Pilates Precision Training
Starting the exciting process of becoming a Pilates Instructor is the beginning of a career that will be
long lasting and progressive.
Joseph Pilates had the opinion that it was his technique and as such he was the only person who could
teach it. However, since his death the technique has grown in popularity and status. The historical training
was an apprentice system whereby students of the technique – usually dancers, helped in studios where they
attended classes and over time learned the repertoire and started to teach. The modern approach to training has
become more structured by necessity. With the growth in demand for Pilates classes, the fitness industry
instigated the need for formalised training with an evidenced assessment process.
The Pilates Precision faculty developed the first national accredited qualification for Pilates in
collaboration with OCR (Oxford Cambridge RSA). The level 2 OCR Pilates qualification remained the standard
of Pilates education until August 2006 when together with the other main training providers in the UK, the
Pilates Precision assisted in the development of the Advanced level 3 Pilates qualification.
At present in the UK the national standard is applied to matwork only. There is however another aspect to
a comprehensive training in the Pilates Technique. The Pilates equipment element of the training is a
significant part of the technique; only with both pieces can you truly claim to be fully qualified.
The Pilates Precision Method is both evidence and research based and will allow students registered on any
of the programmes to learn the technique in addition to understanding and developing their own style and
creativity to become a well rounded and confident Pilates’ teacher.
