Physical Trainer has become one of the most sort after professions owning to the inclination of the present day youth towards sports activities and absolute physical fitness. We can say that it is the career which is spreading its feet in leaps and bounds. The time has long past when sports and physical activities were least bother about. Infect more importance is being given to these activities than to the formal education in some cases now. Masses have understood the importance of physical exercising in human life now. More than that name and fame attached with the celebrities in the sports field has attracted the younger generation to the games and sports and thus the career of their supporting staff like Coaches, the physical trainer has automatically gained a lot of importance.
Physical education and its professionals have a major role to play in the school system. Without a physical education program, we can never hope for a child’s wholesome development. Thus the professionals in the field of physical education have a good opening in this area.
Physical Trainer also occupies a dignified position in the higher education sector apart from teaching in training colleges. Thus one can say the professional scope of Physical Education and Sports Science professional is vast and vivid. Physical education is presently one of the best job generating professional area. There are many areas as mentioned above where one can get the service of Physical Education experts as a Physical Instructor/Trainer or as a Coach if one is apt in some particular field and properly trained to take up the assignment.
Thus the role of a physical Trainer has become very important and lucrative too. A lot of glamour has also been attached to this field at a higher level because of the worldwide approach of the sports and game and mass media involvement In the sports events. To perform this all-important role in this field a Physical Instructor must possess very good hold in the relative field.
To get the necessary expertise one can go for one or more of the following short-term and full-time long-term courses to make this as a career. It requires a lot of hard work and effort but at the same time offers enormous scope for the building of one’s career.
Young people with desire and capacity for hard work can get both money and satisfaction along with name and fame now attached to this profession.
Physical Trainer Eligibility
Educational Qualification
The aspiring candidate should possess the Bachelor of Physical Education for becoming a physical trainer.
How to become a Physical Trainer?
Aspiring candidates have to do one or more of the following courses to become a Physical Trainer:
Step 1
Candidates who wish to apply for Bachelor degree with physical education as one of the main subjects should have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination securing a minimum of 50% marks (for some reputed institutions) in the aggregate with physical education as one of the main subjects at +2 level.
Step 2
Interested candidate has to appear in an entrance test conducted by the various Universities providing 3 years of degree courses like B.P.Ed (Bachelor of Physical Education or related in the colleges affiliated with them. However, some colleges/universities also give admission on the basis of % of marks obtained in the qualifying class.
Step 3
After completing this course in which one has to go through all the major aspects of Physical education one can take up jobs in private or public school as a Physical Education Instructor/Trainer or one can join some physical training institution or sports coaching academies. Besides taking up a job one can also go for the higher studies like M.P. Ed, M. Phill or PhD in the relative subjects etc.
Physical Trainer Job Description
A physical trainer helps people of all ages and fitness levels to safely improve their physical condition through exercise and proper diet.
Physical Trainer Career Prospects
Enormous employment opportunities are available for Physical Instructors/Trainer in private as well as public sector organisations. Like trained physical education, experts can get priority in defence and police services with special recruitment derive for these fitter personal in general. They can be employed in the military training services as they can train the new entrant to these services. With the kind of importance being given to the physical education one can even find employment in the corporate sector. Nowadays they can find work even with individual sports player as a personal trainer or sports teams as a whole at college, university, state, or at a higher level with international teams.
Physical Trainer Salary
Physical Trainer can expect anything between Rs.15,000 to Rs.20,000 while working in some good school/college or institution to start with. A specialized instructor could earn as good as Rs.30,000 per month and more. However if one goes for Personal assignment one can get as high as one can think of all this depends upon one’s own ability and demand in the field concerned. Few luckier one can also join international players and teams to add foreign currency to his bank balance along with a lot of name and fame.
