Progress on your teaching pathway with the STA Certificate in Teaching Swimming—the next step which meets CIMSPA’s employer-led swimming teacher professional standard.
How will the Qualification benefit you?
- Created by STA’s aquatic experts, providing you with quality training
- Regulated by Ofqual and Accredited by SQA Accreditation
- Meets CIMSPA’s employer-led swimming teacher professional standard
- Teach more lessons with a variety of skills
- Retain existing participants by offering progressive lessons, extended skills and advanced awards
What you could get from your Qualification?
- You will be able to gain employment as a swimming teacher, teaching non-swimmers to improver participants.
- Teach the full range of the International Learn to Swim Programme independently, from non-swimmers to advanced participants
- 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 to refer back to should you ever need it
- Receive advice and guidance from the STA team who will support you throughout your swimming teaching journey.
Pre-requisite requirements
You’ll need to make sure you’ve met the following requirements before you attend your course:
- Be at least 16 years of age
- Hold a current membership of STA
- Hold the STA Award in Teaching Swimming qualification or acceptable equivalent (please note the Swim England Level 1 Award in Aquatic Teaching is not an acceptable pre-requisite)
Learners must have all pre-requisites in place before the start of the course. Qualification certificates cannot be issued if all pre-requisites are not met before the start of the course, post course submissions will not be accepted