Course Details – Swim Teacher Training

PD-01) Aquatic Industry - Child Safety for Front Line Staff

PD Child-FL

The safety and wellbeing of children should sit at the heart of any organisation’s values. However, this does not mean that the development and implementation of child safe practices is always as good as it needs to be or that improvements can not be made.

Further to this, ensuring children’s’ safety in an aquatic industry context can present a range of additional and specialised challenges. This is why Royal Life Saving has developed two online child safety modules; one targeted at frontline workers and the other targeted at management level staff.

The chief purpose of the modules is to assist the aquatic industry, and it’s workforce, to develop a clear understanding of the expectations, legal requirements and best practices relating to child safety.

Introduction:

Frontline staff:
This is essentially designed for swim teachers, program instructors, pool lifeguards, and any other staff that come into regular contact with children through their role at an aquatic facility, swim school or similar. It focuses on equipping learners with knowledge and skills around appropriate and inappropriate conduct, identifying abuse (including identifying grooming behaviours), and obligations and best practice around responding to and reporting abuse or suspected abuse.

The modules are ultimately designed to give those that work in the industry confidence and clarity in managing this extremely important and at times challenging part of their roles.
It assists with the following areas:

Supervision and general professionalism as Frontline Staff
Change room and toilets
Physical contact
Photography, video and online content
Organisational guidelines and individual code of conduct.

Having first-hand knowledge on the correct way to manage these areas enables you to complete your role as Frontline staff in an efficient and professional manner.

Target Audience:

Anyone who is working with children in a Frontline or Teacher capacity. These roles can be from Swim Teacher, Lifeguard and Facility Supervisor in an industry.

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Methods:

Deliver online in a Self-paced learning environment

Like many of the professional development products on offer through Royal Life Saving the content is highly contextualised to the aquatic industry environment and uses a range of screen designs, interactions, visual representations, scenarios, reflection tools and knowledge checks to maximise engagement and learning

Participants will require a level of English to be able to give and receive instructions, read signage, read content and complete questionnaires. LLN skill set of level 3 in writing and reading is the minimum requirement for this course.

On successful completion, participants will receive the Child Safety – Frontline Staff Certificate and the course has been recognised by Royal Life Saving QLD for 1 hour of professional development.

Program Benefits:

Content:

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Upcoming Courses

Name	Date	Time	Location	Cost	Register Link
PD - Aquatic Industry - Child Safety for Front Line Staff	30 June 2026	08:30 am to 09:30 pm	ONLINE	$25.00	Enrol