Swimming Australia is committed to making our sport safe for all members of our swimming community, with the safety of children and young people in our sport being critical.
In order to ensure our accredited coaches are protected and understand the important role they play in creating a safe sport environment, it is essential that they understand the legal and ethical responsibilities they have in safeguarding their athletes, particularly children and young people.
With this in mind, together with the recently updated Swimming Australia Safe Sport Framework, it has become essential for all Swimming Australia accredited coaches to ensure that their integrity and safe sport requirements are up to date in order to maintain their coach accreditation.
Our goal is for all Swimming Australia Accredited Coaches to have achieved all current requirements for holding Swimming Australia Coach Accreditation as described in the table below.
The timeline to complete these requirements is as follows:
- Phase 1 & 2: required immediately
- Phase 3: required by 30 April 2021*
All accredited coaches must complete the following requirements according to their level of Swimming Australia Coach Accreditation by the dates indicated above.
*Coaches attending Nationals in April must have Phase 3 requirements completed to gain access to pool deck.
Please refer below to the column relating to your level of Swimming Australia Coach Accreditaiton. A green tick indicates required and a red cross indicates not required. If you need further information please contact the Swimming Australia Coaching Development Team at learning.coaches@swimming.org.au
Phase 1 and 2 - required immediately
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Swimming Australia Development Coach |
Swimming Australia Advanced Coach |
Swimming Australia Performance Coach |
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Working With Children Check |
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Phase 3 - required by 30 April 2021
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Swimming Australia Development Coach |
Swimming Australia Advanced Coach |
Swimming Australia Performance Coach |
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First Aid HLTAID011 (or previous code HLTAID003) |
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CPR HLTAID009 (or previous code HLTAID001) |
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(formerly Anti-Doping Level 2) |
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Upload Certificates to Swim Central
Once completed, you must upload all Certificates of Completion to Swim Central. Please see this Help Guide for assistance if required.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which column do I look at?
- What do the green ticks and red crosses mean?
- Do I need to complete all the requirements with a green tick for my accreditation level?
- What happens if I don’t complete everything by the deadline?
- Where can I find help guide for completing the requirements?
- I’ve completed the courses. Now what?
- How do I complete the courses?
- Do I have to pay for the courses?
- Where can I find a First Aid and CPR course?
- Why can't I find the Anti-Doping Level 2 course on the Sport Integrity Australia elearning portal?
- Why can't I open the Sport Integrity Aus Anti-Doping Level 1 Course?
- How do I know what I still need to complete?
- Login to your Swim Central account
- Go into Accreditations
- Under Current Status you can see your current coach accreditation
- Click on What's Available
- Search for "swimming aus"
- Select your coach accreditation level
- Here you will see all the required documents for the new integrity requirements for your coach accreditation level
- Why can't I login to my Sport Integrity Australia eLearning account?
Refer to the column which matches your level of Swimming Australia Coach Accreditation. If you are unsure which level you hold, please check on Swim Central under Accreditations.
A green tick indicates the component is required. A red cross indicates not required.
Yes. You must complete the requirements with a green tick by the deadline.
All coach accreditations will be updated to require each new document within each phase. If you are missing any of these documents, your accreditation will show as invalid until the documents are uploaded into Swim Central.
We have produced the following 2 help guides if you require additional support:
You must obtain your certificate of completion for each course showing your name and the courses completed. These must be uploaded into Swim Central against each document requirement. See the Help Guides in the previous FAQ topic for instructions on obtaining your certificates.
For help in uploading your certificates into Swim Central - How to correctly upload a document to Swim Central
The links to complete the courses are included in the table above. Simply click on the link and follow the prompts. The courses you need to complete are on external websites. You will need to either log into your account with that provider, or you may need to create a new account if you are a first-time visitor.
The Swimming Australia Safe Sport course and the Sport Integrity Australia courses are all free. First Aid and CPR courses are nationally recognised qualifications and have a cost attached.
You will need to find a recognised provider to complete First Aid and/or CPR in your area. ASCTA are a registered provider of First Aid and CPR courses and you can find out when the next course is running by visiting their course calendar. For other local providers, you can Google ‘first aid providers near me’ to find options.
Sport Integrity Australia have updated the former Anti-Doping Level 2 course. It is now called Annual Update 2021.
On the Sport Integrity Australia elearning portal, you will need to search for the Annual Update 2021 course to complete this requirement.
The Sport Integrity Australia Anti-Doping Level 1 Course is currently being updated to reflect changes to the revised World Anti-Doping Code, which came into effect on 1 January 2021.
You must click on the box on the right hand side of the page to say that you acknowledge you have read and understand that the course is currently being updated. Once this box has been ticked, you can then access the course. If the box has not been ticked, the course will not be able to be opened. You can find the box and further information under the heading "Important" when you open the course.
You can then also upload your documents from this page by clicking on the Upload button. If you have previously uploaded a document with that file name you will not be able to upload using this feature. You will have to upload the document under Profiles > View Profile. Please see the How to upload a document into Swim Central help guide at the top of this page for further instructions.
The Sport Integrity Australia eLearning courses are on a different website portal to the Safe Sport Course. You will most likely need to create a new account in order to login to complete the Sport Integrity Courses.
Here is the link to create a new account for Sport Integrity Australia eLearning: https://elearning.sportintegrity.gov.au/
If you have clicked on the reset password and you have not received the email it is most likely due to the fact that you do not have an account. Please try and create a new account. If when creating an account, it says that a user has already created an account under this email, then please get in contact with us at learning.coaches@swimming.org.au so we can reset your account.
