The Register of Exercise Professionals is working with awarding bodies and training providers to establish Test Centres nationwide to help assess people's knowledge and skills against recognised standards.
The move is in response to the increasing demand of overseas applicants and individuals from Higher Education wishing to join the Register.
A large number of international and Higher Education applicants have studied for many years and achieved high level related qualifications and degrees but are unable to prove their knowledge competence and skills against the sector's agreed standards.
REPs has invited the industry's training providers to opt into the scheme to provide Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL), this allows individuals to discuss their prior learning and in many cases will enable them to go straight to assessment without participating in a training course.
Participating training providers will be identified on the REPs website as providing this service for those with international and higher education qualifications and for those converting from Provisional status to Full Status.
Registrar Jean-Ann Marnoch added: "We hope this will allow many more, highly knowledgeable fitness professionals to begin working as REPs members.
"We've wanted to find a way of assessing such potential members for a long time so are delighted that the processes are now in place."
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sedentary behaviour and, for the first time, supporting people taking weight loss medications.
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The Register of Exercise Professionals is working with awarding bodies and training providers to establish Test Centres nationwide to help assess people's knowledge and skills against recognised standards.
The move is in response to the increasing demand of overseas applicants and individuals from Higher Education wishing to join the Register.
A large number of international and Higher Education applicants have studied for many years and achieved high level related qualifications and degrees but are unable to prove their knowledge competence and skills against the sector's agreed standards.
REPs has invited the industry's training providers to opt into the scheme to provide Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL), this allows individuals to discuss their prior learning and in many cases will enable them to go straight to assessment without participating in a training course.
Participating training providers will be identified on the REPs website as providing this service for those with international and higher education qualifications and for those converting from Provisional status to Full Status.
Registrar Jean-Ann Marnoch added: "We hope this will allow many more, highly knowledgeable fitness professionals to begin working as REPs members.
"We've wanted to find a way of assessing such potential members for a long time so are delighted that the processes are now in place."
The UK's four Chief Medical Officers have published a refreshed edition of Physical activity
guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officers' report, updating the evidence that underpins the nation's
physical activity recommendations and placing greater emphasis on strength, balance, reducing
sedentary behaviour and, for the first time, supporting people taking weight loss medications.
Places Leisure has exchanged contracts to build and operate a flagship £60m water and leisure
destination on behalf of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council.
The Republic of Ireland will become the latest market in PureGym’s expanding international
portfolio, with the first launch planned for Dublin in 2027.
Anytime Fitness opened more than one club a day in 2025 and is on track to maintain this rate
of growth this year, as parent company Purpose Brands targets further international expansion.
The £33.9 million Leighton Leisure and Community Centre has opened in Leighton Buzzard, UK,
creating a next-generation public leisure, health and wellbeing hub for the local community.
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the
stage of RiminiWellness 2026: Phil Heath, Lee Haney, Ronnie Coleman and Hany Rambod. [more...]
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing
disparate information from multiple systems to be aggregated into one dataset, to support
its focus on reducing health inequalities and improving healthy life expectancy. [more...]
+ More featured suppliers
COMPANY PROFILES
Alliance Leisure Alliance Leisure Services was specifically
established to respond to the changing
development need [more...]
