Awarding Organisation of The Swimming Teachers’ Association
Posted on 4th March 2016
STA would like to confirm some important information regarding the course times for the STA Level 2 Award in Safety Award for Teachers. Courses should contain at least 6 contact hours for up to 12 candidates and an additional 2 hours (1 theory and 1 pool) should be added if there are between 13-16 candidates,…
Posted on 29th February 2016
STA would like to confirm important changes to some of its first aid resources. With all new purchases of STA first aid manuals, you will receive an update sheet which contains information on the following subjects: Collapsed lung/sucking chest wound Diabetes – treatment of low blood sugar Updated sequence for CPR Treatment of bleeding Haemostatic…
Posted on 28th January 2016
As part of our ongoing improvements to the STA Aquatic Tutor course, we have updated the STA Aquatic Tutor Manual. The previous, all-inclusive manual has now been split by disciplines to allow tutors to access the relevant information quickly and easily. The discipline-specific manuals are now available to download from your STA Online account. They…
Posted on 18th January 2016
We are pleased to announce some important changes to our one-day Paediatric First Aid qualification. The qualification is now regulated by Ofqual and is now registered as a level 3 award. The full title of the qualification is the STA Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid. New resources are now available to download…