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Apprentice Sports Coach (swim specialism)
Delivering inclusive swimming sessions for children, schools, adults, and community groups across Birmingham pop-up pools and leisure sites. Supports lesson planning, delivery and review, holiday camps, SEND inclusion, events, and pool safety. Gain swim teacher & lifeguard qualifications.
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Training provider
ASPIRE TRAINING SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED
Training course
Community activator coach (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and physical activity for individuals and communities.
- Encourage individuals' participation, motivation, and to change their behaviour towards sport or physical activity.
- Contribute to inclusive, safe, and effective sessions.
- Plan, follow, adapt, and deliver session plans, based on participant needs and feedback.
- Use coaching styles for sport or physical activity sessions meeting the participants needs and motivations.
- Promote the benefits of a lifelong activity habit.
- Use techniques to build rapport with participants.
- Carry out the tasks required before, during and after a community activity.
- Support participants to overcome personal or societal barriers.
- Manage individuals' behaviours within a group setting.
- Work collaboratively with services and other community organisations to run events that make the best use of resources.
- Record and store data and information, in line with legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Use suitable digital technology to deliver targeted messages to participant groups.
- Adapt communication methods to meet the needs of participants and groups.
- Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns within own scope of role and in line with organisational protocols.
- Support equity, diversity and inclusion in line with legislation and organisational policies.
- Support the mental health and wellbeing of self and participants.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, risk assessment procedures, guidelines and procedures.
- Participate in personal and professional development.
- Maintain professional boundaries within scope of own role.
- Monitor and review the effectiveness of activity sessions.
- Assist with the resolution of challenges and problems.
- Promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and physical activity for individuals and communities.
- Encourage individuals' participation, motivation, and to change their behaviour towards sport or physical activity.
- Contribute to inclusive, safe, and effective sessions.
- Plan, follow, adapt, and deliver session plans, based on participant needs and feedback.
- Use coaching styles for sport or physical activity sessions meeting the participants needs and motivations.
- Promote the benefits of a lifelong activity habit.
- Use techniques to build rapport with participants.
- Carry out the tasks required before, during and after a community activity.
- Support participants to overcome personal or societal barriers.
- Manage individuals' behaviours within a group setting.
- Work collaboratively with services and other community organisations to run events that make the best use of resources.
- Record and store data and information, in line with legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Use suitable digital technology to deliver targeted messages to participant groups.
- Adapt communication methods to meet the needs of participants and groups.
- Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns within own scope of role and in line with organisational protocols.
- Support equity, diversity and inclusion in line with legislation and organisational policies.
- Support the mental health and wellbeing of self and participants.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, risk assessment procedures, guidelines and procedures.
- Participate in personal and professional development.
- Maintain professional boundaries within scope of own role.
- Monitor and review the effectiveness of activity sessions.
- Assist with the resolution of challenges and problems.
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Training schedule
Our apprentices will receive weekly off-the-job training hours in order to engage with masterclasses, skills festival days, assignments, and tasks related to the apprenticeship, online CPD courses, and development sessions with their allocated skills coach. They will achieve the Level 2 Community Activator Coach Apprenticeship Standard with Swimming Specialism alongside sector-specific CPD, such as:
- STA Level 2 Swim Teacher qualification
- Lifeguard qualification
- Pool maintenance and water testing CPD
- Supporting the PE curriculum (swimming-focused)
- Behaviour Management
- Safeguarding/Prevent
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Digital skills
- Functional skills in maths and English (where required)
BTEC in:
Sports (grade Pass)
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Skills
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
This organisation is a sports education and youth development provider that delivers high-quality PE, sport, and physical activity programmes for primary school children. It works closely with schools to improve access to sport and encourage children to be more active, confident, and engaged in physical exercise.
The company offers a wide range of services including PE lessons, after-school clubs, lunch and breakfast clubs, holiday camps, and wraparound childcare. It also provides coaching support, staff training, and school sport events to enhance physical education delivery.
Its main focus is making sport fun, inclusive, and accessible for all children, while supporting their physical, social, and emotional development. The organisation works across multiple schools, using trained coaches to deliver structured but engaging activities that build skills, teamwork, and confidence.
Overall, it is a community-focused sports provider that aims to increase participation in physical activity and positively impact children’s wellbeing through fun, structured sport programmes.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in a new tab).
Progression
After successfully completing this apprenticeship, the apprentice may progress into a full-time role such as Swim Teacher, Community Sports Coach, or Aquatics Coach, with a wage increase and greater responsibility based on performance.
There is also the opportunity to progress into roles such as Senior Swim Teacher, Pool Supervisor, or Swim School Coordinator, depending on experience, leadership skills, and training completed.
With further development, the apprentice could specialise in areas such as SEND aquatics, school swimming delivery, or community water safety programmes, or progress onto higher-level qualifications including Level 3/4 coaching or teaching pathways.
Strong performers may be offered ongoing full-time employment, continued wage progression, and access to further qualifications, CPD, and leadership opportunities within swimming and wider sports delivery programmes.
Contact
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ASPIRE TRAINING SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED
Lilly Oliver-Jones
lilly.oliver-jones@aaeg.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000052197.
Closes in 26 days (Saturday 10 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
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