Volunteer Coaching

All coaches engaged by the Great Southern Swimming Club (GSSC), whether in a paid or volunteer capacity, must hold and maintain a current Australian Swim Coach Licence. The licence is renewed annually and confirms that the coach meets national requirements relating to education, child safeguarding, integrity, and professional standards. To obtain a licence, new coaches must complete the required prerequisite training and the Australian Swim Coach Course. This program combines online and face-to-face learning with supervised on-deck practical experience and competency sign-off.

Licensed coaches must also maintain current compliance requirements. Swimming Australia currently requires all licensed coaches to maintain:

• First Aid

• CPR

• Child Safeguarding education

• Anti-Doping Fundamentals

• the applicable annual Sport Integrity update

GSSC supports people who are interested in developing as coaches and invests in the training and accreditation needed to do the role well.