# Vet a studio before you commit

Check teacher training, heat safety and equipment safety, then compare studios and decide with facts. For students who buy or evaluate studio classes.

- Level: Specialist
- Length: 60 minutes
- Exam questions: 10, pass mark 80%, up to 3 attempts
- Certificate: valid for 12 months

## What you will learn

- Read teacher credentials such as RYS, RYT 200, RYT 500 and E-RYT, and know what they do not prove.
- Spot the signs of heat illness and know when to leave the room or call emergency services.
- Ask the right safety questions about aerial, pole, hoop and reformer classes.
- Compare two or three studios and decide with facts, a trial class and your own notes.

## Lessons

1. [Read teacher credentials](https://studiofinder.ca/academy/vet-a-studio-before-you-commit/read-teacher-credentials.md) (15 minutes)
2. [Heat and hot classes](https://studiofinder.ca/academy/vet-a-studio-before-you-commit/heat-and-hot-classes.md) (15 minutes)
3. [Apparatus and equipment safety](https://studiofinder.ca/academy/vet-a-studio-before-you-commit/apparatus-and-equipment-safety.md) (15 minutes)
4. [Compare studios and decide](https://studiofinder.ca/academy/vet-a-studio-before-you-commit/compare-studios-and-decide.md) (15 minutes)

## Questions

### Does a teacher need a government licence?

In most places, no government licence is needed to teach yoga, Pilates, barre, hoop dance or pole. Private bodies, schools and brands set their own standards. A credential shows the training a teacher reports. It does not guarantee skill.

### Is this course medical advice?

No. Ask your doctor before you start hot yoga or any new exercise if you have a medical condition, are pregnant or have a recent injury.

### Does the certificate of completion prove I can teach?

No. It is a certificate of completion from this site. It records that you passed the exam. It is not a teaching credential, a licence or a health clearance.

Also on the [web page](https://studiofinder.ca/academy/vet-a-studio-before-you-commit).