Personal Fitness Trainer (Part Time, Seasonal)
- Employer
- University of Central Oklahoma
- Location
- Edmond, OK
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Job ID 2018-5064
Posted Date 2018-06-01
Category Professional Staff
Org Number 010931
Department Wellness Ctr Fitness Prog & Service
Division Vice President of Operations
Location US-OK-Edmond
Targeted Job Start Date 6/3/2018
Hours Per Week up to 5
Weeks Per Year 52, employment is per semester
College/Department Overview
Department of Wellness and Sport
Position Overview
Assist, lead or facilitate a specific program or activity related to recreation or fitness for a group or individual instruction. Ensure information is provided on proper procedures, techniques, and principles on safety, risk management and liability, sport specific rules, and university policy. May assist in ensuring facilities, equipment, and materials for recreational programs are maintained and in good working order.
Department Specific Essential Job Functions
Posting Notice: This posting is to create a pool of interested applicants from which the Department may draw as positions become open. Personal trainers are responsible for assisting Wellness Center members who wish to seek educational advice and skills related to health and fitness to better their everyday lives. Primary duties include fitness testing exercise prescription and implementation, promote health and wellness, coordinate realistic goals, nutrition counseling, provide in-depth information on equipment usage and lifestyle management conducive to health. Duties & Responsibilities: Ensure that all clients comply with the rules and regulations of the Wellness Center as posted. Provide CPR, First Aid, and/or AED to those who may be showing signs of physical distress. Follow established emergency action plans. Provide reference material and assistance for users in regards to exercise technique. Possess a complete and thorough understanding of all policies and procedures and concerning available fitness equipment and programs. Provide personal training sessions and nutritional counseling within the policies and guidelines established by the Wellness Center. Report any damages of equipment to the Fitness Coordinator. Track client progress and information. Attend all in-service trainings, meetings, and assigned special topic workshops. Check email at least twice daily for assignments of new clients and contact him or her within two business days of assignment. Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications/Experience Required
Performs administrative or manual tasks. Requires general education or vocational training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Qualifications/Experience Preferred
H old nationally recognized certification(s) in Personal Training, Group Exercise, or CPR/AED.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Required training, experience and attributes include: Nationally recognized personal training certification (ACE, AFAA, ACSM, or NSCA, etc). Adequate knowledge of and skill in risk factors and health status identification, fitness appraisal, and exercise prescription. Minimum one year practical, hands on experience with exercise leadership and instruction. Experience in life style behavior modification counseling skills. Ability to interact and communicate with others. Ability to safely apply the principals of exercise and training to individual fitness programs. Ability to answer basic questions related to exercise science and refer other to appropriate sources of information. Personal trainers must also possess knowledge, skills and abilities in the following areas: Functional anatomy, bio mechanics, and exercise physiology Human development and aging Human behavior and psychology Health appraisal and fitness testing Emergency procedures and safety Exercise programming, nutrition and weight management Physical Abilities: Ability to stand and walk regularly for long periods of time. Ability to sit occasionally. Ability to use hands regularly. Ability to reach with hands and arms frequently. Ability to climb in high places using scaffold and ladder or balance frequently. Ability to stoop, knee, crouch, or crawl regularly. Ability to lift, push, or pull up to 10 pounds regularly. Ability to lift, push, or pull over 10 pounds occasionally.
Physical Demands
Ability to stand and walk regularly for long periods of time. Ability to sit occasionally. Ability to use hands regularly. Ability to reach with hands and arms frequently. Ability to climb in high places or balance frequently. Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl regularly. Ability to lift, push, or pull up to 10 pounds regularly. Ability to lift, push, or pull over 10 pounds occasionally.
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Organization
The University of Central Oklahoma prepares future leaders in an opportunity-rich environment, ideally located in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Central offers an innovative learning community to its more than 17,000 students, where teaching comes first, a commitment seeded in the university's roots as a teaching college. Students at Central develop personal relationships with more than 450 full-time faculty, 450 adjunct faculty and over 850 staff, like 2008 U.S. Professor of the Year, Dr. Wei Chen, who are committed to transforming lives.
With 117 undergraduate majors and 59 graduate programs, Central is a smart investment for students dedicated to their future success. Notable academic programs include Forensic Science, Music Theatre, Mass Communications, Accounting, the region's only accredited Professional Golf Management program, Jazz Studies and the Academy of Contemporary Music at UCO, located in downtown Oklahoma City's Bricktown district.
Central's appealing 210-acre campus is on track to become a certified botanical garden, offering both a pleasing learning and living environment and a source of pride for students, employees and alumni. In fact, Central is ranked among the top universities nationally in residence life and as one of the top universities to work for by the "Chronicle of Higher Education." Central is also an official U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Site, and hosted the 2010 World Sitting Volleyball Championships on campus. Founded in 1890, Central is the state's first public institution of higher learning, and continues to cultivate creativity and innovation in every corner of campus, bringing to life its core values of Character, Community and Civility each day.
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MISSION
The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) exists to help students learn by providing transformative education experiences to students so that they may become productive, creative, ethical and engaged citizens and leaders serving our global community. UCO contributes to the intellectual, cultural, economic and social advancement of the communities and individuals it serves.
VISION
UCO will become one of the Top 10 metropolitan universities of our kind in the United States by providing a transformative education as well as development experiences that help learners achieve their highest level of leadership potential.
CALL TO ACTION
The University of Central Oklahoma transforms each student by focusing our resources on the Central Six tenets of transformative learning.
All students will be transformed with:
- Discipline Knowledge
- Leadership
- Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities
- Service Learning and Civic Engagement
- Global and Cultural Competencies
- Health and Wellness
Transformative learning is a holistic process that places students at the center of their own active and reflective learning experience.
About Edmond/Oklahoma City Metro
The University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, a part of the growing, thriving Oklahoma City metropolitan area. At Central, our students, faculty and staff get the best of both worlds - the "small town" feel of Edmond, with the big city excitement of the Oklahoma City metro. Both the Edmond and the Oklahoma City metro consistently rank nationally among the safest, most affordable and most exciting places to live. In fact, Edmond recently ranked among the best places to live in the nation by Money Magazine and Family Circle magazine, and Oklahoma City ranked sixth in the nation for the "Best Places for Young Adults" by Portfolio.com. From year-round arts, music and theater offering, to exciting sporting events like the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, to first class shopping, dining and more, Edmond and the Oklahoma City metro offer a diverse, active, culturally enriched lifestyle that's on the move to even bigger and better opportunities.
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