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“We strive to provide you with the highest quality service that is honest, committed and has your needs at the heart of it.”
To provide effective and efficient teaching and training to the local community;
To ensure the needs of the customer are prioritized;
To offer personal development for people of all ages, through training and volunteering with us.
We are a passionate team who all share a clear common purpose. Our values are:
Happiness – We want customers to come back, and if you have a positive experience we know you will return.
Excellence – Our personal and professional reputations are built on the excellence of our work.
Affordability – We aim to provide the very best service for you at a competitive price.
Respect – Our customers are loyal to us; we know this is because of the respect we show our customers.
Teaching/Training – We are eager to teach and share our expertise with others.
Staff – Our staff all share the same values in how we deliver our training and in our beliefs and morals.
This course is aimed at year 10 learners who have an interest in teaching swimming, learning about first aid or becoming a pool lifeguard. The qualifications are entry level and will provide learners with the opportunity to be trained in pool rescue skills, basic first aid and assisting with swimming teaching. Those completing their Duke of Edinburgh award can also use work experience as their skill element when assisting with swimming lessons.
Saftey Award for Teachers
Community First Aid
Student Teacher Certificate
Assessments will vary depending on qualifications but will consist of:
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This course is aimed at year 11 learners who would like to start a career in the leisure industry. These nationally recognised qualifications provide learners with the opportunity to qualify as a Swimming Teacher and Pool Lifeguard with a first aid qualification as well as their own personal insurance.
NPLQ
EFAW
EFAW
Assessments will vary depending on qualifications but will consist of:
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Please note not all classes are available at every location.
Introduction to swimming through small classes and games for a fun happy learning experience with small classes. These classes are for children aged 3 or those who are extremely nervous in the water.
Gaining water confidence through fun activities and starting their aquatic journey towards learning to swim. These classes are for children aged 4 or who are very timid in the water.
Improving water confidence including submerging. Developing floating and kicking on front and back and introducing push and glides front and back. These lessons are for children who are non-swimmers and 5+.
Introducing lateral breathing and arm action for front crawl and back crawl. Discovering various methods of rotation. Swimming front crawl and back crawl for 5m.
Improves front crawl and back crawl technique as well as increasing stamina to 10m. Develops push & glides. Introduces basic water safety.
Introduces breaststroke kick, butterfly kick and sculling. Further develops front and back crawl kicking. Integrates rotation with swimming and push & glides.
Develops sculling as well as improving front and back crawl strokes and stamina. Introducing breaststroke and butterfly arm action. Covers effects of cold water and introduces advanced water skills.
Develop and improve stamina for all strokes. Introduce water rescue skills & personal safety and introduce basic first aid skills.
Introduce advanced stroke technique and improve stamina for all strokes. Further develops water rescue skills & personal safety to include basic first aid skills including recover position, treatment for choking and bleeding.
Our popular multi-skills class is designed to introduce rookie lifeguard skills, develop personal survival, improve distance and speed swimming and develop advanced stroke technique.
Our accredited mermaid classes are taught by an RLSS approved teacher with specialist training to ensure your child’s safety while they experience their dream of being a mermaid.
The Highfield Level 3 Award in Education and Training has been designed to provide an introduction to teaching for individuals who would like to work or currently work within further education colleges, Independent Training Providers and/or Local Authorities.
Ofqual
Qualification Number: 601/1636/5
Title: Level 3 Award in Education and Training (QCF)
Credit Value: 12 Credits
The total qualification time is 120 hours
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This is the most widely recognised lifeguard qualification available in the UK. The qualification allows you to provide lifeguard cover in a pool environment during programmed and non-programmed activities.
Ofqual
Qualification Number: 600/7437/1
Title: IQL – Level 2 Award in Pool Life Guarding, Intervention, Supervision and Rescue (RQF)
Credit Value: 6 Credits
This qualification is valid for 2 years.
We can also provide STA and Highfield lifeguard training and assessments.
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The NRASTC is a supervision and rescue qualification for teachers working on the
poolside or in the water during programmed activities, such as a swimming lesson. It is
suitable for teachers working in a wide range of swimming pools, including pools where
the water is deeper than the teacher’s standing depth.
RLSS
Qualification Number: N/A
Title:National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches
Credit Value: N/A
First Aid Industry Body (optional)
Qualification Number: LF-EFAW-L2
Title: Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW)
Credit Value: N/A
This qualification is valid for 2 years.
NRASTC only
NRASTC & EFAW
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The ATSPRA is a supervision and rescue qualification for therapists, teachers and support staff working on the poolside or in the water during activities. The qualification is suitable for use in shallow pools where the rescuer will not be required to swim to perform a rescue, with water no deeper than the rescuers chest depth.
RLSS
Qualification Number: N/A
Title: Aquatic Therapy Shallow Pool Rescue Award
Credit Value: N/A
First Aid Industry Body (optional)
Qualification Number: LF-EFAW-L2
Title: Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW)
Credit Value: N/A
This qualification is valid for 2 years.
