• Training Package Changes 22/03/2024 - The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) serves as the national regulator for vocational education and training (VET), with a primary objective of upholding the quality of education and training. As part of their mandate, ASQA regularly revises training packages, and recently, ASQA has updated the training package relevant to Swimming and Water Safety Teacher qualifications, aiming to ensure alignment with contemporary industry standards and regulatory requirements. This has resulted in the competency units for the following courses being updated: • SWIM Australia™ Teacher • SWIM Australia™ Teacher of Babies & Toddlers • SWIM Australia™ Teacher of Learners with Disability How […]
  • Bill Nelson Appointed to SWIM Coaches & Teachers Australia Board. Advocates for Water Safety and Teacher and Coach Education 07/03/2024 - SWIM Coaches & Teachers Australia (SWIM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Bill Nelson to its board of directors. Mr Nelson, founder of Total Performance Concepts Ptd Ltd, brings a wealth of experience as a company consultant and business coach to his new role, and has a passionate commitment to promoting water safety and education. With a background of 30 years as an elite international sports coach, Mr Nelson, known as ‘The Success Architect’, has long championed initiatives aimed at ensuring the well-being of communities and works to inspire increased levels of performance in his clients. His dedication and […]
  • SWIMCON RETURNS FOR 2024 AND IS SET TO MAKE WAVES ON THE SUNSHINE COAST 06/03/2024 - SWIMCON, Australia’s leading aquatic conference dedicated to swim coaches, teachers, and swim schools, is set to make waves in 2024 as it returns for its annual event on September 20-22. The conference, organised by industry peak body, SWIM Coaches & Teachers Australia (SWIM), this year has moved to the Caloundra Events Centre on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast and promises to be an unprecedented gathering of industry leaders, coaches, teachers, aquatic professionals and swim school owners. The event will take place over three days, offering a dynamic program that includes keynote speakers, panel discussions, practical workshops, a swim school tour, and an […]
  • SWIM Coaches & Teachers Australia Seek Industry Leaders for New Advisory Committees 29/02/2024 - Peak industry body for swimming Coaches, Teachers and Swim Schools in Australia, SWIM Coaches & Teachers Australia (SWIM) are calling for an Expression of Interest (EOI) for four new advisory committees, which will be replacing the current SWIM Australia Advisory Committee (SAAC). SWIM are in the process of disestablishing SAAC as a response to the ever changing needs of the aquatic industry. The new advisory committees will be targeted at specific industry groups and needs: Coaches, Education, Swim Schools, and Levelling the Deck industry experts. “The SAAC has been running since 2016, and has been instrumental to help shape the […]
  • Save the date – SWIMCON24 06/02/2024 - SAVE THE DATE – The EVENT CENTRE CALOUNDRA Registration Opens in March https://swimcon.org
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    Queensland Aquatic Heavyweights Forge Groundbreaking Innovative Partnership to Enhance Aquatic Education in Queensland 02/11/2023 - The Queensland Aquatic Industry Group (QAI group) is proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership with the Queensland Education Department, aimed at improving water safety education across Queensland. This collaborative effort represents a significant step forward in ensuring the safety of Queensland’s residents, especially its children when it comes to aquatic activities. The group, which includes aquatic industry organisations SWIM Coaches & Teachers Australia (SWIM), Royal Lifesaving Queensland (RLSQ), AUSTSWIM, and Swimming Queensland, was formed as an alliance to support aquatic education in Queensland. The collaboration between the Queensland Education Department and the QAI group reflects a shared commitment to ensuring […]
  • Top SCTA Coaching Gong Goes to Dean Boxall (St Peters Western) for a Record Fourth Time 17/09/2023 - Top SCTA Coaching Gong Goes to Dean Boxall (St Peters Western) for a Record Fourth Time St Peters Western Head Coach Dean Boxall has tonight won a record fourth prestigious Swimming Coaches And Teachers Australia (SCTA) Coach of the Year Award on the Gold Coast. Boxall coached his star pupils Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan to three individual gold medals – two of them in world record time at this year’s World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka. Titmus, who just this week revealed she had to undergo emergency surgery to remove benign tumors from one of her ovaries, won the much-vaunted […]
  • Swim industry leaders SWIM Australia and AUSTSWIM join forces to reduce drowning rate 18/07/2023 - TWO AQUATIC INDUSTRY HEAVYWEIGHTS have joined forces in the name of water safety with AUSTSWIM to partner with SWIM Australia on the annual SWIMSAFER Week. Working together on a consumer education campaign for the first time, SWIM Australia CEO, Brendon Ward said the affiliation would extend the reach of SWIMSAFER Week by ensuring hundreds more swim schools and thousands of swim teachers and their local communities learned the importance of learning to swim as a major drowning prevention tactic. “Joining forces in the name of drowning prevention is a step in the right direction for making the focus purely on […]
  • $3.9 Million Funding Boost for Women in Coaching Welcomed by SWIM’s Levelling the Deck 20/04/2023 - The federal government’s recent announcement of its major funding boost of $3.9 million to its Gen32 paid apprenticeship program, supporting women in high performance coaching roles, has been welcomed with open arms by aquatic industry leaders SWIM Coaches & Teachers Australia (SWIM). The funding, which includes an extra 12 months in the paid apprenticeship program, and caters for childcare support and flexible working agreements for coaches with children, ensures the coaches will be fully prepared and ready for the next steps in their careers. SWIM, who have been actively campaigning for the past two years for a greater representation of […]
  • First Nations swim teachers making a splash in Victoria 06/04/2023 - Members from the First Nations community members in Melbourne’s northwest are training as swimming teachers, and they’re paid while training, so they earn while they learn. It’s part of a Jobs Victoria initiative in partnership with SWIM Coaches and Teachers Australia. The program is tailored and culturally inclusive for the mob. The program is being run out and designed by Jobs Victoria Aboriginal Advocate Lisa Forbes and SWIM Coaches and Teachers Australia. Deadly Sports in Victoria has provided first aid training to the would-be swim teachers, and they’ve used storytelling to teach the vital lifesaving skills. Deadly Sports is Australia’s […]