Certificate IV in Fitness

About this qualification

SIS40221 is the personal training qualification. The register describes trainers who develop, instruct and evaluate personalised exercise programs for “generally healthy and low risk clients”, working independently, and referring higher-risk clients to medical or allied health professionals.

It has a hard entry requirement. You must already hold HLTAID011 Provide First Aid, HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safety, SISFFIT032, SISFFIT033 and SISFFIT035, or the units they superseded. In practice that means completing SIS30321 Certificate III in Fitness first.

Seventeen units: 10 core and 7 electives, drawn 2 from Group A, 2 from Group B and 3 from anywhere. The elective bank runs to 43 units, so specialisation happens through the electives rather than through a named stream.

The core is where the step up shows: personalised programming for body composition goals, for older clients and for adolescent clients are three separate core units, alongside exercise science principles and supporting behaviour change.

Roles it maps to

Where this qualification leads, per the national register.

Where it sits

Two streams share a base. Recreation runs Certificate II to Certificate III; fitness runs Certificate III to Certificate IV. Coaching sits beside both.

1. Certificate IISIS20122 Sport and Recreation
2. Certificate II · coaching streamSIS20321 Sport Coaching
3. Certificate IIISIS30122 Sport, Aquatics and Recreation
4. Certificate III · fitness streamSIS30321 Fitness
5. Certificate IV · personal trainer · you are hereSIS40221 Fitness