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Diploma of Professional Pilates Instruction (10838NAT)

All Pilates approaches in one comprehensive qualification – online and in-Studio. Learn how to develop creative and functional Pilates experiences in Matwork, Reformer and using all Studio apparatus. Plus specialised study of the Method for special conditions, including pregnancy and post-natal, rehabilitation and elite-level conditioning.

What's Included

  • Student Support
  • Pilates ITC Student T-Shirt
  • Pilates Textbooks
  • Student and Graduate Forums
  • Online Learning Platform
  • Complete 3-D Anatomy Application
  • All Assessments
  • Repertoire Manuals
  • In-Studio Learning
  • Teaching Clinics
  • Work Placement Teaching Practice
  • Work Placement Observation
  • AUSactive Student Membership
  • PAA Student Membership
  • Graduate Job and Networking Opportunities
  • Graduation Gift
Title Type Dates Times
Zoom Orientation Induction session with Pilates ITC Directors Orientation 12/02/2025 Start Time : 8:00 pm
End Time : 9:30 pm
Fundamentals Course Delivery Day Course Delivery 23/02/2025 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 6:00 pm
Teaching Clinic: Fundamentals Teaching Clinic 23/03/2025 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Reformer 1 Course Delivery Day Course Delivery 30/03/2025 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 6:00 pm
Teaching Clinic: Introductory to Basic Reformer Repertoire Teaching Clinic 06/04/2025 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Reformer 2 Course Delivery Day Course Delivery 04/05/2025 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 6:00 pm
Teaching Clinic: Progressive to Intermediate Reformer Repertoire Teaching Clinic 18/05/2025 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Small Apparatus Course Delivery – Reformer Applications Course Delivery 08/06/2025 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 6:00 pm
Teaching Clinic: Small Apparatus Reformer on the Mat Teaching Clinic 22/06/2025 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Reformer and Small Apparatus Practical Assessment Practical Assessment 27/07/2025 Start Time : 11:00 am
End Time : 5:00 pm
Reformer and Small Apparatus Practical Assessment Practical Assessment 27/07/2025 Start Time : 11:00 am
End Time : 5:00 pm
Reformer and Small Apparatus Practical Assessment Practical Assessment 27/07/2025 Start Time : 11:00 am
End Time : 5:00 pm
Zoom Orientation Induction session with Pilates ITC Directors Orientation 27/08/2025 Start Time : 7:00 pm
End Time : 8:30 pm
Fundamentals Course Delivery Day Course Delivery 06/09/2025 Start Time : 11:00 am
End Time : 5:00 pm
Teaching Clinic: Fundamentals Teaching Clinic 21/09/2025 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Matwork 1 Course Delivery Day Course Delivery 11/10/2025 Start Time : 11:00 am
End Time : 5:00 pm
Teaching Clinic: Introductory to Basic Matwork Repertoire Teaching Clinic 26/10/2025 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Matwork 2 Course Delivery Day Course Delivery 15/11/2025 Start Time : 11:00 am
End Time : 5:00 pm
Teaching Clinic: Progressive to Intermediate Matwork Repertoire Teaching Clinic 29/11/2025 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Small Apparatus Course Delivery – Matwork Applications Course Delivery 20/12/2025 Start Time : 11:00 am
End Time : 5:00 pm
Zoom Orientation Induction session with Pilates ITC Directors Orientation 07/01/2026 Start Time : 8:00 pm
End Time : 9:30 pm
Teaching Clinic: Small Apparatus Matwork on the Mat Teaching Clinic 10/01/2026 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Studio 1 Course Delivery Day Course Delivery 31/01/2026 Start Time : 11:00 am
End Time : 5:00 pm
Matwork and Small Apparatus Practical Assessment Practical Assessment 07/02/2026 Start Time : 9:00 am
End Time : 5:00 pm
TC: Studio Initial Consultations - IC Practical assessment Teaching Clinic 15/02/2026 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Teaching Clinic: Managing a Semi-Private in the Studio Teaching Clinic 07/03/2026 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Studio 2 Course Delivery Day Course Delivery 28/03/2026 Start Time : 11:00 am
End Time : 5:00 pm
Teaching Clinic: Postures in the Studio Teaching Clinic 18/04/2026 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Teaching Clinic: Pre and Post Natal in the Studio Teaching Clinic 09/05/2026 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Studio 3 Course Delivery Day Course Delivery 30/05/2026 Start Time : 11:00 am
End Time : 5:00 pm
Teaching Clinic: Upper and Lower Limb Pathologies in the Studio Teaching Clinic 20/06/2026 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Studio 4 Course Delivery Day Course Delivery 11/07/2026 Start Time : 11:00 am
End Time : 5:00 pm
Teaching Clinic: The Spine and Back in the Studio Teaching Clinic 01/08/2026 Start Time : 12:00 pm
End Time : 5:00 pm
Studio Practical Assessment Practical Assessment 10/10/2026 Start Time : 9:00 am
End Time : 5:00 pm

The Diploma of Professional Pilates Instruction (10838NAT) is a nationally accredited, Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Level 5 qualification with a professional and internationally recognised outcome. An accredited qualification has quality assurance and is yours for life and is recognised and preferred by employers at home (Australia) and abroad.

