Exercise Referral Level 3 | Oldham College

Course Aims

This qualification is designed to provide learners with the knowledge to ensure safe and effective exercise programming for patients with a number of medical conditions and common reasons for referral onto a community-based exercise referral scheme.

What will I study?

Qualification Structure and Unit Content

This qualification comprises six mandatory units

The following six units, 38 credits must be completed for the full qualification

1. Anatomy and physiology for exercise and health

2. Professional Practice for Exercise Referral Instructors

3. Understanding Medical Conditions for Exercise Referral

4. Applying the principles of nutrition and physical activity

5. Planning Exercise Referral Programmes with Patients

6. Instructing Exercise with Referred Patients

Successful achievement of all six mandatory units, 38 credits must be achieved for the full qualification.

This qualification will enable learners to design and agree a safe and effective programme for patients with a range of common referral conditions

This qualification will enable learners to deliver, review and adapt a programme for patients with a range of common referral conditions

This syllabus does not qualify learners to prescribe an exercise programme for a patient entering Phase IV Cardiac Rehabilitation. Learners need to obtain a recognised Cardiac Rehab Phase IV qualification to work with this particular group of patients.