From pilates teacher to personal trainer
10 of the 19 essential skills of a personal trainer are already essential for a pilates teacher — about 53% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from pilates teacher in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 9
- would be new
- 53%
- of the target job covered
- 19
- essential skills of a personal trainer
What a personal trainer does
Personal trainers design, implement and evaluate exercise or physical activity programmes for one or more individual clients by collecting and analysing client information. They strive to ensure the effectiveness of personal exercise programmes. A personal trainer should also actively encourage potential clients to participate in and adhere to regular programmes, employing appropriate motivational strategies.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- assess physical conditions of clients
- collect client fitness information
- correct potentially harmful movements
- ensure safety of exercise environment
- identify customer objectives
- integrate exercise science to the design of the programme
- motivate fitness clients
- prescribe exercises
- provide fitness information
- show professional responsibility
What would be new
9 skillsEssential for a personal trainer and not for a pilates teacher. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from pilates teacher
1 roles- sport therapist10 skills in common
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How far are you from being a personal trainer?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.