Swimming Teaching and Aquatics
Are You Considering a Career in Swimming Instruction?
Pursuing a career as a swimming instructor presents an excellent opportunity for individuals seeking a fulfilling, dynamic, and stimulating profession.
With adaptable teaching schedules that can accommodate your personal lifestyle, you will experience the gratification of achieving a work-life balance while imparting a vital and invaluable life skill.
Numerous employment opportunities exist within private swim schools and public leisure facilities that are actively seeking qualified, enthusiastic, and inspiring swimming instructors.
STA Level 2 Award in Teaching Swimming – 5 Day Course
This qualification replaces STA’s previous Award and Certificate structure, bringing everything together into one comprehensive qualification.
Developed in line with CIMSPA’s updated Swimming Teacher Professional Standard, it equips you with all the skills, knowledge, and confidence needed to teach the full learn-to-swim pathway appropriate to the participant’s needs across all ability groups.
Recognised internationally, allowing you to take your swimming teaching career around the world.
Prerequisites – Be at least 16 years old.
.Once qualified
- You will be able to gain employment as a swimming teacher who can teach the four keystrokes, essential swimming skills and water safety skills to adult and child participants.
- By the end of the course, you will be confident and ready to teach independently on poolside.
- Access free online support and resources which are helpful for new and experienced teachers.
- Your course resource manual will act as a guide throughout your swimming teaching journey – always there for you to refer back to, should you need it.
Course Dates
24th – 29th August
9am-6pm
£600pp
Min. Age: 16
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STA Level 2 Award in Aquatic Teaching – Baby and Pre-School
Baby and pre-school teachers are able to seek employment in a wide variety of leisure facilities including private health clubs and school swimming pools through to large local authority leisure centres.
Prerequisites:
– Be at least 18 years old.
– Hold the STA Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable
– Adults certificate or acceptable equivalent (must have been completed within the last 3 years).
- As a baby and pre-school teacher, you would be responsible for planning, delivering and evaluating a series of progressive and fun lessons teaching babies through to pre-schoolers and their accompanying adult.
- You will be able to teach a range of aquatic and safety skills such as floating, rotation, water confidence and basic swimming strokes.
- You would be responsible for ensuring the lesson area and appropriate equipment is safe and promote good teaching and learning.
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STA Level 2 Award in Mermaid and Mono Fin Swimming – 1 Day Course
With the mermaid and mono fin swimming trend gaining momentum in the aquatic world, why not extend your aquatic offering and add something exciting to your lessons?
STA’s Award in Aquatic Teaching – Mermaid and Mono Fin Swimming, created in partnership with Mermaids UK, is the industry’s first regulated qualification driving best practice and standards, so you have the skills needed to deliver these sessions in a safe, controlled environment.
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Course Date
19th September
9am-6pm
Min. Age: 16
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