The HIIT Factory Werribee

Business Summary:

The HIIT Factory delivers group fitness classes specializing in body weight training including HIIT, but also have strength-based training utilizing weights, core and booty training etc. Renee is the owner and head coach of The HIIT factory Werribee. The HIIT Factory is a great all-around training facility that focuses on different aspects of one’s training program, if its either gaining muscle and strength, or if it’s losing weight and getting fitter.

The HIIT Factory Werribee approximately in 2016, and Renee has owned it for 2.5 years, working as head coach and owner, while her employee is another qualified instructor delivering sessions.

Job Opportunities:

Head Coach/Owner – Renee

Qualified Secondary instructor

Position: Head Coach/ Owner

As the head coach and owner, you oversee your staff (personal trainers) and make sure they are completing their classes. They must ensure the gym is kept safe and clean.

Qualifications

-          Cert IV in fitness

-          First aid certificate

Job Longevity:  The HIIT factory has been in business since 2016. However, Renee has owned the business for 2.5 years and has been in the industry for just a little over that. The occupation of business owner has decrease over the past 5 year and is expected to keep falling.

Pay The median pay for a gym owner is $79 500

Work environment:

Fitness trainers and instructors work in facilities such as recreation centers, health clubs, and yoga studios. Many work variable or part-time schedules that may include nights, weekends, or holidays.

Knowledge:

The HIIT Factory specializes in fitness and strength classes, meaning you will need to understand customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.

Education and training: curriculum and training design, teaching and instructing individuals and groups to reach their desired goals, and the measurement of training effects, to understand what the individual or group needs to improve

Psychology: human behavior; differences in ability, personality and interests, being able to understand each persons limits and know what they are capable of; learning and motivation, knowing what gets the individual or group going, to make them work harder and help themselves out; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.

Skills:

Instructing: teaching people how to do/achieve something.

Monitoring: keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements

Learning strategies: figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new

Serving others: looking for different ways to help and inspire people to do what they want to do, or to help them achieve their goals.

Management of personnel resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job

Attributes:

Trunk strength: Use your abdominal and lower back muscles several times without 'giving out' or fatiguing.

Dynamic strength: Exercise for a long time without your muscles getting tired.

Extent flexibility: Bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

Stamina: Exercise for a long time without getting winded or out of breath.

Dynamic flexibility: Bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs, quickly several times.

Duties:

-          Demonstrating exercise and routines to clients

-          Assisting clients in exercises to minimize injury and promote fitness

-          Modify exercises according to client’s fitness levels

-          Monitoring client progress

-          Providing information or resources on general fitness and health issues

-          Providing emergency first aid if necessary.

-          Identify goals and create tailored plans

-          Help the client achieve their goals

-          Manage and motivate their staff

-          Make sure the bills and staff wages are paid each month

-          Implement strategies to ensure that the gym obtains new members and retains current members

Entitlements

Allowances: The business pays/supplies the uniforms for every employee.  The business owner has their vehicle falling under the business.

Superannuation: under superannuation, employers must pay superannuation contributions of 9.5%. if eligible, the superannuation applies to all types of employees including full time, part time and casual employees

Tools and resources: employees required to buy work related items cant be forced by their employer to use their wages to pay for these items, if the requirement is unreasonable.

Position: Secondary personal trainer

As the secondary personal trainer, your job is to take classes while the head coach is unavailable, or you have been asked to assist with a current class. They are also there to keep the gym safe, and put equipment away properly

Qualifications

-          You usually need a Cert III or IV to work as a fitness instructor

-          First aid certificate

Job overview - Work Environment, job longevity, knowledge, skills and attributes needed for the businesses:      

Work environment:

Fitness trainers and instructors work in facilities such as recreation centers, health clubs, and yoga studios. Many work variable or part-time schedules that may include nights, weekends, or holidays.

Knowledge:

Education and training: curriculum and training design, teaching and instructing individuals and groups to reach their desired goals, and the measurement of training effects, to understand what the individual or group needs to improve

Psychology: human behavior; differences in ability, personality and interests, being able to understand each person’s limits and know what they are capable of; learning and motivation, knowing what gets the individual or group going, to make them work harder and help themselves out; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.

Skills:

Instructing: teaching people how to do/achieve something.

Monitoring: keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements

Learning strategies: figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new

Serving others: looking for different ways to help and inspire people to do what they want to do, or to help them achieve their goals.

Management of personnel resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job

Attributes:

Trunk strength: Use your abdominal and lower back muscles several times without 'giving out' or fatiguing.

Dynamic strength: Exercise for a long time without your muscles getting tired.

Extent flexibility: Bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

Stamina: Exercise for a long time without getting winded or out of breath.

