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Kemp Aquatics offer a range of AUSTSWIM Accredited training programs to provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills to become an accredited AUSTSWIM Teacher.

Pre-requisites:

Candidates may enrol into an AUSTSWIM Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety course at 16 years of age but are not eligible to become an accredited AUSTSWIM Teacher until they are 17 years of age.
Candidates are required to have a reasonable level of fitness and swimming ability.

Courses:

Provides candidates with essential competencies to teach swimming and water safety to persons from four years of age to adults in swimming pools and confined natural shallow water venues.

Duration: 16 hours

Content:

Overview of AUSTSWIM and the aquatic industry
Legal reponsibilities for the AUSTSWIM teacher
How people learn
Being an effective teacher
Aquatic safety, survival and rescue skills
Principles of movement in water
Water familiarisation, buoyancy, mobility and safety
Teaching safer diving skills
Towards efficient stroke development
Plan, deliver and review a lesson

Book Into an AUSTSWIM Teacher of Swimming & Water Safety course

Step 1: View & select your AUSTSWIM course

Step 2: Download an Enrolment Form

For information please Contact Us

Extension Courses:

If you also want to teach specialist aquatic programs you can then choose from the following extension courses:

Note: Candidates may enrol into an extension course but cannot be issued the extension AUSTSWIM Teacher Licence until after they have been issued the AUSTSWIM Teacher Licence in Teaching Swimming and Water Safety.

Provides canidates with competencies to deliver safe and enjoyable aquatic activity programs for children between the age of 6 months and 48 months.

Duration: 7.5 hours

Content:

Philosophy of Infant & preschool aquatics
Principles of teacher, parent & child relationships
Infant health and safety
Methods of water familiarisation
Development
Programming

Book Into an AUSTSWIM Teacher of Infant & Preschool Aquatics course

Step 1: View & select your AUSTSWIM Course

Step 2: Download an Enrolment Form

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Provides candidates with competencies to deliver safe and enjoyable aquatic activities to people with a disability.

Duration: 15 hours

Content:

Awareness
Teaching Approaches
Groupings
Planning and programming
Principles of movement in water
Safety
Entries, supports and exits

Book Into an AUSTSWIM Teacher of Aquatics for People with a Disability course

Step 1: View & select your AUSTSWIM Course

Step 2: Download an Enrolment Form

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Provides candidates with the competencies to bridge the gap between the teaching and coaching of swimming.

Duration: 7.5 hours

Content:

Towards competitive strokes
Learning – make it work
External influences and conditions
Development of competitive strokes technique
Instructional styles

Book Into an AUSTSWIM Teacher of Towards Competitive Strokes course

Step 1: View & select your AUSTSWIM Course

Step 2: Download an Enrolment Form

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Duration: 15 hours

Content:

Why teach adults to swim
Warm up, flexibility and stretching
Understanding the nature of the adult swimmer
The different types of adult swimmers
Health, medical & safety issues

Book Into an AUSTSWIM Teacher of Adult course

Step 1: View & select your AUSTSWIM Course

Step 2: Download an Enrolment Form

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Kemp Aquatics are committed to helping you maintain your qualifications and provide all teachers with the opportunity to increase their knowledge base.Professional Development is offered at all Kemp Aquatics AUSTSWIM courses.

1/2 day – 09:00am – 01:00pm = 5hrs PD Full day – 09:00am – 05:00pm = 10hrs PD.

Kemp Aquatics can assist you and your facility or school with professional development by tailoring workshops to your requirements. These workshops are all AUSTSWIM approved and contribute to satisfying your AUSTSWIM Licence Renewal requirements with regards to professional development.An AUSTSWIM accreditation™ is valid for 3 years and needs to be renewed prior to the expiry date to remain current. Your expiry date can be found on your AUSTWIM Teacher Licence.RE-Registration Requirements:10hrs PD in the last 3 years40hrs TeachingCPR – (CPR component is only valid for 12 months)Book Into an AUSTSWIM Professionl Development course

Step 1: View & select an AUSTSWIM PD course

Step 2: Enrol

If you wish to discuss options for professional development workshops at your school or facility please Contact Us

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