Fitness and Wellness Coordinators

What the job really is

Manage or coordinate fitness and wellness programs and services. Manage and train staff of wellness specialists, health educators, or fitness instructors.

At a glance

• Sector: Management
• O*NET-SOC code: 11-9179
• O*NET job zone: 4 — considerable preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Maintain wellness- and fitness-related schedules, records, or reports.
• Develop or coordinate fitness and wellness programs or services.
• Recommend or approve new program or service offerings to promote wellness and fitness, produce revenues, or minimize costs.
• Manage or oversee fitness or recreation facilities, ensuring safe and clean facilities and equipment.
• Supervise fitness or wellness specialists, such as fitness instructors, nutritionists, or health educators.
• Track attendance, participation, or performance data related to wellness events.
• Conduct or facilitate training sessions or seminars for wellness and fitness staff.
• Maintain or arrange for maintenance of fitness equipment or facilities.
• Prepare or implement budgets and strategic, operational, purchasing, or maintenance plans.
• Evaluate fitness and wellness programs to determine their effectiveness.
• Develop fitness or wellness classes, such as yoga, aerobics, strength training, or aquatics, ensuring a diversity of class offerings.
• Demonstrate proper operation of fitness equipment, such as resistance machines, cardio machines, free weights, or fitness assessment devices.

Tools and technology

Adobe Acrobat, Google Workspace software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, Airtable, Automated external defibrillators AED, Automatic blood pressure cuffs, Body fat calipers

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
• Health Education Specialists
• Community Health Workers
• Training and Development Specialists
• Recreational Therapists
• Training and Development Managers
• Social and Community Service Managers
• Exercise Physiologists

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 4 (considerable preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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