Physical trainers aim to improve the quality of life and physical health of people through the execution of physical-sports activities. These activities are oriented to the maintenance, improvement, optimization, and recovery of people's physical condition and coordination abilities.

There are two main specialities of this professional profile: the specialist in physical and sports performance and the physical educator or sports readapter. The first is aimed at preparing and optimizing performance for competition or passing professional tests, while that of educator/readapter is in charge of preventing, re-educating, readapting and retraining people with injuries and pathologies (diagnosed and/or prescribed by a doctor), through activities appropriate to their characteristics and needs.

• Technical-scientific evaluation of the physical condition and state of health of people, paying special attention to injuries, pathologies or people who require special attention.
• Design of personalized training plans aimed at competition, passing official tests, physical re-education or improving health.
• Short- and long-term training planning to improve physical health or performance.
• Adaptation of the exercises to the different characteristics, needs or injuries of each person.
• Preparation and supervision of personal training, whether group or individual, to ensure that the exercise is performed correctly.
• Coordination and collaboration with other professionals such as nutritionists, sports doctors, or physical therapists.

Regulated training and graduates

• Grau: Ciències de l'activitat física i de l'esport

Other specific skills

Flexibility and change management: Level 2

Customer orientation: Level 3

Analytical thought: Level 2

Planning and organisation: Level 2

Team work and cooperation: Level 1

Physical well-being and personal image

People related to the field of physical well-being and personal image are interested in carrying out activities aimed at the care, maintenance and improvement of one's image and physical condition. These activities entail personal contact with the client, offering a service that takes into account their needs, as well as their tastes and preferences. Activities that represent this field include advising and the application of aesthetic, cosmetic and physical treatments.

Healthcare

Working to maintain and improve health, as well as physical and mental well-being, is the primary interest of people who are involved in the field of healthcare. Some of the activities in this field include making diagnoses, prescribing treatments and monitoring illnesses and injuries. These activities also include the application of therapeutic treatments (traditional or alternative) with a view to facilitating the physical recovery of those being treated. To carry out these activities, one must have in-depth knowledge of the human body and medicine, in its various specialisations.

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• Work hours

  Usually part-time work.
  
  
  

• Salary

  The salary range is between 14,389- and 18,500-euros gross per year. The average salary is around 16,315 euros gross per year.
  
  Source: Report "Observatory of Jobs and Salaries of the Labour Market. Barcelona Activa", elaborated by ICSA Grupo. April 2015.
  

• Professional category

  Technician