Awarding Organisation of The Swimming Teachers’ Association
Posted on 10th July 2023
STA is pleased to confirm its status as a Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group (PWTAG) Approved Training Organisation. This follows an application to PWTAG about a new unregulated pool plant course; the STA International Swimming Pool Technical Operator (SPTO). This unregulated course trains learners in swimming pool technical operations and like STA’s regulated pool plant…
Posted on 30th June 2023
STA is pleased to announce the launch of the STA Pool to Open Water Swimming CPD is now available as a webinar recording. Designed for swimming teachers who are helping support swimmers looking to transition into open water swimming by teaching basic open water swimming techniques. Swimming teachers will be permitted to teach open water…
Posted on 22nd June 2023
Following the launch of the STA Award in Aquatic Teaching – Disability Swimming qualification earlier this month, STA is pleased to launch a School Teachers Disability Swimming CPD. The CPD is aimed at school teachers, assistant teachers and support assistants who work in special education needs schools, and support school swimming lessons. Learners are already…
Posted on 19th June 2023
Following the recent tutor catch-up and quality assurance activities, STA would like to reiterate the role of an external assessor for aquatic teaching qualifications. Practical Teaching Assessment The external assessor is responsible for observing the learners to determine whether they have met the STA required standard and can be deemed competent. They must ensure the…
Posted on 12th June 2023
STA is pleased to announce the launch of the new Award in Aquatic Teaching – Disability Swimming qualification. As part of Safety Training Awards’ (STA) ongoing commitment to creating high quality professional qualifications which meet the needs of the industry, employers, and learners, STA is extremely proud to launch this new qualification following an in-depth…
Posted on 18th May 2023
Lone Worker Safety in the Swimming Pool Environment CPD. There are many roles or tasks in the wet leisure industry that involve lone working. During this interactive programme, learners will hear from Robbie Phillips, a lone worker safety specialist and pool plant expert. The online CPD covers general health and safety considerations relating to the…
Posted on 12th April 2023
Due to the success of the recent conflict of interest Q&A webinar and the positive feedback we received, the Quality Assurance Team have allocated some time to hold additional sessions with our members. We will be holding sessions on specific topics and have also included some informal coffee and chat drop in sessions for a…
Posted on 23rd March 2023
We love to catch up with our STA Family, but finding the time to catch up with everyone can be difficult. To make sure we find the time, from May we will be hosting informal discipline specific virtual get-togethers. These informal discipline specific sessions will be an opportunity for tutors and members to catch up…
Posted on 20th March 2023
Following member enquiries, STA is extremely pleased to announce that STA First Aid at Work and STA Paediatric First Aid are approved qualifications for Scottish Youth Football Association (SYFA). Further to this announcement, STA would like to draw attention to Scottish Sports Concussion Guidance: grassroots sport and general public found here. “At all levels in…
Posted on 13th March 2023
STA would like to make members aware that FINA, the Fédération Internationale de Natation, are now known as World Aquatics. World Aquatics is the sole and exclusive world governing body for all Aquatics, overseeing competition in six aquatic sports: Swimming Diving High diving Artistic swimming Water polo Open water swimming. In addition to this, World…