Dynamic flexibility: Bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs, quickly several times.

Duties:

-          Demonstrating exercise and routines to clients

-          Assisting clients in exercises to minimize injury and promote fitness

-          Modify exercises according to client’s fitness levels

-          Monitoring client progress

-          Providing information or resources on general fitness and health issues

-          Providing emergency first aid if necessary.

-          Identify goals and create tailored plans

-          Help the client achieve their goals

Entitlements

Allowances: The business pays/supplies the uniforms for every employee.  The business owner has their vehicle falling under the business.

Superannuation: under superannuation, employers must pay superannuation contributions of 9.5%. if eligible, the superannuation applies to all types of employees including full time, part time and casual employees

Tools and resources: employees required to buy work related items cant be forced by their employer to use their wages to pay for these items, if the requirement is unreasonable.

 Employee entitlements, workplace agreements:

It is recommended that employees receive a written statement setting their classification, applicable pay and terms of employment in the form of a written contract of employment which is read in conjunction with the appropriate award or the NES under the Fair Work Act 2009. This will form the basis of any employment relationship.

Hours of work:

Less than half work full-time (29%, less than the average of 66%), showing there are many opportunities to work part time. But at the HIIT factory Werribee, the staff only work part time to run certain session throughout the week.

Full time workers spend around 45 hours per week at work, compared to the average of 44 hours.

Job Longevity

There were 24,300 fitness instructors in 2020. The number of workers:

-          Fell over the past 5 years

-          Is expected to grow strongly over the next five years

-          Is likely to reach 26,400 by 2025

Pay:

All jobs average usually earn around $1,460 for their weekly earnings, while the personal trainer’s area earn around $1,126 for their weekly earnings. Earning tend to be lower when starting out and higher as experience grows.

Personal trainers: $1,126 a week. $69,424 per year. $35,60 per week.

Entry-level positions start at $60,723 per year, while most experienced workers make up to $101,441 per year.

Uniform/ Dress code:

To work at the HIIT Factory Werribee, a normal sporting attire is acquired, and the addition of a HIIT factory hoodie or singlet can be used to represent the business outside and inside the gym.

Certificate:

At the HIIT Factory Werribee, Cert 3 is the entry level to being able to deliver group fitness classes.

Employment opportunities (including work Experience):

Head coach:

Being the head coach at The HIIT Factory Werribee means you are overlooking the personal trainers and the class, while coaching the main sessions, Renee is also the owner as well as being the head coach, which means she regularly updates her covid safe plans and their risk assessments, as well as providing new equipment for the classes

Personal trainer:

The personal trainer role at the HIIT Factory Werribee is to deliver group training sessions, such as group fitness classes specializing in bodyweight training including HIIT, but also have strength-based training utilizing weights, core and booty training.

Work experience:

Work experience at the HIIT Factory Werribee is to learn off the personal trainer and the head coach, to understand how to take classes, then slowly move into taking some classes while under supervision.

Management of OHS concerns:

The HIIT Factory Werribee verbally communicates their OHS information towards their employees, and documents are available and up to date to ensure they are aware of the information. Safety is paramount in the business, ensuring that they are in contact with each other when needed. And that all tools and resources needed to deliver sessions is made available

The steps for reporting an incident is to:

1.      Identify occupational safety and health hazards in the workplace, assess risks, and implement effective preventative measures

2.      Maintain a record to show that regular workplace inspections are conducted

3.      Induct and train all employees in occupational safety and health

4.      Required to promote a safe and accident prevention culture at the workplace

OHS Act & Worksafe

At the HIIT Factory Werribee, they follow ‘The Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act)’ and seeks support from WorkSafe Victoria.

Site Managers will:

• Provide induction, supervision, information, instruction and training in occupational safety and health to enable employees to undertake their duties safely and to remove any hazards.

• Display the departments' statement on intent and commitment to occupational health and safety around the workplace

• Communicate to all employees their responsibilities, Department policy requirements and site-specific occupation health and safety requirements.

Employees will:

• follow the site managers rules, listen for new information, follow the instruction and given training.

• Will inform other employees and client about new information, and ensure that the clients are in a safe work environment for their activities

• Provide the correct training for the clients, and make sure the clients are using equipment safely and with supervision.

Clients will:

• listen for instructions from the employees or site manager and follow their given duties.

• will listen for more OHS information of how to manage risk and implement different control measures while completing activities

• They will have the job to keep their fellow clients/members safe while completing activities, and inform the new clients with information regarding OHS.

Communicate OHS information 

• On workplace noticeboards around the workplace

• Posters displayed around the workplace

• Through meetings such as class talks and staff meetings

• By email such as safety alerts

• In newsletters towards clients and employees