Career Outcomes
- Swim School Teacher
Duration
- Course Length: 8 Hours
- Re-Accreditation: 3yrs (CPR: 1yr)
Needing to Complete the Full Course?
Date: 15 September
Date: 15 September
Date: 17 September
Date: 17 September
Date: 3 September
Category :
Aquatic Industry
Price: (from)
$75
Not all renewals are the same! Check out the guides below to see which renewal stream applies to you.
Ampd Academy, in partnership with the Australian Swim Schools Association (ASSA), offers a streamlined renewal course designed to refresh and update your skills as a Swimming and Water Safety Teacher.
This course ensures you remain current with industry standards, teaching techniques, and safety practices so you can continue delivering high-quality swimming and water safety programs to all learners.
Course Length: 8 hours
Re-Accreditation: 3 years (CPR: 12 months)
Units of Competency
This course refreshes your key swim teaching skills and knowledge across the nationally recognised units:
- SISCAQU020 – Perform water rescues
- SISCAQU023 – Plan swimming lessons
- SISCAQU024 – Teach water familiarisation, buoyancy, and mobility skills
- SISCAQU025 – Teach water safety and survival skills
- SISCAQU026 – Teach swimming strokes
Optional:
HLTAID009 – Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Your renewal includes a short industry placement to confirm you’re still confident and capable in the pool.
- Already teaching? Complete your placement at your current swim school.
- Record your hours and have your supervisor sign off once all skills are demonstrated.
- Not currently working? We’ll help arrange placement with one of our partnered swim schools.
- A minimum of 4.5 hours of industry placement is required; however, you must continue your placement until all required skills have been demonstrated by you and observed by your workplace supervisor.
- You must have a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) (or state equivalent) before you can start your placement. We recommend applying early and having your clearance ready to go!
To ensure a successful and effective learning experience, please review the following pre-requisites before submitting an application for enrolment in the Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety (TSWS) course. These requirements apply to all students, regardless of funding:
- Age: While there is no minimum age to enrol in and complete this course, aquatic industry guidelines recommend staff be at least 16 years of age.
- Eligibility: Candidates must be Australian or New Zealand citizens or hold an appropriate visa allowing them to undertake education. Please note: Ampd Academy is not a CRICOS provider and cannot enroll students on an international student visa.
- Placement: This course includes a placement component, you must obtain a current Working with Children Check (Bluecard/WCCC). While this is not required at the time of enrolment, it must be obtained before commencing any industry placement.
- Technology & Preparation: You’ll need a smart device or computer with internet access to complete online and pre-course activities — including a quick quiz to help us confirm your enrolment and check if any support is needed before training begins.
- Physical Fitness: Participants must have a reasonable level of physical fitness and swimming proficiency. This is essential for safely and effectively performing the necessary aquatic skills
General Training Pathway Eligibility
- be aged 15 years or older;
- not be a school student;
- permanently reside in Queensland;
- be an Australian citizen, or Australian permanent resident (includes humanitarian entrant), or a temporary resident with the right visa and work permits on the pathway to permanent residency, or a New Zealand citizen;
- not already have a certificate IV or higher qualification (including tertiary qualification) completed within the last 10 years (qualifications completed as a school student and foundation skills qualifications do not count). Note: This eligibility requirement does not apply to individuals seeking to enrol in a skill set.
- not be enrolled in another qualification, even if it is on hold or deferred, whether funded by DTET or not (foundation skills qualifications do not count).
Our funded courses require a student co-contribution fee. The amount depends on the course, delivery mode, and whether you’re eligible for a concessional rate. In some cases, employers or third parties may cover this contribution, but training providers cannot waive it.
To view current fees, please see the General Training Pathway Price List
Concessional student status applies when the student falls into one of the following categories:
- Holds a Health Care, Veteran or Pensioner Concession Card issued under Commonwealth law, or is the partner or a dependant of a person who holds such a card and is named on the card;
- Holds an official form issued under Commonwealth law confirming that they, their partner, or the person of whom they are a dependant is entitled to concessions under a Health Care, Veteran or Pensioner Concession Card;
- Identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander;
- Has a disability;
- Is an adult prisoner.
Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety Courses
Date: 15 September
Date: 15 September
Date: 17 September
Date: 17 September