Swim England Level 1 Assistant Swimming Teacher

The Swim England Level 1 Assistant Swimming Teacher qualification is a practical qualification, which develops the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to be an assistant swimming teacher and is the pre-requisite for the Swim England Level 2 qualification.

The course includes:

• The legal aspects of assisting in swimming lessons
• The responsibilities of a Swimming Assistant
• The swimming pathway, fundamental movement, core aquatic skills and component parts of strokes
• Scientific principles of swimming
• What makes up a lesson plan, equipment and communications skills
• How to identify anxiety and use of motivational techniques
• The type of assistance you can provide

Candidate Criteria:

All candidates must be at least 16 years of age at registration for the course.

100% attendance is required.

Course dates

We are currently running combined Level 1 and Level 2 Swim Teacher courses. Course dates for 2022 are as follows:

• January 21st to February 13th (weekends) – Alsager Leisure Centre
• February 19th to 27th – Wilmslow Leisure Centre
• April 2nd to 10th – Macclesfield Leisure Centre
• May 27th to June 19th (weekends) – venue tbc
• July 23rd to 31st – venue tbc
• August 13th to 21st – venue tbc
• October 22nd to 30th -venue tbc

To find out more please email [email protected]