Posting Details
Title Information
Working TitleStudent Personal Trainer
Full-Time/Part-TimePart Time
Student Worker $ Amount (Hourly or Assignment Rate)15.00
Will this position be Onsite, Remote, or Hybrid?Onsite
Position Details
Position Information
Posting NumberS0932026
Department NameCampus Recreation and Wellness
Funding TypeNon-Federal Work Study
Position Summary
The purpose of the Personal Training position is to assess, encourage, and educate clients following proper guidelines for testing and exercise prescription. This position will not only be responsible for potentially taking on existing clients, but will also be responsible for growing their own clientele and business through the T-Rec and teaching gym members the benefits of personal training. This position will report directly to the Fitness Center Assistant Director.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Provide clients with a comprehensive fitness assessment during which you will establish baseline measurements and SMART goals based on fitness assessment results and clients' goals.
Provide clients with safe, reasonable programming that they can perform with you during training sessions as well as on their own.
Keep clients motivated through ample communication.
Communicate with the campus dietitian regarding the client's nutrition.
Talk to members and the campus community about their goals and inform them of the personal training program.
Advise clients about important safety concerns when it comes to exercise.
Demonstrate the proper form of exercises.
Ensure clients have made payment to the front office prior to starting personal training (new clients and renewals).
Attend all mandatory meetings and keep up to date with mandatory certifications and training.
University, Campus, and Community Description
Thank you for your interest in employment at the University of Central Arkansas.
Founded in 1907, UCA has an enrollment of more than 10,000 students and employs over 1,300 full-time employees. The university offers more than 85 undergraduate and 59 graduate certificate and degree programs, including doctoral programs in five disciplines. UCA is proud of its tradition of teaching excellence and its contributions in research, scholarship, and creative activities.
Posting Detail Information
Employment is contingent upon the availability of funds and course enrollments
UCA EEO Statement
The University of Central Arkansas is an equal opportunity institution. In keeping with its nondiscrimination policy in employment, admissions and other functions and programs, the university considers employees and students on the basis of individual merit and will not discriminate against a person on the basis of gender, race or color, ethnicity, religion, spiritual beliefs, national origin, age, familial status, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, disability, political beliefs, intellectual perspective, genetic information, military status, or other factors irrelevant to participation in its programs.
Open Date05/12/2026
Close Date09/30/2026
Open Until FilledNo
Special Instructions to Applicants
Job Requirements
Completion (with a passing grade) of EXSS courses: 2320 Fitness Assessments, 3303 Exercise Physiology, 3348 Exercise Prescription
Current CPR/AED/First Aid certification (or received 1 month after hire date)
Willingness to work hard and desire to learn
Effective communication skills
Ability to handle confrontation in a confident and professional manner
Master the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) in the following areas:
Taking resting heart rates and exercise heart rates (manual readings)
Taking blood pressure (manual readings)
Circumference measurements
Body composition via skin-fold calipers
Functional movement screenings
Exercise prescription
Title Information
Working TitleStudent Personal Trainer
Full-Time/Part-TimePart Time
Student Worker $ Amount (Hourly or Assignment Rate)15.00
Will this position be Onsite, Remote, or Hybrid?Onsite
Position Details
Position Information
Posting NumberS0932026
Department NameCampus Recreation and Wellness
Funding TypeNon-Federal Work Study
Position Summary
The purpose of the Personal Training position is to assess, encourage, and educate clients following proper guidelines for testing and exercise prescription. This position will not only be responsible for potentially taking on existing clients, but will also be responsible for growing their own clientele and business through the T-Rec and teaching gym members the benefits of personal training. This position will report directly to the Fitness Center Assistant Director.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Provide clients with a comprehensive fitness assessment during which you will establish baseline measurements and SMART goals based on fitness assessment results and clients' goals.
Provide clients with safe, reasonable programming that they can perform with you during training sessions as well as on their own.
Keep clients motivated through ample communication.
Communicate with the campus dietitian regarding the client's nutrition.
Talk to members and the campus community about their goals and inform them of the personal training program.
Advise clients about important safety concerns when it comes to exercise.
Demonstrate the proper form of exercises.
Ensure clients have made payment to the front office prior to starting personal training (new clients and renewals).
Attend all mandatory meetings and keep up to date with mandatory certifications and training.
University, Campus, and Community Description
Thank you for your interest in employment at the University of Central Arkansas.
Founded in 1907, UCA has an enrollment of more than 10,000 students and employs over 1,300 full-time employees. The university offers more than 85 undergraduate and 59 graduate certificate and degree programs, including doctoral programs in five disciplines. UCA is proud of its tradition of teaching excellence and its contributions in research, scholarship, and creative activities.
Posting Detail Information
Employment is contingent upon the availability of funds and course enrollments
UCA EEO Statement
The University of Central Arkansas is an equal opportunity institution. In keeping with its nondiscrimination policy in employment, admissions and other functions and programs, the university considers employees and students on the basis of individual merit and will not discriminate against a person on the basis of gender, race or color, ethnicity, religion, spiritual beliefs, national origin, age, familial status, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, disability, political beliefs, intellectual perspective, genetic information, military status, or other factors irrelevant to participation in its programs.
Open Date05/12/2026
Close Date09/30/2026
Open Until FilledNo
Special Instructions to Applicants
Job Requirements
Completion (with a passing grade) of EXSS courses: 2320 Fitness Assessments, 3303 Exercise Physiology, 3348 Exercise Prescription
Current CPR/AED/First Aid certification (or received 1 month after hire date)
Willingness to work hard and desire to learn
Effective communication skills
Ability to handle confrontation in a confident and professional manner
Master the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) in the following areas:
Taking resting heart rates and exercise heart rates (manual readings)
Taking blood pressure (manual readings)
Circumference measurements
Body composition via skin-fold calipers
Functional movement screenings
Exercise prescription
Job ID: 521569388
Originally Posted on: 5/18/2026
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