STUDY OF THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF FITNESS TRAINERS
The development of the domestic fitness industry provides organizations of the fitness sphere with the provision of the systematic training and operational management of the development of professional fitness trainers. The existence of a number of professional standards for leading specialists in this field poses on the fitness organizations the problem of choosing and synchronizing the qualification requirements for fitness trainers, which necessitates the need to solve the problems of ensuring the professional competence of these specialists. Based on the analysis of the content of professional standards, specific competencies for a fitness trainer were identified. Within the framework of the legitimacy of the allocated competencies, the study of the content and level of professional competence of fitness trainers working in fitness organizations was conducted, which is the purpose of this work. The leading method was the survey of fitness trainers and managers of fitness organizations in the Ural region. The results of the study, determining its theoretical and practical significance, were the justification of the need to improve the professional competence of fitness trainers through the organization of their continuous training and professional development. It has been revealed that fitness organizations have significant potential for this. At the same time, improving the professional competence of fitness trainers in the conditions of fitness organizations requires solving the issue of developing and creating organizational and pedagogical conditions for this process, ensuring its quality.