Certified Personal Trainer

Overview of the Role:

The Personal Trainer is responsible for managing the fitness floor, being responsive to members and guests by offering assistance, and educating PJCC members on the safe and correct use of cardio and weight training equipment. This person also performs assessments, provides package prescriptions, answers fitness and wellness related questions, and sells personal training packages.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Sell and deliver personal training sessions to clients.
• Schedule and conduct FIT sessions.
• Assist members in using safe and effective exercise form during their workouts.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly fitness floor that follows the Covid 19 guidelines for San Mateo County requirements. That would include enforcing the wearing of facemasks, social distancing, and the appropriate cleaning of equipment.
• Perform fitness assessments (movement and posture assessments, blood pressure checks, body composition tests) as requested by members.
• Support, teach, and encourage members to meet their fitness goals.
• Work together as a team with all departments.
• Develop relationships and encourage member referrals.
• Enforce PJCC policies such as cell phone use, etc.
• Attend fitness department and fitness training meetings and continuing education classes to keep certifications current.
• Assist in development and implementation of new fitness programs/classes.

Maintaining cleaning protocols to exceed requirements provides a safe and caring environment for staff, children and families.

Qualifications & Skills:

• 4-year college degree in fitness related field or certificate from a 2-year program at an accredited university
• Minimum one (1) nationally recognized accredited certification.
• Customer service oriented. 
• Operational knowledge of resistance training equipment and proper form
• Knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics
• Knowledge of appropriate exercises for specific muscle groups
• Knowledge of injury prevention and basic rehabilitation
• Knowledge of basic movement and posture assessments and body composition assessments
• Ability to calculate target heart rate
• Basic knowledge in nutrition

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to:

• Must have a high degree of energy and be physically fit enough to have the endurance to complete the workout.
• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Frequently stand for long periods of time during events, walk, sit, or use hands to finger, handle or feel.
• Move within the work area, and occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Operate a computer and office productivity machinery as needed.
• Communicate across a variety of mediums.
• Ability to lift a minimum of 45 lbs.

Work Environment:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. While performing the duties of this job, the work environment can be noisy and you may be working in close proximity with others. This role occasionally uses standard office equipment such as phones, computers and printers. You will have access to restroom, copy room and break room facilities.