Specialist in Exercise and Health Promotion with Federal Diploma of Higher Education: What are the main disadvantages?

After completing the "Specialist in Exercise and Health Promotion with Federal Diploma of Higher Education" course, you will be able to plan and lead tailor-made courses and training sessions for customers of different age groups. In doing so, you respond to individual needs. You will work in fitness, health, gymnastics or exercise facilities.

Specialist in Exercise and Health Promotion with Federal Diploma of Higher Education - the main disadvantages are:

1. As the "Specialist in Exercise and Health Promotion with Federal Diploma of Higher Education" course usually takes place over a longer period of time while working, it requires good time management alongside your job.
2. If you want to work in exercise and health promotion, you need to enjoy sport and exercise, be independent, willing to work irregular hours and have strong interpersonal and communication skills. Not all of these skills can be acquired as part of the training to become a specialist in business organization with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education.
3. The Federal Diploma of Higher Education is not recognized abroad. Anyone wishing to work abroad must therefore request official proof of this professional qualification from the State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation SERI in order to prove their eligibility.
4. The examination pressure for the annual federal final examinations is high, but is taken into account in the "Specialist in Exercise and Health Promotion with Federal Diploma of Higher Education" course. However, there are preliminary mock examinations and learning checks.
5. Working hours as a specialist in exercise and health promotion with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education are often irregular, and work is usually done in the evenings and at weekends. Income as a self-employed person can vary greatly depending on the order situation.

Specialists in exercise and health promotion work in fitness, wellness and health centers. However, they can also work in hotels, leisure facilities or retirement and nursing homes. Many are self-employed. Depending on the facility, permanent employment is also possible. Specialists often run their own facility and also teach on an hourly basis, e.g. in a neighborhood meeting place, in large companies or other institutions.

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