ICON is working in partnership with the Swimming Teachers Association (STA) to boost the provision of qualified swimming teachers in the United Kingdom.
By combining expertise, we will not only be helping leisure operators to get more swim teachers qualified through the apprenticeship funding route, but we will also be working to enhance knowledge and skills across all areas of aquatics with other approved qualifications.
The Swimming Teachers’ Association is an international award-winning charity, working towards the objective of preserving human life by the teaching of swimming, lifesaving and survival techniques and we feel that as the largest provider of Ofqual approved aquatic qualifications in the UK. For further information on the enhanced vocational qualification opportunities available, visit https://www.sta.co.uk/
Read more about the scheme in our latest news update
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