Introduction
We’re here to help you turn your interest in quality assuring vocational fitness qualifications into a valuable and fruitful career skillset.
For more than 20 years we’ve helped thousands of people turn their dedication to helping others into a gratifying career in the fitness sector.
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Read ReviewsAll training companies need to complete quality assurance to earn or maintain the right to deliver training. With a wide range of training providers, the demand for people qualified to quality assure is increasing.
During this quality assurance course you’ll learn assessment protocols, how to analyse them and how to provide effective feedback.
Start with access to:
- all online course material
- course videos
- online worksheets
- assessment documentation & requirements
- the Learner Success team
The content of this Internal Quality Assurer course includes:
- Understanding the context and principles of internal quality assurance
- Understanding how to internally maintain and improve the quality of assessment
- Relevant procedures regarding disputes about the quality of assessment
- Legal issues, policies and procedures relevant to the internal quality assurance of assessment
- Assessor expertise and competence
- Providing assessors with feedback, advice and support
IQA Study Options
We offer two straight forward study options for our quality assurance course – Distance and In-Person.
Once you’ve selected your preferred study option and enrolled, you can access your course and the Learner Success team via our website and mobile app.
Distance
Home study
You will:
- Complete as home study the online course material and specified sections of the portfolio.
- Complete four hours of practicum where you observe a qualified internal quality assurer quality assuring the subject that you intend to quality assure. The internal quality assurer you observe must hold both a Level 3 Assessor qualification and the relevant recognised qualification in the subject they are quality assuring. Please call us if you’d like to discuss doing your practicum hours with us.
- Complete as home study the assessments we send you and the remainder of your portfolio.
- Submit via our Help Desk a copy of the completed assessments and portfolio, as well as evidence of your completed practicum using the documents provided in the online course material.
In-Person
Home study plus a scheduled Internal Quality Assurer In-Person assessment day that you attend at one of our centres.
You will:
- Complete as home study the online course material and specific sections of the portfolio.
- Complete the mandatory four hours of practicum where you observe a qualified internal quality assurer quality assuring the subject that you intend to quality assure. The internal quality assurer you observe must hold both a Level 3 Assessor qualification as well as the relevant recognised qualification in the subject they are quality assuring. If you’d like to discuss doing your practicum hours with us, please call us.
- Via our Help Desk, submit evidence of your completed practicum using the documents provided in the online course material.
- You will book onto and attend an In-Person assessment held on a scheduled In-Person assessment day at which you’ll perform the assessments and hand in a copy of your completed portfolio.
- Submit via our Help Desk a copy of the completed assessments and portfolio.
IQA Course Prices
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Regular Price From: £849 £46/month.
6 Month Payment Plan. Total repayments: £849 £549
Prompt Payment From: £849 £449.
Regular Price From: £849 £46/month.
6 Month Payment Plan. Total repayments: £849 £549
Prompt Payment From: £849 £449.
More
Discover more about our internal quality assurance course. And if you have a question, please call us.
Recognition
You’ll achieve the relevant Level 4 qualification upon successful completion of our IQA course, the certificate for which will be issued by the awarding organisation.
Our Internal Quality Assurer course is also recognised by CIMSPA, and meets the criteria for official American College of Sports Medicine Approved Provider status◊.
Prerequisites
A basic level of English and Math is necessary to understand our quality assurer course content.
You are required to hold a Level 3 Assessor qualification, as well as the relevant recognised qualification in the subject that you intend to quality assure, before you can be issued with the Internal Quality Assurer certificate. For example, you can only quality assure a Level 2 Gym Instructor assessment if you hold a Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification.
Dates
View the IQA Work Experience & Assessment dates.
Resources
Advancing your career is our passion. So we’ve written a number of articles about Internal Quality Assurance which you can access for free in our blog, including:
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How Internal Quality Assurance Can Help You Grow as a Fitness Professional