| Purpose: |
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Under general direction, support the physical fitness program for the department by conducting physical fitness assessments and developing personal fitness programs for civil service and staff personnel. |
| Duties, Functions and Responsibilities: |
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Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
- Develops and provides fitness assessments, including nutrition counseling, to field personnel; and assists command and management staff in marketing Wellness and Fitness programs.
- Creates, administers, and interprets lifestyle questionnaires; and develops personal fitness programs based on findings.
- Monitors flexibility, muscular strength, endurance, aerobic capacity, and other pertinent factors of field personnel. Performs anthropometrical measurements.
- Classifies employees according to accepted statistical and research methodology.
- Developss employee outcome data.
- Assists personnel and return to duty personnel demonstrating weakness in one or more areas in their fitness assessment, as it pertains to overall health, wellness, and fitness rehabilitation.
- Develops training materials and other strategies to educate and update department on wellness and fitness issues.
- Manages database on program participants to detect trends in wellness and fitness, and develops statistics on natural history from beginning to end of career.
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| Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised: |
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May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others.
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| Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: |
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Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
- Knowledge of athletic training, nutrition for performance, physical fitness assessment, and exercise programming.
- Knowledge of rehabilitation theory and practice.
- Knowledge of database management.
- Skill in oral and written communications.
- Skill in developing comprehensive health fitness programs.
- Skill in conducting cardiovascular capacity, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition assessments.
- Skill in consulting with employees and recommending fitness programs.
- Skill in modifying programs in response to injury trend data.
- Skill in producing educational materials.
- Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.
- Skill in using computers and related software applications.
- Skill in data analysis and problem solving.
- Skill in planning and organizing.
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| Minimum Qualifications: |
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- Graduation with a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Exercise Physiology or in a field related to the job, plus five (5) years of experience in administration of corporate wellness and/or fitness programs, fitness, nutrition, injury rehabilitation, and referral to medical and behavioral health professionals.
- Graduation with a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in a field related to the job may substitute for two (2) years of the required experience.
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| Licenses and Certifications Required: |
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None.
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