SIS40221
Certificate IV in Fitness
Certificate IV in Fitness Overview
Take your fitness career to the next level with the SIS40221 Certificate IV in Fitness. This nationally recognised qualification is your pathway to becoming a Personal Trainer, giving you the advanced knowledge and skills to design programs, coach clients one-on-one, and build a thriving career in the fitness industry.
To enrol, you’ll need to have completed the current Certificate III in Fitness (SIS30321). If you hold an older version (such as SIS30315), you’ll simply complete our Accelerate Program to update your units. This ensures you’re fully prepared and compliant before starting your Certificate IV studies.
With this qualification, you’ll learn how to support a wide range of clients — from everyday people through to those with specific needs and goals. You’ll gain the tools to inspire, motivate, and create safe, effective training experiences that get results.
Our flexible online learning is designed for busy people, so you can study at your own pace, from anywhere. With interactive content, practical learning, and support from experienced trainers, you’ll graduate with the confidence and industry know-how to step into your role as a fitness professional.
Course Curriculum
SISFFIT041: Develop personalised exercise programs.
SISFFIT042: Instruct personalised exercise sessions.
SISFFIT043: Develop and instruct personalised exercise programs for body composition goals.
SISFFIT044: Develop and instruct personalised exercise programs for older clients.
SISFFIT045: Develop and instruct personalised exercise programs for adolescent clients.
SISFFIT049: Use exercise science principles in fitness instruction.
SISFFIT050: Support exercise behaviour change.
SISFFIT051: Establish and maintain professional practice for fitness instruction.
SISFFIT053: Support healthy eating for individual fitness clients.
SISXCAI009: Instruct strength and conditioning techniques.
SISXCAI010: Develop strength and conditioning programs.
BSBESB301: Investigate business opportunities.
BSBESB303: Organise finances for new business ventures.
BSBESB402: Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures.
BSBESB404: Market new business ventures.
CHCCOM006: Establish and manage client relationships.
BSBLDR414: Lead team effectiveness.
Career Pathways
When you complete your Certificate IV in Fitness, you won’t just graduate — you’ll be ready to step into the industry as a fully qualified Personal Trainer with the skills to inspire, coach, and transform lives.
As a Personal Trainer, you’ll work one-on-one with clients to design customised programs, provide expert guidance, and deliver lasting results. You’ll develop the ability to motivate, mentor, and adapt training to suit each individual’s needs and goals.
Take your passion for fitness to the group environment by leading engaging classes that energise and challenge. Whether freestyle, strength-based, or cardio-focused, you’ll learn to create experiences that keep participants motivated and coming back for more.
As a Gym Instructor, you’ll play a key role on the gym floor, supporting clients with safe and effective training techniques, running inductions, and maintaining a professional and welcoming environment.
Take the first step toward your fitness career.
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Testimonials
"They weren’t trying to sell it to me. They were understanding my lifestyle, where I was at…I can do it in my spare time. I can do it whenever I want. The practical- love it. They respond so quickly, calling, emailing- I would recommend it just because it’s a good education for yourself, it’s not just for teaching other people."
"I phoned a few different training providers and once I’d spoken with the team at AOF, I just felt a really great connection with them, really lovely people. They had fitness studies themselves, so they could really offer us some great industry insights into how we could really provide a great service… They could provide training that went above and beyond just the basic stuff."
"With ease, I found the Academy of Fitness. I love the flexibility- I have a one-year-old daughter and having the option to choose where I want to study and when I actually have the time to study definitely helps. I also love that the course challenges me online as well as the practical assessments, so it’s not all just theory, it’s practical and you have to get involved with the community."
"So, without education in any kind of career, you cant really expand. So I found that obviously that groundwork of a cert 3 and 4 does give you that foundation of knowledge to then leapfrog further into whatever you want to do in the fitness industry."
