Benefits
Exercise Professional Benefits:
- Part of a professional register
- Reduced rate professional insurance cover available
- Public facing searchable online profile on our website
- Industry recognised qualification
- Information on key industry activities and updates through regular communications
- International portability through other national REPs registers
- Industry events and networking opportunities
- Improved employability
- Direct link to industry job adverts
- Access to REPs Ireland logos for marketing
- Access to approved continued education courses
- Up to 25% discount on CPD training/upskilling through the Leisure, Health and Fitness Skillnet
Education Provider Benefits:
- Alignment with European Standards and REPs Ireland accreditation criteria
- Receive regular industry updates
- Invitation to industry forums, events, and networking opportunities
- Students gain industry recognition through quality assured education
- Portability opportunities for students that wish to travel to countries with national REPs registers
- Involvement in and contribution to professionalising the Irish fitness industry
- Opportunities to promote and gain approval for Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses
- Benefit from the Leisure, Health and Fitness Skillnet funding REPs members can use to enrol in approved courses
- Advertisement of upcoming approved courses, CPD, events etc.
Exercise Facility Benefits:
- Participation in and contribution to professionalising the Irish fitness industry
- Promotion of industry standards through hiring quality assured exercise professionals
- REPs Ireland provides facilities with promotional material to promote their REPs Ireland registered staff to facility users i.e. Window stickers, notebooks, logos, leaflets and information collateral
- Assurance that employee qualifications have been quality checked
- Opportunities for registered staff to up skill
- Avail of Leisure, Health and Fitness Skillnet funding for staff
- Advertise job vacancies to REPs Ireland members directly
- Opportunity for registered staff to become a bigger part of the industry though forums and events