AUSTSWIM Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety™ (TSW)

TSW Course Requirements

• Pre requisite

  
  

  Candidates in Australia:

  • Australian or NZ Citizen or hold an appropriate VISA allowing you to undertaking education. (AUSTSWIM is not a CRICOS provider and cannot enrol students on international student visa) 

  • Must provide their valid Unique Student Identifier (USI) number at the time of enrolment in order that AUSTSWIM can verify this. A USI is a reference number required by the Commonwealth statutory office (Student Identifiers Act 2014) and is obtained from the USI Registrar.
    For more information and to create a USI visit USI website. 

   

  Candidates in Australia and New Zealand:

  • Must provide a current Working with Children Check (WWCC). Although this is not expressly required before enrolling, it MUST be provided prior to commencing industry training (follow the link to find the individual requirements for your states/ Territory/ Country). There may be exceptions for under 18s in some locations.

  • Download the WWCC policy here

  All Candidates: 

  • You may enrol in an AUSTSWIM course at 16 years of age but are not eligible to receive the AUSTSWIM accreditation until they are 17 years of age. 

  • You are required to have a reasonable level of fitness and swimming ability to perform the required aquatic skills.  

  • You are required to have access to a computer and the internet to access the online modules outside of face to face training.  

• Delivery Strategy

  This interactive course is delivered in a blended format. 

  It requires attendance at a face to face training session over two full days. It also requires the completion of an online interactive component. Candidates are also required to complete supervised industry training in a swim teaching environment with a range of teaching conditions. 
  

  The course consists of theory and practical components:

  1.  Theory component - topics may be offered through classroom attendance or selected topics via
  AUSTSWIM’s e-learning centre.

  2.  Practical component - involves swimming activities that may be carried out in shallow or deep water.

  Candidates have 12 months to complete their training for all AUSTSWIM courses unless otherwise stated. This means the completion and submission of all assessments within 12 months of commencing.

  
  

• Content

  This interactive course is delivered in a blended format. 

  It requires attendance at a face to face training session over 2 full days. It also requires the completion of an online interactive component. Candidates are also required to complete supervised industry training in a swim teaching environment with a range of teaching conditions

  Assessment of the candidate’s knowledge and skills is undertaken throughout all three delivery modes. 

  Topics include:

  1.    Introduction - an overview of AUSTSWIM and the aquatic industry

  2.    Plan, deliver and review a lesson 

  3.    How people learn

  4.    Being an effective teacher

  5.    Principles of movement in water

  6.    Aquatic safety, survival and rescue skills

  7.    Water familiarisation, buoyancy and mobility

  8.    Teaching safer diving skills

  9.    Towards efficient stroke development

  10.  Legal responsibilities for the AUSTSWIM Teacher

• Assessment

  Assessment relates to both the Vocational Education Training requirements and AUSTSWIM requirements. 
  
  Your competency of skill, knowledge and understanding in delivery of swimming and water safety will be assessed using the 10 subject areas of the course.  

  Assessment is conducted during the face to face sessions, via online modules and during the industry training component via written or verbal responses, practical demonstrations and observations. 

• Additional Requirements

  To get your AUSTSWIM accreditation, the following additional requirements need to be submitted; 

  • Complete the Teacher Declaration by agreeing to abide by the AUSTSWIM Code of Conduct. 

  • Complete a brief online course evaluation 

  • Provide evidence of holding a current cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) statement of attainment. For further information on CPR requirements please click here. 

  • Submit an endorsed photo for AUSTSWIM Teacher Licence.

• Vocational Education Training

  The Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety course contains units of competency which are nationally recognised from the Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training package. Upon successful completion of all assessment requirements, candidates will be issued a Statement of Attainment for the following units: 

  SISCAQU008 Instruct water familiarisation, buoyancy and mobility skills

  SISCAQU009 Instruct water safety and survival skills     

  SISCAQU010 Instruct swimming strokes

  SISCAQU002 Perform basic water rescues

  
  
  

  On 10^th of September 2019 the National Vocational Education and Training (VET) Register was updated whereby the unit of competency SISCCRO302A Apply legal and ethical instructional skills was deleted from the SIS Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training Packages. AUSTSWIM removed this unit from the Swimming and Water Safety (TSW) course with immediate effect as of 10^th of September 2019.

  However, any candidate who commenced their course prior to the 9^th of September 2019 and who successfully completes their course of study and achieves a competent result by the 9^th of September 2020 will still be issued this unit of competency on the Statement of Attainment. From the 10^th of September 2020 the unit SISCCRO302A Apply legal and ethical instructional skills will no longer be able to be awarded as outlined by the National VET Register.

  As AUSTSWIM considers the learning outcomes from this unit include important skills needed in the role of a swim teacher in terms of safety and child protection; AUSTSWIM will continue to deliver the material to not cause any detriment to the individual teacher or the level of skill of our teachers in industry. The duration and outcomes of this course will not change. Our commitment remains as always, to the best possible level of training, assessment and accreditation of aquatic education in Australasia

  
  

  

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