Is this the same as an RTO/Cert IV in Pilates?

At Barre Body, we have focused on getting industry association recognition from industry bodies like Aus Active and Exercise Sports Science Australia. The first reason being, a government accredited course (RTO) - which is what a Certificate IV in Pilates is - does not provide any major difference in outcomes for you. Meaning, there is no difference in where you can teach or how you can teach whether you do an RTO course or a Certification course like our's.

Government accreditation (e.g. Cert IV in Pilates) also makes courses far more expensive because you are paying for all the compliance. It is expensive for a provider to get government accreditation, so they pass this cost onto you. This means the client/you have to pay more. This was once worth doing when you could get private health rebates for teaching pilates many years ago. However, now you can't so it's not worth the expense for most people.

Finally, a government accredited course will take you far longer to complete. In addition to the pilates training in an RTO course, there is also unrelated government-mandated training you must complete.

Ultimately, being an RTO limits how you can present a course and we felt it would actually make it clunky and less relevant. We have hired hundreds of instructors over 12 years of owning multiple, and found that those who did an RTO course more often than not don't have great teaching skills.

As we have employed hundreds of our own instructors and work with many studio owners, our course is based on making you as employable as possible, hence we have applied the logic above and not registered as an RTO. Many of the major Pilates providers have made the same choice for these reasons.