Personal Trainer

Position Details

• Employment Type: Part-Time
• Closing Date: 2026-10-30
• Pay Rate: $35.90- $47.85 per hour
• Hours: Vary, up to a maximum of 24 hours per week

Job Responsibilities

• Offering safe and effective personal training and fitness counselling to individuals
• Developing safe, professional and comprehensive personal training programs to ensure clients are satisfied with their workout program and remain motivated to attain their personal fitness goals
• Monitoring and instructing clients during personal training sessions on the safe and effective use of cardiovascular, flexibility and strength training equipment
• Position is applicable to one-on-one and semi-private training sessions
• Provide Fitness Centre users with fitness information and promote Town of Oakville programs and services
• Providing informative consultations to potential clientele, including health screening, data collection, research, health history, and may include fitness assessment where applicable
• Writing exercise programs for clients, tracking, recording and record keeping of all client files
• Correspondence and booking of personal training sessions with client and customer service team
• Other duties as assigned
• May be scheduled for a Fitness Centre Monitor shift, supervising the fitness centre before or after scheduled personal training sessions, compensated at the Fitness Centre Monitor rate during this time

Qualifications

• A Nationally recognized Personal Training Certification is required, such as CSEP-CPT, CSEP-CEP, NSCA-CPT, Canfitpro-PTS, ACE
• Any other specialty fitness and training certificates or equivalent is an asset
• Degree/diploma in a related field (i.e. Kinesiology, Fitness/Health Promotion) or equivalent background and experience preferred
• Current Intermediate First Aid with CPR C (formerly Standard First Aid with CPR C) from a WSIB-approved provider, issued within the last three years and valid throughout the term of employment
• Satisfactory criminal record and vulnerable sector screening check dated within the last 30 days is required; candidates under 18 at time of hire require only a criminal record check

Additional Information

This posting is open to all current Town of Oakville employees and external applicants. Applications must be received at oakville.ca by October 30, 2026. This posting is for current and future part-time opportunities and will be filled on an as-needed basis. Applications will be considered for any openings that become available between now and October 30, 2026.

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This job profile reflects the general requirements necessary to perform the principal functions of the job. It does not include all of the work requirements of the job. Applicants are required to demonstrate through their application and in the interview process that their qualifications match those specified. Applicants may be required to undergo testing.