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Sports/Fitness Apprenticeship

🏢 DFA • 📍 Euston, England • 🕒 Sep 14, 2026
Salary Range
£9,909 - £9,909
£826 - £826 / mo

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Location Base
Euston, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

Full Job Description

Our ethos at DRGN is to encourage development as a life-long process. Our mission is to deliver high quality education and training. We strive to improve the qualifications and employability of individuals in order to meet the increasingly demanding needs of employers.

This is a paid apprenticeship opportunity in fitness and sports in the UK to provide apprentices for their state of the art facilities.

Benefits of the role

  • Learn new skills in an exciting new field
  • Get all the knowledge, gain all the skills as a personal trainer
  • Fully funded
  • Work experience at high profile sites and venues
  • Access route to long term employment
  • Qualifications in sport, fitness or gym instructing.
  • First Aid certificate.
  • Level 1,2 and 3 Award in Assisting Health Related Activities.

Key apprentice duties include:

  • Ensuring the delivery of high standards.
  • Develop good working relationships with the client.
  • A work placement with a high quality local gym employer e.g. Fitness First, David Lloyd, Virgin Active etc (we already have a partnership with UK Active who are providing us with access to thousands of gyms nationwide).

The successful apprentice will:

  • Be a strong communicator with confidence to interact with clients
  • Must have good initiative
  • A strong work ethic
  • A reliable worker and person
  • Have a passion and interest in sports and fitness

Job Types: Full-time, Apprenticeship

Salary: From £9,909.05 per year

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • Flexitime
  • Gym membership
  • Referral programme
  • Work from home

Schedule:

  • Flexitime
  • Monday to Friday
  • Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Euston, Greater London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

  • GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

  • Personal Training (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

⚖️ Official regulatory reference: UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) & Home Office Sponsor Register.

Candidate Preparation Blueprint: General

Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Sports/Fitness Apprenticeship roles across DFA's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to General.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £9,909 - £9,909 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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