Weight Loss Consultant (Occupation Code : 514206)
The path to becoming a Weight Loss Consultant
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Description
Advises clients to improve health, fitness and body mass.Tasks
Speaking to and motivating clients about personal fitness goals.Working one-on-one or with groups, offering advice on nutrition and lifestyle changes.
Devising exercise strategies for optimum, healthy weight loss.
Consulting with clients on cultivating healthy eating habits.
Monitoring clients’ weight loss on a regular basis.
Promoting and selling merchandise linked to weight loss programmes or brands.
Alternate Occupation Names
Slimming Consultant
Learning Pathways
No formal qualification 1
Step 1 : Admission requirements
- Grade 12 Recommended
While a National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) or equivalent is not compulsory to enter this learning pathway, it is highly valued by employers, who set their own entry requirements.
Step 2 : Occupation Regulations
- Courses in Weight Loss Programmes
You will be trained according to the weight loss programme your employer endorses.
Step 3 : Workplace experience
- Workplace Learning - General
Through workplace learning, you will gain knowledge and skills from informal and incidental learning opportunities, as well as through formal internal training that might be offered by your employer.