The UKCC-endorsed coach-education qualifications provide a recognised guarantee of quality coaching in the UK. By completing a relevant course and gaining a qualification you can become an aquatics teacher delivering Learn To Swim lessons in your local pool or a volunteer coach with a club.

Teaching Swimming

Swimming pools need swimming teachers to deliver Learn To Swim lessons. Most will require you to hold, as a minimum, the UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Teaching Aquatics, which allows you to teach children or adults unsupervised. If you have the UKCC Level 1 Award in Teaching Aquatics, some centres will allow you to teach swimming lessons to adults and children under the guidance and supervision of a UKCC Level 2 swimming teacher. You will also be expected to show a commitment to continue training and gain the UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Teaching Aquatics.  Teaching swimming can be a flexible role that fits in around your other commitments; for example you could teach for just two hours per week or in excess of twenty hours per week. You decide what best suits your lifestyle! Find out more about UKCC qualifications.

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Coaching Swimming, Water Polo, Diving & Synchronised Swimming

Every affiliated swimming club in Wales would welcome an extra pair of hands to help on poolside. Coaching is usually a voluntary role that fits in with your existing commitments, and can take up as little as an hour per week. To help out, you'll need a relevant coaching qualification in swimming, water polo, diving or synchronised swimming. As a minimum, you should hold the UKCC Level 1 Award in Coaching to act in a support role for the Chief Coach. If you have the UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Coaching you'll be able to coach unsupervised. Find out more about UKCC qualifications.

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