Dear Colleagues

Consultation for ‘Online provision of fitness services’ - Lifelong Learning Qualification

We would like bring to your attention to a very important initiative for the European fitness sector and would very much appreciate the contribution of your outstanding expertise to this work.

The attached ‘Online provision of fitness services’ qualification has been developed by the EuropeActive Covid-19 Standards and Skills Task Force as part of its review of the Sector Qualification Framework, in consideration of the impact of Covid-19. It aims to provide fitness professionals with the knowledge, skills and autonomy-responsibility to safely and effectively deliver fitness services, exclusively on-line or to significantly support them with online tools, within his/her scope of practice as a certified exercise professional at a particular EQF level.

We recently commenced the external consultation process as the next step towards the finalisation of this new qualification and we would appreciate your feedback. The more experts involved, the better. Therefore, we need your support.

The draft qualification document, open for external consultation, can be found by clicking here. The deadline to receive your comments is 01 November 2020. To provide these comments please either complete and send us the official comments form or simply send them to:

anna.szumilewicz@awf.gda.pl

Many thanks for your support in advance. We strongly believe that with your expertise and experience this initiative can bring great benefit in adding to the employability and opportunities for fitness professionals and the on-going growth of the fitness sector. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely,

Julian Berriman, MA. Director, Professional Standards Committee