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Professional Development

Professional development supports your growth as a teacher and helps ensure you continue to deliver safe, inclusive and high-quality swimming and water safety education.

AUSTSWIM Professional Development
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PD Courses

AUSTSWIM offers a range of professional development (PD) courses for licensed swim teachers, designed to meet licence renewal requirements and support ongoing career development across key areas of contemporary aquatic practice. 

These courses focus on strengthening professional practice, building confidence, and supporting positive outcomes for learners in aquatic environments.

Professional development courses may also contribute to AUSTSWIM licence renewal requirements where applicable.

AUSTSWIM Child Safeguarding Bundle

Build your safeguarding knowledge from foundation to practice with two complementary PD courses designed for aquatic environments.
  • Licence renewal (8hrs)
  • AUSTSWIM Teacher $109
  • Non-Member $140
Online Only

Safeguarding Children and Young People

Strengthen your understanding of safeguarding and help create safe, respectful aquatic environments for children and young people.
  • Licence renewal (5hrs)
  • AUSTSWIM Teacher $69
  • Non-Member $89
Online Only

Creating Child Safe Swim Schools

Build confidence in creating child-safe aquatic environments. Practical online PD for applying the Child Safe Standards in everyday practice.
  • Licence renewal (3hrs)
  • AUSTSWIM Teacher $69
  • Non-Member $89
Online Only

AUSTSWIM Renewal Bundle

Build confidence with the AUSTSWIM PD Bundle: 3 courses. Supports safer, inclusive teaching. Meets licence renewal requirements.
  • Licence renewal (10hrs)
  • AUSTSWIM Teacher $129
  • Non-Member $179
Online Only

Learn to Swim Classes With Neurodivergent Students

Build confidence and practical skills to support neurodivergent learners and create inclusive aquatic learning environments.
  • Licence renewal (3hrs)
  • AUSTSWIM Teacher $39
  • Non-Member $55
Online Only

Inclusivity and Challenging Behaviours

Develop strategies to professionally manage challenging behaviours while maintaining safe aquatic learning environments.
  • Licence renewal (3hrs)
  • AUSTSWIM Teacher $39
  • Non-Member $55
Online Only
Aquatic Industry PD

Swim Teachers In-service Training

Keep your swim teacher team current, confident and ready. AUSTSWIM's Swim Teacher In-service Training brings GSPO-aligned professional development directly to your facility.

Licence Renewal Requirements

PD Hours for Licence Renewal

All our professional development (PD) courses provide hours towards the 10 hours of PD in total required for an AUSTSWIM licence renewal. Clear information is provided on individual course pages to help you understand how each course contributes to your licence and professional goals.

Industry Professional Development

Industry PD We Support

AUSTSWIM proudly partners with World Wide Swim School to provide access to high-quality online professional development led by Laurie Lawrence. This collaboration offers flexible, self-paced learning designed to enhance teaching skills and industry knowledge.

In addition to AUSTSWIM-delivered courses, we also recognise selected industry-led professional development aligned with our commitment to safeguarding, inclusion, diversity and best practice in aquatic education. Opportunities from Worldwide Swim School, Puggles Swim and Autism Swim complement AUSTSWIM learning and support continuous professional growth across the aquatics industry.

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