By, Louise Court, Discovery Learning Tutor and Assessor

I have worked in the fitness industry for over 10 years, and my passion has always been teaching fitness classes.

Once I passed my Exercise to Music (ETM) qualification the easiest way to get work was to apply to all the fitness centres, sports clubs and leisure centres in my area and get my name on the aerobics cover list.  The purpose of a cover list is to provide contact details to the aerobics co-ordinator of a centre (they are in charge on the aerobics timetable) of all the local ETM instructors in the area.  When the regular aerobics instructor is ill, the aerobics co-ordinator will call all the names on the list to get the class covered.  This is a great opportunity to get your name known in a centre and also to earn extra money.  For an aerobics class, you will be paid approx £20 – £25 per hour (depending on where you live).  If you deliver a fun, effective class and you are reliable, they are more likely to use you more frequently.  Permanent classes will come up and the aerobics co-ordinator could offer you the class.

If you are not yet qualified, but are interested in teaching classes please look at Discovery website www.discovery.uk.com/aerobics-instructor-training-course and look at the ETM course.