Annual fitness industry survey launched
22nd May 2009
Today sees the launch of the sixth UK Working in Fitness Survey – the largest annual survey of people working in the health and fitness sector in the UK.
Working in Fitness gives an insight into how the fitness industry rewards its workforce by examining salary levels, job satisfaction and spending on training and development.
Conducted online by SkillsActive and the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), Working in Fitness is a well established, confidential survey that attracts thousands of respondents annually.
Liz Smith, research manager at SkillsActive, said: “In previous research for our Sector Skills Agreement we estimated an average 8,500 job openings a year in the fitness industry to meet staff turnover and the creation of new positions. One of the survey aims is to find out whether the industry is doing enough to attract new, as well as retain existing staff to meet these future demands. “
Jean-Ann Marnoch, registrar of REPs, said: “It's really important that as many people take part as possible to get a good representation of jobs in the industry and to be able to identify issues at a local level. By representing your views we can show what the industry is doing well and where improvement is needed. For example, last year we found fitness professionals were positive about remaining in the industry but continued to report a need for improvements in the areas of salary and career progression.”
To access the survey visit: www.skillsactive.com/wif09.
Anyone completing this year’s Working in Fitness survey has the opportunity to enter a prize draw, with the prize of £250 toward a training course to aid continual professional development.