Our guarantee to you

We will work with you until you feel confident to be the best instructor you can be, so once you have completed one of our courses, you may sit in on any future dates of the same course for free if you feel you want to refresh or improve your skills.

Bookings and Payment

Bookings can be made direct through our website, or by calling 0402 100 334. Places in a course will not be secured until payment has been received.

Payment can be made in 2 ways:

Credit card: either via our secure online store or over the phone.

Direct debit: we can arrange payment to be debited directly from your bank account. This can be done either by paying the full course fee upfront, or by 3 or 4 x consecutive monthly payments. Your place in the course will not be secure, and the manuals not sent out, until the first monthly instalment has been completed.

Once payment is received and enrolment confirmed, you will be sent or emailed your receipt and course materials, which may include manuals and DVDs. Course fee does not include the provision of lunch or any other meals.

Examinations

All Studio Pilates International courses involve both theory and practical examinations throughout the course.  Exams must be passed in order to receive certification; this ensures we maintain the highest standard of instructors possible. Obviously, our aim is to help you as much as possible to be the best you can be. It is uncommon for this to happen, but if we do deem you not ready to start instructing at the end of your course, do not despair - we will give you the extra support you require and enable you to re-sit your exam at a date convenient to you and your instructor trainer for an additional fee of $100. We want you to succeed and are with you all the way.  Prior to any course, reading the required materials and watching and doing the DVDs will help you to come into the course as well prepared as possible.

Certification

Upon completion of each course and passing the required examinations, you will be certified to teach the exercises learned in that course.

For Fitness Trainers, present your Matwork course certificate to Fitness Australia to receive your 15 CEC points.

To date, Studio Pilates International has neither recommended nor dissuaded its graduates from seeking additional certification beyond their Studio Pilates certification - a certification that is highly regarded within the health and fitness fields.  Studio Pilates stands behind its training and certification programs as the highest calibre and most comprehensive of its kind in the industry. To achieve Studio Pilates certification, students must receive a minimum score of 80% (practical and written) in order to pass.  Pass marks in both the practical and theory sections must be met in order to achieve certification.

It is quite confusing, but as it stands at the moment, there is no need to be accredited with anyone other than Studio Pilates, and there are so many "accrediting bodies" such as APMA, Pilates Alliance, PMA etc.  The main thing reason behind accreditation is for insurance purposes which you can receive after completing our courses. Studio Pilates will continue to evaluate the various accreditation processes and to monitor the evolving needs and demands of consumers and the professional fitness industry.

Insurance

Physiotherapists:  Your physiotherapy insurance should cover you for any Pilates exercises that you teach.  It is still best to check with your insurer that this is in fact the case, but I have yet to meet any physios who had to take out extra cover.

Fitness trainers: As the matwork course is accredited with Fitness Australia, you will be covered by your regular insurance if with Fitness Australia. Currently, no reformer courses are recognised with Fitness Australia so you may need to take out extra insurance to teach reformer Pilates. Please check with your insurer. If you need extra cover, please contact us for contact details of insurance companies who are the best for Pilates.

Other: You will need insurance to teach Pilates, so at the end of your first course, you will receive details of the best insurance companies for Pilates along with your certificate.

Cancellations

There are no refunds to be given once payment has been made, but you may transfer your course to a later date if available. You can transfer your course date up to 4 weeks prior to your scheduled course date free of charge, but if you transfer within 4 weeks of the course there is a 10% fee.

If you decide not to do a course, your course fee is non-refundable, but can be used as credit to do another course, or can be used to purchase home workout products, large equipment or for sessions in our studios.

Please email us if you need to make changes to your booking.