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TERM CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY
LOCATION: Abbotsford Recreation Centre, Matsqui Recreation Centre
POSITION TITLE: Personal Trainer
HOURS: Mornings, afternoons, evenings from 5:00am to 10:00pm
DAYS: Sunday to Saturday
START DATE: Immediately
OPPORTUNITY:
We are looking for qualified, professional, and knowledgeable fitness experts to provide Personal Training at the Abbotsford Recreation Centre as well as the Matsqui Recreation Centre. The focus is to provide a safe, excellent program with your client-helping them on their fitness journeys.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Under the supervision of the Fitness Supervisor team, Personal Trainers are responsible for planning, and executing private sessions with their clients- within their scope of practice. The City has pre-made forms and assessments that will help you support your client and build a personalized and productive program.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide supervision and instruction to the patrons in the fitness centers effectively and in a professional manner.
- Provide a well planned lesson for each session.
- Ability to be able to adapt to the population.
- Ability to instruct patrons how to use equipment, reviewing rules, and how to be safe in a weight room environment.
- Enforce general rules of conduct that the City has created for the fitness facilities.
- Treat injures and complete the correct documentation that goes along with it.
- Checking, and reporting any equipment that may need repairs to the supervisor team.
- Provide high quality customer service.
- Maintain a clean and welcoming environment to the diverse community of Abbotsford.
- Communicate with Fitness Supervisor team on regular basis effectively.
- Complete paperwork and documentation required.
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:
These term contract opportunities require a satisfactory criminal record check. The applicant/incumbent will be required to undergo a criminal record check in order to work in this position and to report to their supervisor if any criminal charges are laid against them that may be related to their employment in this position.
The hourly rate of pay for the Personal Trainer starts at $30.78. Rates differ depending on certifications and have the potential to increase.
For more information about this opportunity, please contact the fitness coordinator Kristalee Walchuk at kwalchuk@abbotsford.ca.
The closing date for this 10/31/2024. Due to the high volume of applicants, only successful applicants will be contacted.
The city of Abbotsford is committed to creating a workplace that fosters a culture of diversity and inclusion by attracting, retaining and developing a talented and diverse workforce which broadly reflects the community and citizens we serve. As such, we encourage applications from individuals from all genders, backgrounds and underrepresented groups. We will be happy to work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process.
Please note: You should receive a confirmation email once you have successfully applied for this position. If you do not, please contact the Njoyn Help Desk at candidate.njoynhelp@cgi.com or 1-877-427-7717 Monday to Friday 8 am to 8 pm (EST).