will be widely respected by registering bodies such as CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for Management of Sport and Physical Activity) “In February 2020, CIMSPA and UK Coaching, who operated the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), announced an agreement to combine REPs with the CIMSPA Exercise and Fitness Directory, creating a single directory for all exercise and fitness professionals.” reference: CISMPA announcement; and NRPT (National Register for Personal Trainers). Some learners have also achieved EREPS membership (Europe) and also ICREPS portability to use the qualification at International registers of exercise professionals (International Confederation for Registers of Exercise Professionals).

The aim of this Level 4 Certificate in Nutrition for Weight Management and Athletic Performance is to train learners to a professionally competent level, enabling them to design, plan and deliver safe and effective nutritional programmes for clients that are exercising and need advice in weight management and/or athletic performance within a gym or health club environment as a Level 4 Nutrition Advisor.

What can I do with this qualification? Our qualifications support a wide range of occupations in the Active Leisure sector, including: Activity Leaders, Teaching Physical, Activity to Children, Duty Managers, Leisure Attendants, Fitness Managers and Personal Trainers. Once this course is completed, you will be able to move on to more advanced courses such as the Level 5 Leadership and Management course.

This qualification is made up of 6 units:

• Unit: Systems of the Human Body (Level 4)
• Unit: Human metabolism, the energy balance and the currency of calories (Level 4)
• Unit: Common diets, food labelling, and the effects of marketing (Level 4)
• Unit: Fuelling for Athletic Performance (Level 4)
• Unit: Applied Nutrition for Health (Level 4)
• Unit: Understanding supplemental aids and strategy for nutritional goals (Level 4)

The price for this course is available at £499 if the course is paid in one payment. Alternatively, you can sign up for the course on 5 monthly payments of £109 each (Total: £545)

Graduates will receive an Ofqual Regulated qualification: Focus Awards Level 4 Certificate in Nutrition for Weight Management and Athletic Performance.

Our learners have achieved membership with many exercise professionals registering bodies, including CIMSPA, NRPT, EREPS and many others.

• CIMSPA Membership (Chartered Institute for Management of Sport and Physical Activity) “In February 2020, CIMSPA and UK Coaching, who operated the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), announced an agreement to combine REPs with the CIMSPA Exercise and Fitness Directory, creating a single directory for all exercise and fitness professionals.” reference: CISMPA announcement; CIMSPA is the most well known and respected registers for exercise professionals and so our qualification will allow you to become a member of CIMSPA.
• Important Information: There have been some websites recently claiming to be the revived REPS. We have tried to gain more information about this; however, CIMSPA and UK Coaching have not confirmed the sale of REPS to anyone. These websites don’t seem to provide sufficient information about the purchase of their company or any other details regarding their relationship with Ofqual or UK Coaching. Additionally, they don’t appear to be recognised by any regulatory Awarding Bodies in the UK. Once we have more information about these websites, we will update this page. For now, we recommend all our UK learners to contact CIMSPA before making a decision on joining a registration body.
• NRPT Membership – NRPT (National Register of Exercise Professionals) is a well established register for personal trainers.
• EREPS Membership – EREPS (European Register of Exercise Professionals) is an European register of exercise professionals.

This course is delivered by distance learning

• The minimum age for entry to enrol on to this course is 16 years of age.
• Learners will need to have a basic level of English proficiency to enrol on to this course.
• Prior to starting this course, learners will need to have completed at least one CIMSPA practitioner qualification, such as the “Gym Instructor Practitioner”, “Personal Training Practitioner”, “Yoga Teacher Practitioner”, “Pilates Instructor Practitioner”, “Exercise Referral Practitioner”, “Group Exercise Instructor Practitioner”, “Coach Practitioner” or “Advanced Coach Practitioner”.

Once this course is completed, you will be able to move on to more advanced courses such as the Level 5 Leadership and Management course.

Fitness professionals are required to have a valid First Aid Certificate to comply with HSE regulations. These courses are all available through BISMA at affordable prices.

1. STUDY MATERIAL & TUTOR SUPPORT

   • You will receive an official BISMA log-in (virtual learning) containing e-books and videos to access when logged in to the portal, and additional information for your course units, including company policies and learner induction.
   • You will also have access to the paperwork (portfolio) in the student portal, and this can be downloaded and completed as part of your course, meaning you will have everything you need from the start of the course.

2. ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND CERTIFICATION

   • All theory assessments are included in the price listed.
   • Free reassessments are included in the course fee, meaning you will not be charged for any assessments or reassessments.
   • Company Certificate will be given to you upon completion of the course normally within 5-10 working days.
   • Awarding Body Certification (hard copy) will be given within around 30 days of completing the course and receipt of final payment.

3. AWARDING BODY

   • This qualification is awarded by the prestigious Focus Awards (CIMSPA Partner Awarding Body).

 
 
 
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