Nutrition · Micro-Credential

Get Into Nutrition and Wellness Work

Maybe you already give friends food advice and want it grounded in something. Fourteen nutrition topics run beside seven on running a small fitness business. Made for building something of your own.

From $29a week on a plan
~100 hoursof study
Unlimitedcourse access
Two halvesnutrition and business
No examsever
At a Glance

Course Snapshot

Study AreaNutrition & Wellness
Course TypeMicro-credential
Study Time~100 hours
AccessUnlimited
Study ModeFully online, self paced
AssessmentNo exams, ever
PaymentsFrom $29 a week
Comes with
  • 10-Day Money Back Guarantee
  • No deposit, no credit check
  • One to one nutrition mentoring
  • CPD endorsed credential
Who It’s For

Why Do This Course

Know What You Are Advising

Meal plans, fasting, keto, hydration, deficiencies and intolerances. Enough to stop repeating what you read online.

The Business Half Comes With It

Clients, pricing, insurance, marketing and finance for a small fitness business. The business half carries equal weight here.

A Mentor You Can Ask

Miranda Leeden gives one to one time and personal feedback, which beats a forum thread.

Where The Skills Fit

Where These Skills Could Take You

Nutrition knowledge sells best when it is attached to something else: a gym floor, a wellness brand, a supplement shop, a food service team. The work is talking with people about what they eat and helping them change it slowly. Most of it starts part time, next to a job.

Health and Nutrition Advisor

Talking through food choices with clients.

Wellness Business Coordinator

Running the moving parts of a small wellness service.

Health Product Sales Representative

Advising on ranges with knowledge behind it.

Dietary Services Assistant

Supporting meal planning inside a facility.

Food Service Supervisor

Health-focused catering and menu work.

Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Dietitian and clinical nutrition roles in New Zealand are regulated and need their own accredited degree study.

The Course

What You'll Learn

01
Nutrition Foundations
How food works before you plan anything.
Assessing a person's current diet
Basic nutritional principles
How the body uses nutrients as fuel for energy
Importance of hydration
Nutritional deficiencies and common intolerances
02
Diets and Performance
The approaches clients will ask you about by name.
Writing meal plans
Carbohydrate loading
Intermittent fasting
Ketogenic diet
Nutrition and balancing extremes
Nutrition before, during and after exercise
Nutritional recommendations for weight loss
Anabolic nutrient timing for muscle growth
Basics of sports and health supplements
03
Running the Business
The seven topics that turn skill into work.
Beginning your business with the end in mind
Looking after your clients
Operating a small fitness business
Running a successful business day to day
Insurance and registration requirements for your personal training business
Marketing your personal training business
Understanding finance for the fitness professional
Included

What You’ll Get

In the Course

  • Diet assessment, reading what someone eats now
  • Meal planning, writing plans that people follow
  • Sports nutrition, fuelling around training and recovery
  • Business setup, clients, pricing, insurance and marketing

As a Student

  • Around 100 hours, study time across both halves
  • 24/7 online access, the platform never closes
  • No exams, ever, no test week hanging over you
  • Mentor and live chat, help when a topic stalls you
Why This One

What Makes It Different

Three things worth knowing before you sign up.

01
Sports Nutrition Leaning

Carbohydrate loading, nutrient timing and fuelling around training get proper coverage.

02
Built To Run Alongside Training Work

The business topics are written for a personal training practice, not a generic small business.

03
Unlimited Access

No end date, so the material stays there when a client question comes up.

The Credentials

What You'll Earn

MICRO-CREDENTIAL

Nutrition and Business

Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy

A Certificate of Achievement

Awarded by the college on completion.

A CPD Endorsed Credential

A digital credential you can share.

A Business Plan You Wrote

The business topics work on your own idea.

Getting Started

How It Works

Step one

Ask About the Course

An advisor talks you through what both halves cover.

Step two

Enrol and Start

Any day. Weekly plan, or pay upfront in full.

Step three

Learn the Nutrition

Fourteen topics, from basic principles to nutrient timing.

Step four

Set Up the Business

Clients, pricing, insurance and marketing, then take your first one.

The Investment

How to Get Started

$29 / week
A flexible plan weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or pay upfront in full.
No deposit, no credit check
10-Day Money Back Guarantee
Start on any day
Unlimited course access
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Good to Know

Common Questions

Do I need a health background?

No. It starts with basic nutritional principles and builds from there.

What does it cost each week?

From $29 a week on a plan, with no deposit and no credit check. Enquire for current pricing.

How long does it take?

Around 100 study hours, and access is unlimited, so there is no deadline.

Is the business half about fitness specifically?

Yes. It covers clients, insurance, marketing and finance for a personal training practice.

Who delivers the course?

You enrol through The Career Academy and Online Courses Australia, their education partner, delivers it.

Can I advise people on medical diets?

No. Clinical and medical nutrition work belongs to registered dietitians here. What this covers is general nutrition for healthy people, plus the business skills to offer that as a service. It sits as a foundation before more advanced study.

Is this course accredited?

It is a CPD endorsed credential with a Certificate of Achievement, and the college is an ICOES accredited centre with Official Accreditation from the CPD Standards Office. That is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. Those are different things, and for coaching general nutrition alongside fitness work this covers the ground.

Can I get my money back?

Yes. A 10-Day Money Back Guarantee runs from enrolment.

Delivered By

About the College

You enrol through The Career Academy, an online college in New Zealand, and Online Courses Australia delivers this one as their area of expertise.

The Career Academy has run for over 15 years and helps more than 25,000 students a year. Support runs by phone, email and live chat in business hours.

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