Diploma Pathway

The purpose of the Diploma in Exercise & Health Fitness (DEHF) is to provide an opportunity for aspiring exercise & health fitness professionals to follow a pathway from certificate at NFQ Level 6 to diploma at NFQ Level 7 by accumulating European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) on a stage by stage basis.

Stage 1 offers the Certificate in Exercise & Health Fitness (CEHF), while Stage 2 provides opportunities for further specialisation in specific areas within the industry (e.g. Personal Training, Team Sports Fitness etc Full details on Stage 2 Specialist modules). Those who proceed onto Stage 3 - either Tutor Education or to Practitioner Education can either choose to focus their work as NCEF Tutors at Stage 1 CEHF or Stage 2 Specialist level or, in choosing Strand 2 - Practitioner Education, choose to work at higher specialised levels within the industry, as specialist instructors and/or in supervisory management positions.

The DEHF programme provides a unique structure through which the programme participant can access from a basic level of second level education into a certificate programme in exercise and health fitness (Certificate in Exercise & Health Fitness - NQF Level 6) and can then take the opportunity to progress further into specialist qualifications while in employment and then onwards to Tutor Education Practitioner Education in Exercise & Health Fitness, culminating in the Diploma in Exercise & Health Fitness. Credit is awarded at the various stages, accumulating to the proposed credit requirements for diploma level (NFQ Level 7).

By providing a structure through which the qualification can be obtained on a stage by stage basis the principle of lifelong learning is strongly supported and enhanced. Further opportunities to progress to NFQ Level 8 in Exercise & Health Fitness and/or related areas at third Level in Ireland are currently being researched and developed by the NCEF.
 

For full details on the Stage 2 Specialist Modules available and Stage 3 of the Diploma in Exercise and Health Fitness please click here

Further Education - Diploma in Exercise and Health Fitness