Fitness Instructor

**Fitness Instructor, Bowmanville**
**(Casual)**

**(Approximately 15 hours per week)**

Reporting to the Supervisor, Exercise and Falls Prevention the Exercise Instructor will lead online and/or in-person exercise classes, providing instruction and guidance to class participants.

**Responsibilities and duties include, but are not limited to**:

- Actively leads exercise classes, including aid to individual class participants, form corrections, exercise modifications, and promotion of guidelines for safe participation
- Sets up of physical class environment (chairs, equipment, etc.), preparation for on-line streaming of exercise classes, and cleaning of exercise equipment in some service locations
- Provides aid to individual class participants, including form corrections, exercise modifications, and promotion of guidelines for safe participation
- Provides First aid and CPR assistance if/when required
- Submits class attendance to program coordinator

**Qualifications**:

- Specialized training and certification/registration in various fitness and wellness programming, including Group Exercise
- Current Emergency First Aid Certificate CPR C & AED
- Minimum 1-year experience working with seniors
- Minimum 1-year experience leading exercise/fitness classes
- Experience in fitness testing, exercise prescription, and group fitness program implementation
- Experience working with individuals with cognitive impairments including but not limited to: Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, and age-related cognitive decline
- Autonomy and interpersonal skills with ability to communicate with clients, colleagues, supervisors, location staff and other healthcare professionals
- Knowledge and understanding of human anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and how common injuries and/or surgeries may affect mobility
- Experience working with mobility aid
- Instructors are required to be certified in various fitness and wellness programming from various certifying bodies including but not limited to:

- CAN FIT Pro
- CSEP
- ACE
- Various Yoga certifying bodies
- Zumba Fitness
- Nordic Pole Walking
- College of Kinesiologists of Ontario
- Registered Physiotherapists

**Compensation**:$25 per hour; with 4% vacation pay

**Job Type**: Casual

**Salary**: From $25.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2024-02-14