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Safety Award for Teachers

Safety Award for Teachers

£125.00 incl. VAT

If you’re a swimming teacher, aqua aerobics instructor, or school teacher looking for a qualification that will allow you to provide safety cover for swimming sessions, this is the qualification for you!

You’ll learn basic rescue, first aid and resuscitation skills on the course. Holding a rescue/safety award such as this is also recommended for our swimming teaching qualifications.

How Will the Qualification Benefit You?

  • Created by STA’s lifesaving experts, providing you with quality training
  • Training is in accordance with HSE publication Managing Health and Safety in Swimming Pools and British Standard BS EN 15288 Part 2, Safety Requirements for Operations
  • Regulated by Ofqual and Qualifications Wales
  • Will give you the confidence and knowledge to deal with an emergency that may occur during swimming lessons.

When You Get Your Qualification

  • It includes a 24-month validity period after which you must re-sit the course.

How to Take Your Swimming Teaching Career Further

Why not consider expanding your swimming teaching portfolio by teaching those with disabilities or baby and preschool participants with our People with Disabilities and Baby and Pre-School Award qualifications? Alternatively, if you haven’t already done so why not consider being a swimming teacher with the STA Swimming Teacher?

If you want something more fun, why not become a mermaid or merman with the Monofin qualifications?

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Dates

26th October (Sunderland), 30th October 2026 (Bradford), 19th February 2027 (Bradford)

Assessment Information

This course includes a variety of assessment methods as detailed below:

  • Tutor Assessment – completion of practical elements.
  • Multiple-choice question paper.

All practical elements must be completed and performed independently by the learner without prompting by the tutor.

The skills within the course and during the assessments must be performed in line with the most current version of the STA Safety Award for Teaching Swimming resource manual.

The multiple-choice assessment paper must be completed in exam conditions, with the tutor or other approved person, acting as the invigilator. Learners must achieve a minimum mark or higher to pass the multiple-choice assessment paper successfully. All learning outcomes and assessment criteria in the units must be achieved in order for the learner to be deemed competent and pass the course.

Remote Multi-choice assessments?

Some of our courses include remote multiple-choice question papers via a system called Cirrus. Where this is the case you also must ensure the following ready at your allocated assessment slot. Failure to do so will result in a resit fee of £50:

  • Stable internet connection
  • Working webcam or laptop camera – note a mobile device or tablet will not work
  • The most up-to-date version of Chrome with Admin rights available for the device
  • Mic, speaker or headset/earphones
  • Photographic ID.

You can make notes on plain paper.

You will be sent an email confirming the data and time and be sent an email by IATDE with your username and password and the link to the online assessment.

Once logged in you will need to:

  • Show your photo ID to the webcam (either passport or driving licence)
  • Move the webcam around the room to ensure there are no additional items that will aid you in the assessment.

Re-assessments

While we hope this wont apply to anybody we are aware that sometimes nerves get the better of us! Where this is the case if a learner is unsuccessful of any part of the assessment process they will only have to re-sit the required element. If this is on the multi choice question paper then only the specific units that have been failed will need to be resat, not the whole paper.

Resits must take place within 6 weeks of the fail and incur a minimum charge of £25. For resits using Cirrus there is an additional £20 licence fee payment for the exam due to costs incurred on us to access and use the system. This means Cirrus rests are a minimum of £45.

Pre-requisites

You’ll need to make sure you’ve met the following requirements before you attend your course:

  • Be at least 14 years of age
  • Be able to swim 25 metres
    • Learners who cannot swim 25 metres must be capable of wading and effecting a rescue in a pool with a depth no greater than chest height.
  • Be able to surface dive and recover an object from the deepest part of the pool.

Learners must have all pre-requisites in place before the start of the course. Qualification certificates cannot be issued if all pre-requisites are not met before the start of the course.

For support with regards to additional needs please see our Reasonable Adjustment policy and contact us for support.

To be able to access and engage in this course you may need the following if it is being delivered remotely in part:

  • A computer, laptop, tablet or phone for viewing and editing documents (Word or equivalent, PDF)
  • A computer, laptop, tablet or phone sharing and uploading documents
  • A computer, laptop, tablet or phone which can access Zoom or equivalent and has access to a microphone and camera – which must be enabled throughout any remote teaching
  • Pen, paper, notepad as needed.

Please note that it is a requirement of courses that are delivered with an element of online learning that all candidates have cameras switched on at all times.

Payment Plans and Invoicing

Payment plans are available for all courses run by in at the deep end!

Invoicing

If you would prefer we invoice an employer, please contact us with the relevant information, and we can arrange this for you.

No course materials will be supplied until a purchase order has been received.

Monthly Payment

Flexible monthly payments are available via GoCardless for a set fee of £20 and £2 per payment.

As an example somebody who had a course total of £275 and wished to pay over 5 instalments would pay £63 per month. This is made up of the £275 fee, £20 admin charge and 5 x £2 monthly payment fees giving a total of £315.

The following additional terms and conditions apply to flexible payments:

  • Failed payments will be subject to a £7.50 admin fee
  • Places will be reserved once the payment plan is set up via GoCardless
  • A minimum of £75 must have been paid before course materials will be sent out
  • The full and final payment must be made before submission of your work for certification
  • Refunds will be processed in accordance with our Booking Terms and Conditions and additional information below. Any refunds will be minus the £20 admin fee and £2 per transaction fee
  • Any chargebacks to direct debits result in removal from the course and a £25 admin fee to re-join.

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