Pilates Instructor Trainee

**Apprenticeship Write-Up**

Are you passionate about Pilates? Do you want to develop a career as an instructor? Do you love transforming people’s lives?

You can combine all of these with a full-time apprentice job, now available at Options Pilates

Option Pilates is an international chain of studios in Singapore and Hong Kong. We are growing our team in

We provide your complete Pilates education and certification. We are a licensed Pilates education centre. This means you will have constant opportunities to keep advancing your career, whether it is expanding your capability as an instructor, becoming a mentor, master trainer or educator, or managing others.

**Requirements**:

- You must be a local or non-locals who are lawfully authorized to live permanently to apply.
- Working as a Pilates instructor requires people skills. The job requires you to have good communication skills in addition to the Pilates training that you will receive from us. You should enjoy working with people, both in

1-on-1 and in team settings.
- You must be willing and able to work with Options Pilates exclusively for approximately 3 years after you get certified.
- You must be able to work a minimum of 90 hours with clients per month for a full-time position, spread evenly over the course of each month.
- You must have a good understanding of what Pilates is, having taken at least 10 Pilates classes, and understand what the differences are between group and private classes.
- You must have carefully thought about changing your career and be fully committed to becoming a Pilates instructor.

**Salary**

During the apprenticeship scheme:
After a 2 month probationary period you will be paid a monthly allowance of SG$800 plus $1000 worth of courses and mentorship fee allowance, with CPF contribution as per Singapore law. You will be expected to spend 35 hours in the studio per week including 1 hour break daily. This time is to be spent studying, practicing and when required, helping out with admin. Some courses will be at the weekend, in which case you will be allowed one replacement day off during the week. At the end of your apprentice period you will be expected to be certified as a Pilates instructor, and also familiar with the day-to-day operations of the studio.

After becoming certified as a Pilates instructor:
FULL-TIME: You will be paid a monthly salary of SG$2,800 plus employer CPF contribution and paid leave. This salary will cover 90 (ninety) hours of work with paying clients or trial sessions per month. If you work in excess of 90 hours of classes with clients per month, you will receive an extra SG$40 for each additional class with clients. You should work at least one weekend day per week, and be available at peak-times on weekdays
(either between 7:00am - 11:00am or between 5:30pm - 8:00pm) as well as other times to meet your quota of 90 hours with clients per month. An instructor who works approximately 30 hours per week with clients will earn over $4300 per month during their first year.

Salary progression will be assessed annually or based on experience gained.

For the first few months while you are building up your hours, your salary will be prorated as per part-time basis. Options Pilates does not sponsor the apprenticeship for those who want to work on a part-time basis.

While you are building up your hours, you will be paid a monthly salary of SG$1,400, plus employer CPF contribution. This salary will cover 45 (forty-five) hours of work with paying clients or trial sessions per month.
If you work in excess of 45 hours of classes with clients per month, you will receive an extra SG$40 for each additional class with clients. You should be available at peak-times on weekdays (either between 7:00am
- 11:00am or between 5:30pm - 8:30pm) as well as other times to meet your quota of 45 hours with clients per month.

**Benefits**

During your training we will sponsor you for your education, use of studio space for practicing and mentoring by our senior instructors.
You will continue to get this education and career advancement support after you become certified as an instructor.
All further education and mentoring conducted at Options Pilates is provided to in-house instructors free of charge.

**Expectations**

This program is not suitable for those with a full-time job. You must be able to spend at least 35 hours per week at the studio learning and practicing Pilates.

We regularly hire part time & full time instructors who start out as our students, we welcome you to take the courses and see if this career is suitable for you.

**How To Apply**

A brief introduction of yourself along with a CV (Subject line “Instructor Trainee position”)
Please include answers to the following questions in the introduction:

- "Have you done Pilates before? Please elaborate, what kind of Pilates have you done, have you done group or private lessons, what is your understanding of it, why do you like it"
- “Do you worko