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Exercise Physiologist resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what exercise physiologists actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most exercise physiologists should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Accredited Exercise Physiologist experienced in assessing functional capacity and designing individualised exercise programs for clients managing chronic disease, injury or disability. Comfortable working within multidisciplinary teams and reporting outcomes to referring GPs and allied health colleagues. Focused on measurable functional gains and building exercise habits clients can sustain outside the clinic.
Key skills
- Clinical assessment and treatment
- Care planning and coordination
- Rehabilitation and therapy programming
- Health education and behaviour change coaching
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET)
- Strength and conditioning apparatus
- Wearable fitness monitors
- Electronic health records (EHR) documentation
- Telehealth service delivery
- Data analysis and outcome reporting
Experience: example bullet points
- Conducted fitness assessments and functional capacity evaluations using validated testing protocols to establish baseline measures and guide exercise prescription
- Designed and progressively adjusted exercise programs targeting cardiovascular, strength, flexibility and metabolic goals, improving clients' functional capacity over the course of treatment
- Supervised individual and group exercise sessions, monitoring vital signs and modifying intensity to keep sessions safe while maintaining progression
- Documented client progress and outcomes in electronic health records, liaising with referring physicians and allied health teams to keep treatment plans aligned
- Educated clients on exercise principles, injury prevention, nutrition and behaviour change strategies, supporting adherence once formal sessions ended
Education
Bachelor degree in Exercise and Sport Science or Exercise Physiology, commonly followed by postgraduate study, plus accreditation as an Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP) with Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA).
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP)
- ESSA registration
- Medicare Chronic Disease Management Plan
- DVA referrals
- NDIS
- Functional capacity evaluation
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
- Allied health team
- Telehealth
- Care plan documentation
- Exercise prescription
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.