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Job Opportunity with STA: Digital Services Officer

Posted on 13th February 2020

Job Title Digital Services Officer Hours of Work Full time (35 hours) Salary £16,707 Working Base STA Head Office, Walsall, West Midlands Responsible to Digital Services Manager Description STA is an independent swimming teaching, lifesaving and leisure management organisation and is looking to appoint a support officer to join its Digital Services department for an…

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Technical Notice: Fire Marshall Training and Safe Moving and Handling

Posted on 6th February 2020

Following a review by Safety Training Awards, the STA Level 2 Award for Fire Marshall Training and STA Level 2 Award in Safe Moving and Handling qualification resources have been updated. The following resources have been rebranded and updated: • Learner portfolios • Learner answer portfolios • Suggested timetables • PowerPoint presentations • Qualification specifications…

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Technical Notice: SQA Accreditation and Safeguarding Resource Changes

Posted on 3rd February 2020

Safety Training Awards is pleased to confirm the following qualifications have been accredited by SQA Accreditation: • STA Award in Teaching Swimming at SCQF Level 6 • STA Certificate in Teaching Swimming at SCQF Level 6 Qualification resources including qualification specifications are available from STA Online; the learner portfolios and PowerPoint presentations have also been…

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Technical Notice: SQA Accreditation

Posted on 4th December 2019

Safety Training Awards is pleased to confirm the following qualifications have been accredited by SQA Accreditation: • STA Award in Aquatic Teaching – Baby and Pre-School Swimming at SCQF level 6 • STA Award in Pool Lifeguarding at SCQF Level 6 • STA Award in Paediatric First Aid at SCQF Level 6 • STA Award…

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Updated Pool Plant Operations Qualification Set to Launch

Posted on 30th November 2019

Following feedback, industry consultation and over a year of development with educational assessment experts, Safety Training Awards is set to re-launch the STA Level 3 Award in Pool Plant Operations next month. The updated qualification comes with an all-new, learner-friendly examination assessment, which uniquely can also be taken online with remote invigilation, and a colourful…

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Explore and Expression – The Joy of Artistic Swimming

Posted on 5th November 2019

Following on from the success of the leisure industry’s first online artistic swimming CPD, ‘Experience’, STA with Aquabatix are launching the next CPD in the series titled ‘Explore and Expression’, which is further supported with six downloadable lesson plans. Written by Aquabatix, the world’s leading professional artistic swimming company, ‘Explore and Expression’ focuses on the…

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Assessment Materials Timeframes and Approved Training Centre Procedures

Posted on 4th November 2019

Technical Notice Launch Date: 1st January 2020 Safety Training Awards (STA) would like to inform all Approved Training Centres (ATC’s) of the revised requirements for registering courses with sufficient notice in order for STA to despatch assessment materials. Ideally STA requires ATC’s, where possible to register courses with at least 5 working days notice. This…

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STA Launch New Baby and Pre-School Qualification

Posted on 14th October 2019

New Baby and Pre-School qualification launches today with learner-friendly updates, high quality resources and a colourful new book-bound teaching manual! In accordance with Safety Training Awards commitment to ensuring qualifications continue to meet the needs of the industry, employers and learners, today the team are launching the new STA Level 2 Award in Aquatic Teaching…

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