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FITNESS TRAINER TECHNICIAN The Fitness Trainer Technician program provides the training required to work as a personal trainer . This program is available WWW.LRSC.EDU online to maximize access and flexibility for students . The program offers marketable skills for employment opportunities and foundation courses and general education course work for transfer and articulation into baccalaureate programs . Lake Region State College’s Fitness Training Technician (FiTT) Program is accredited under the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) . The program is designed to meet the following objectives: • Promote recreational fitness and health activities in the community • Assess fitness levels through evaluating, recommending and monitoring client exercise programs • Instruct individuals and groups in a variety of activities by describing and demonstrating acceptable practices in the industry including the safe use of equipment, body mechanics and modification strategies • Provide leadership by serving as a role model, establishing program direction and maintaining professional ethics • Stay on the leading edge of current nutrition and physical fitness research • Be skilled in assisting clients in implementing a basic dietary plan and understand how to use this skill to enhance their employer’s services • Incorporate nutrition education effectively into a physical fitness plan to assist clients in changing behaviors ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE FIRS