Disability Swim Teacher Course

Dublin & Nationwide Ireland

How Will This Qualification Benefit You?

• Created by STA’s aquatic experts, providing you with quality training.
• Regulated by Ofqual, Qualification Wales and CCEA.
• Endorsed by CIMSPA, industry leaders in sport and physical activity.
• Will give you the specialist knowledge to teach a specific group of learners.
• If you already work with people with disabilities, it will expand your skills further.
• It looks brilliant on your CV if you are looking for a job in the leisure or care industry.

When You Get This Qualification?

• You will be able to gain employment as a disability swimming teacher who can teach specialist disability swimming lessons as well as expand your inclusive learn to swim swimming lesson provision
• You will be qualified to teach the Rockhopper and Emperor series of STA’s progressive International Learn to Swim Programme – specific disability awards that focus on skills and distance
• Your course resource manual will act as a guide throughout your disability swimming teaching journey – always there for you to refer to should you need it
• Keep your knowledge and skills up-to-date with regular CPDs.

How To Take Your Teaching Career Further

If you enjoy teaching participants with disabilities to swim, then you may consider a career that involves working with them in other environments. There are many specialist schools or care facilities that may have opportunities for assistants or voluntary groups that want enthusiastic and caring people to help them improve the quality of life for so many people.

Disability swimming teachers may also wish to take on a mentoring role within the workplace, become responsible for coordinating or managing inclusion within the learn to swim programme or share their knowledge and experience with the next generation of swimming teachers by becoming an aquatic tutor.

Interested? Before you get started!

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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 the STA Swimming Teacher Qualification or acceptable equivalent (please note the Swim Ireland Level 1 Swim Teacher is not an acceptable pre-requisite, you would need level 2).

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.

Course Cost / Bookings

To enquire about the course cost and how to book, please email us at info@swim21training.com or click here to book directly. Delivery of our courses can be a combination of online / in person. We can bring a trainer to you and deliver our courses at your facility.