ITEC Course

maxxie

Has anyone here completed the ITEC Fitness instructor course? whats the course content and exams like?

wahlrab

hello maxie

i am doing/finishing the course at the moment, it's very basic imho, the reason i did it was so i can get my insurance and get an introduction into the industry. If you do this course and never research outside of the material they give you you wont get very far, you need to just see this as an introduction. So do this but start looking for seminars and courses to do aswell, where are you thinking of doing it? pm me if you want more info

eric

ps hopefully that doesn't come across too negatively

Zamboni

Which ITEC are you talking about?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. There are two ITEC's operating in Ireland. One is based in and accredited in Britain and is relatively legit, the other is rip off with lucky dip qualifications.

maxxie

Zamboni wrote: »

Which ITEC are you talking about?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. There are two ITEC's operating in Ireland. One is based in and accredited in Britain and is relatively legit, the other is rip off with lucky dip qualifications.

sorry mr itec! im talkin bout the based in and accredited in britain!

RacoonQueen

Their fitness courses are very poor IMO, I did the fitness instructor, aerobics and personal training ones. They're very basic and don't REALLY test your knowledge or abilities. You can pass them with relative ease. Anyone I worked with who did the NCEF or NTC ones and told me what they did in their course/exams, they seemed to cover a lot more and in a lot more detail. It seemed to me that they were going into the workforce with a lot more than we were.

Then again that could have just been my tutor who was a top notch c*nt, who gave no help and no guidance.

Zamboni

maxxie wrote: »

sorry mr itec! im talkin bout the based in and accredited in britain!

I just hate seeing people waste their money on the other shower of b*******

maxxie

mp1972 wrote: »

Their fitness courses are very poor IMO, I did the fitness instructor, aerobics and personal training ones. They're very basic and don't REALLY test your knowledge or abilities. You can pass them with relative ease. Anyone I worked with who did the NCEF or NTC ones and told me what they did in their course/exams, they seemed to cover a lot more and in a lot more detail. It seemed to me that they were going into the workforce with a lot more than we were.

Then again that could have just been my tutor who was a top notch c*nt, who gave no help and no guidance.

thanks for the reply! yeh I have heard that about it alright! what did your final exams consist of?

maxxie

Zamboni wrote: »

I just hate seeing people waste their money on the other shower of b*******

ha i can see that.. so whats your experience of the course?

RacoonQueen

maxxie wrote: »

thanks for the reply! yeh I have heard that about it alright! what did your final exams consist of?

A multiple choice written exam, where two answers were way off so even if you hadn't a clue you still had pretty much a 50 - 50 chance of getting it right. A similar exam in anatomy and physiology and a business exam, again same format.

Then in the practical you were given a certain type of client, beginner, long distance runner, footaller etc etc and had to make up a programme for them on the spot and teach it to them. You go into the practical in a group and the examiner walks around the room(ours played with his phone and paid little attention to what we were doing) then asks each person a few very basic questions. You also have to do extremely basic case studies.

maxxie

mp1972 wrote: »

A multiple choice written exam, where two answers were way off so even if you hadn't a clue you still had pretty much a 50 - 50 chance of getting it right. A similar exam in anatomy and physiology and a business exam, again same format.

Then in the practical you were given a certain type of client, beginner, long distance runner, footaller etc etc and had to make up a programme for them on the spot and teach it to them. You go into the practical in a group and the examiner walks around the room(ours played with his phone and paid little attention to what we were doing) then asks each person a few very basic questions. You also have to do extremely basic case studies.

sounds pretty handy!

wahlrab

I have never heard of the BAD itec course but the one i am doing is a grand intro, but as i said that's all it is. The NTC/Ncef guys i have chatted to seemed to have been doing exactly what i have. Thats the thing about these courses they are there so you can get a certain amount of knowledge so you will be insurable, in my opinion,

It's necessary to really read outside of the course, buy books, read articles, meet coaches/trainers and go to seminars after all that you have to get the experience of applying all that knowledge, something which i have yet to acquire but hope to start to do so soon. You can read and learn all you like but if you dont test it on others you'll never really be successful, i know i have gone a wee bit off topic but it's point i feel need to be said.

injured365

Maybe someone here might be able to explain this.......i have a level 2 cert. in gym instruction from active IQ, which isn't exactly a bad cert to have. However i recently got turned away from a job on the basis that they only hire people with ncef qualifications. I don't see the problem as i would be more qualified as i have other qualifications to do with nutrition, first aid and exercise physiology yet since they are not ncef qualifications, im no good??

Zamboni

injured365 wrote: »

Maybe someone here might be able to explain this.......i have a level 2 cert. in gym instruction from active IQ, which isn't exactly a bad cert to have. However i recently got turned away from a job on the basis that they only hire people with ncef qualifications. I don't see the problem as i would be more qualified as i have other qualifications to do with nutrition, first aid and exercise physiology yet since they are not ncef qualifications, im no good??

In a nutshell, the fitness industry in Ireland is not even remotely regulated.
Rightly or wrongly NCEHS and NCEF are the two most recognised and accepted qualifications in the industry.
I would hazard a guess and say the guy who was interviewing held an NCEF qualifcations too. For some daft reason a lot of graduates, always think their course is the best.
There are a lot of cowboy courses and qualifications out there but having read up on your qualification it does seem like a reputable, decent and (most importantly) appropriately accredited course.
Unfortunately the employer are well within their right to only accept the NCEF should they so choose.
What you can do is to contact the NCEF and show them your qualification. You can request to be NCEF registered on their list of practitioners.
And then go back for the same job.

PS:For the record there is nothing special about NCEF registration, a lot of course providers use a registration system which is really just a list of their own graduates. It would make far more sense to have a register independent of course providers.
PPS: On my last check only one person on the NCEF register was not an NCEF graduate :pac:

itsallaboutheL

im pretty sure the NTC course is after getting recognised by the european fitness standards body or what ever the hell thats called

injured365

Zamboni wrote: »

In a nutshell, the fitness industry in Ireland is not even remotely regulated.
Rightly or wrongly NCEHS and NCEF are the two most recognised and accepted qualifications in the industry.
I would hazard a guess and say the guy who was interviewing held an NCEF qualifcations too. For some daft reason a lot of graduates, always think their course is the best.
There are a lot of cowboy courses and qualifications out there but having read up on your qualification it does seem like a reputable, decent and (most importantly) appropriately accredited course.
Unfortunately the employer are well within their right to only accept the NCEF should they so choose.
What you can do is to contact the NCEF and show them your qualification. You can request to be NCEF registered on their list of practitioners.
And then go back for the same job.

PS:For the record there is nothing special about NCEF registration, a lot of course providers use a registration system which is really just a list of their own graduates. It would make far more sense to have a register independent of course providers.
PPS: On my last check only one person on the NCEF register was not an NCEF graduate :pac:

Cheers for that, i figured it was something like that alright, just asked in case there was some legal issue i didnt know about

jayoo

Hiya guys,

Does anyone know if the itec course provided in nuigalway is the good one or the "bastard" one :pac:

at the moment i am living in galway and would like to take a course which would allow me to work in a gym. I have been working out in one way or another for years, and through trial and error (ohhhh so much error ha) i feel as if i have a good knowledge base, and i would love to be the rare and magical creature that is a knowlegable non disco muscle trainer.

i am gonna use the search option and read the past threads on the issue,

Thank you for your time

kingpigeon6

Hi all im doing a itec Business course at the mo and its not all what i thought it would be. Any comments welome?