NFPT Continuing Education Provider Qualifications

The NFPT recognizes a number of different continuing education providers which are not listed specifically. The minimum continuing education provider qualifications for acceptance include:

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Education Component

The program's educational content must be conducive to the advancement of Personal Trainer knowledge, skills, and abilities. NFPT recognizes that many fitness specialties can be included in this category as there exists a large variety of health and fitness related subjects. Below is a list of the most commonly reported continuing education subjects, if you have taken a course which is not represented here but feel it qualifies as a health and fitness course, please contact us for eligibility confirmation.

Endurance Training
Weight/Resistance Training
Nutrition
Wellness
Anatomy
Physiology
Biology
Kinesiology
Functional Training
Flexibility
Group Fitness
Special Population Training
Dance/Gymnastic Instruction

Sports Conditioning
Sports Rehabilitation
Injury Treatment/Prevention
Yoga
Pilates
Aquatics
Weight Management
Youth Training
Mind and Body Training
Stress Management
Fitness Business Training
Client Screening/Consultation Training
Martial Arts

Course Preparation and Completion Time
The minimum acceptable standard with regard to the length of time for completion of any continuing education course is 2 hours. Any course taken, whether on-site or correspondence, must have associated with it a 2 hour time frame that may consist of preparation time, completion/assessment time, or both. The continuing education program under review must publish an approximate time frame that is equal to or exceeds 2 hours or provide the NFPT with documentation that states such.

Course Cordinator and Presenter
The continuing education course must have coordinator(s) and/or presenter(s) that possess sufficient knowledge of the content area in which they teach. Formal education (minimum of bachelor's degree) related to the course subject matter is a requirement of an approved CEC course and/or presenter.

Extra Credit
If the content area of a continuing education course that you have taken is not on this Approved CEC Provider list, please provide documentation referencing the course content along with verification of completion. This information will be reviewed by a peer group of NFPT subject matter experts who will determine the course's content matter as acceptable for NFPT continuing education credit.

Are you an Education Provider?
If you're an education provider with a course/s/ that you would like NFPT to consider approving for credit, which includes an NFPT web listing and additional exposure, please review and submit the NFPT CEC Application. An approval process, associated fee, and renewal requirements do apply. Download our application for course approval here.

NFPT does not allow for advanced credit, CECs must be obtained semi-annually within the 6 month periods between January-June and July-December each certification year. Please contact us with any questions.