Pilates ITC is an AUSactive and Pilates Association Australia-approved education provider. All Courses and Pathways have CECs and PDPs compatible with international and national registration bodies.

AUSactive: 20 CECs.

Career Opportunities

Graduate comprehensively trained, job-ready, and highly employable.

On completion you’ll be equipped to teach:

  • Group Matwork + small apparatus repertoire.
  • Group Reformer + small apparatus repertoire.
  • Private, Semi-Private and Duet Studio Pilates.

You will be skilled to teach clients with low-risk special conditions including:

  • Pregnancy.
  • Post-Natal.
  • Low-risk spinal conditions.
  • Non-acute rehabilitation.
  • Elite-level conditioning.

An accredited qualification adds credibility and value to your professional skill base, and assures employers and industry professionals that you are skilled to excel. It also enhances your employability, making you stand out from the competition: Pilates ITC Students enjoy 100% employment rate on Graduation.

You can work in almost any setting, for others or for yourself:

  • Pilates Studios: boutique to large scale.
  • Start your own Studio.
  • Outdoor fitness.
  • Gyms.
  • Digital Studios.
  • Mobile providers.
  • Wellness sector: tourism, resorts, health retreats, holistic centres.
  • Health sector: in Clinic alongside other Allied Health or providers.
  • Corporate events/classes.

What You'll Learn

The Diploma curriculum honours the Pilates Method as taught by Joseph Pilates and is strategically informed by modern health and evidence-based movement science, anatomy and physiology to create a comprehensive and balanced learning experience.
  • Pilates Method Fundamentals: history, principles, anatomy and physiology, and biomechanics.
  • Matwork Repertoire. (51 exercises)
  • Matwork Programming for group class: The Pilates International Categorisation™ (PIC) System.
  • Reformer Repertoire. (56 exercises)
  • Reformer Programming for group class: The Pilates International Categorisation™ (PIC) System (Studio/Reformer).
  • Small Apparatus Repertoire (52 exercises): Fitball, Foam Roller, Magic Circle (Pilates Circle), Weights and Poles, and Theraband.
  • Studio Repertoire (157 exercises): Cadillac (48), Wunda Chair (25), Barrels (28), Reformer (56).
  • Studio programming for IC, Private, Duet and Semi-Private: The Pilates International Categorisation™ (PIC) System (Studio).
  • Special Conditions: Pregnancy, Post Natal, Osteoporosis and Osteopenia, Spinal disc pathologies, Tennis Elbow, Patellofemoral syndrome, Arthritic conditions, Whiplash, Scoliosis, Spondylolisthesis, Spondylosis, Ankylosing spondylitis, Ageing population applications, Shoulder impingement syndrome, and Piriformis syndrome.
  • Teaching Communications.
  • Workplace Health and Safety (WHS).

How You’ll Learn it

Pilates ITC's "blended" study mode combines self-directed, online study with in-Studio, practical learning to create high quality learning and professional outcomes.

In-Studio.

Get into the nuts and bolts of the Coursework, the theory, learn the repertoire and hone your teaching craft under the direction of your Educators in the Studio.

Online.

Work through your Learning Management System (LMS) modules: course content and online resources at your own pace. The LMS guides the learner journey with a combination of activities, interactive apps, and video demonstration so you can immerse yourself in the Method. Online quizzes, programming and other written assessment tasks are intuitively timed to consolidate and evidence your progress in each subject area.

The total average study load for the Diploma is: 10 hours per week.

Course Structure

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IN-STUDIO LEARNING.

Seminar-style Course Delivery and Teaching Clinics in the Studio.

Get hands-on with the coursework and experience the repertoire with your peers and under the guidance of an Educator.

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SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING.

Work through the Course at your own pace on the digital Learning Management System (LMS).

Plus, a weekly self-mastery commitment (doing Pilates) to enhance practical understanding of the coursework.

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WORK PLACEMENT.

Enhance your teaching craft with on-the-job learning via the Pilates ITC Work Placement Studio network.

Observation: 100 hours.

Teaching: 200 hours*.

*A percentage of the teaching requirement is subsidised by Teaching Clinics.

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Study Mode : in-person + online
Outcome
Diploma AQF Level 5. Nationally and internationally recognised.
In person learning starts February 12, 2025
New South Wales
Cost: $11,700
$319
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deposit of $1,500.00 due today

32 Fortnightly Payments of $318.75

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