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 has been broken down into 3 phases:
- Phase 1: required immediately
- Phase 2: required by 30 November 2020
- PLEASE NOTE - These requirements are essential for coaches to obtain pool deck accreditation at the upcoming National Short Course Championships
- 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.
If you require further information please contact the Swimming Australia Coaching Development Team at learning.coaching@swimming.org.au
Phase 1 - required immediately
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Swimming Australia Performance Coach |
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Phase 2 - required by 30 November 2020
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Phase 3 - required by 30 April 2021
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Swimming Australia Advanced Coach |
Swimming Australia Performance Coach |
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CPR (HLTAID001) |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- 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?
Yes. You must complete the requirements for each phase 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.