ATSPRA only
ATSPRA & EFAW
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The qualification is designed for learners such as parents and relatives, pre-school or nursery staff, toddler group volunteers, childminders and nannies, au pairs and foster parents, or those responsible for caring for infants and children who are not required to have an Ofsted/EYFS qualification, but want to learn about emergency paediatric first aid.
First Aid Industry Body
Qualification Number: LF-EPFA-L2
Title: Emergency Paediatric First Aid
Credit Value: N/A
This qualification is valid for 3 years.
A competency-based assessment is carried out by the nominated tutor.
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This qualification is designed for those learners wishing to become a paediatric first aider in the workplace with a responsibility for the welfare of infants and children. This qualification is intended for learners already working or preparing to work in industry. This qualification meets the requirements for Paediatric First Aid outlined in the Early Years Foundation Stage 2014.
First Aid Industry Body
Qualification Number: LF-PFA-L3
Title: Paediatric First Aid
Credit Value: N/A
This qualification is valid for 3 years.
A competency-based assessment is carried out by the nominated tutor.
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This qualification is designed for those learners wishing to gain a nationally recognised qualification in first aid and become emergency first aiders in their workplace. This qualification meets the requirements for training emergency first-aiders in those organisations that have identified that staff need to be trained to this level within their first-aid needs assessment.
First Aid Industry Body
Qualification Number: LF-EFAW-L2
Title: Emergency First Aid at Work
Credit Value: N/A
This qualification is valid for 3 years.
A competency-based assessment is carried out by the nominated tutor.
Download the full course specification here
This qualification is designed for those learners wishing to gain a nationally recognised qualification in first aid and become a first aider in their workplace. This qualification meets the requirements for training first-aiders in those organisations that have identified that staff need to be trained to this level within their first-aid needs assessment
First Aid Industry Body
Qualification Number: LF-FAW-L3
Title: First Aid at Work
Credit Value: N/A
This qualification is valid for 3 years.
Re-qualification only
A competency-based assessment is carried out by the nominated tutor.
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The workshop is designed for learners such as parents and relatives or those responsible for caring for children. The workshop provides information on how to save your child’s life in an emergency situation.
Qualification Number: N/A
Title: Save a Child’s life workshop
Credit Value: N/A
This qualification is valid for 3 years.
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The transfer request procedure applies to any existing customers who wish to move their child to another lesson in the same stage but to a different day or time.
How is a transfer request made?
Customers are required to complete a transfer request form (overleaf) indicating their preferred day, time and stage then place he form in the transfer request box to be processed. Lesson information can be found on the timetable via the PCS Training app.
There are no set time scales for an offer to be made, duration depends on your preferences and the availability of your choices with regards to PCS Training’s swimming lesson programme. The more preferences you provide, the easier it will be to find a place in another class.
Once offered a place, you have 48 hours to respond and accept your booking from the date of the offer. The transfer request system is live so the sooner you secure your place the better as internal movement might occur in the meantime. It is not always guaranteed that the place we have offered you will be available after 48 hours.
We have a great pool for teaching swimming. It was designed with teaching in mind so it has a constant depth of 0.9m which allows most children to quickly gain confidence and learn water skills while the more advanced swimmers can be stopped and corrected at any time to improve strokework.
We have excellent water quality which is constantly monitored to keep it warm, safe and clean for your children. Our latest water quality check stated that our water was “being managed to a high standard”.
We have an excellent assortment of teaching and play equipment at our teachers fingertips. These are all used through your childs aquatic journey to enhance their experience.
We provide refreshments for parents and children alike. Parents can take the weight of and enjoy a refreshing hot or chilld drink along with a variety of snacks. We have various options for children to replenish their energy after their lesson with fruit juice and fruit or a healthy snack, or for a treat a chocolate bar or a dip in the 25p tub.
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“We strive to provide you with the highest quality service that is honest, committed and has your needs at the heart of it.”
To provide effective and efficient teaching and training to the local community;
To ensure the needs of the customer are prioritized;
To offer personal development for people of all ages, through training and volunteering with us.
We are a group of passionate individuals who all share a clear common purpose. Our values are:
Happiness – We want customers to come back, and if you have a positive experience we know you will return.
Excellence – Our personal and professional reputations are built on the excellence of our work.
Affordability – We aim to provide the very best service for you at a competitive price.
Respect – Our customers are loyal to us; we know this is because of the respect we show our customers.
Teaching/Training – We are eager to teach and share our expertise with others.
Staff – Our staff all share the same values in how we deliver our training and in our beliefs and morals.
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We are a small business offering personal, professional swimming lessons. With over 15 years teaching experience. We pride ourselves on the exceptionally high standards of teaching we provide which has gained us our outstanding reputation. Unlike large corporations we offer a personal touch to our lessons where you can contact the teacher and receive feedback about your child’s progress.
We are a small business offering personal, professional swimming lessons. With over 15 years teaching experience. We pride ourselves on the exceptionally high standards of teaching we provide which has gained us our outstanding reputation. Unlike large corporations we offer a personal touch to our lessons where you can contact the teacher and receive feedback about your child’s progress.