Strength and Conditioning Intern - Unpaid
Olmsted Medical Center
Location
Rochester, Minnesota
Quick overview
The intern will learn athletic performance enhancement, program development, and the daily maintenance of a weight room, involving daily hours in the Athletic Performance center, Monday through Friday, and occasional Saturdays. Instructional sessions will be held weekly with strength coaches focusing on the intern's predetermined goals.
Requirements summary
Candidates must be at the Junior level status or higher pursuing a relevant bachelor’s degree and possess a current BLS certification while being enrolled in a program requiring an internship for credit. Essential qualifications include experience with sports performance equipment, willingness to learn coaching techniques, aptitude for strength training software, and strong communication skills.
Job description
Length of internship
10-11 weeks for approximately 30 hours a week. This is an uncompensated position.
Qualifications
- Junior level status or higher toward a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Strength and Conditioning, Athletic Training, Sports Medicine or related field
- Current BLS certification
- Currently enrolled in a program that requires an internship for credit
- Experience with using a variety of sports performance equipment and programming
- Willingness to learn coaching techniques for a variety of sports
- Aptitude for learning or experience with electronic strength training software (TeamBuildr)
- Ability to maintain upkeep of weight room and surrounding area
- Written and oral communication skills
- Experience with Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Excel, Word)
- Ability to work with a variety of personalities
- Knowledge of current sports medicine practice and sports medicine education
- Ability to react to, assist (if needed) and learn from emergency situations
- Ability to multi-task
Job Responsibilities
- Daily hours in our
- Athletic
- Performance center beginning as early at 5:30 am and ending as late as 7:45 pm Monday through Friday and an occasional Saturday
- Candidate must have clear goals to take away from this internship
- Instructional sessions weekly with our strength coaches will focus on your predetermined goals
- Scheduled by the intern and subject to the coach’s availability
- Candidate will be assigned homework tasks
- Intern will learn athletic performance enhancement, program development, and daily maintenance of a weight room
- Be a positive representative of OMC as an educator, professional in the community, and at conferences