ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A CAREER CHANGE THAT IS BOTH
FUN & MEANINGFUL?

  • Your job is to help our Swim Teacher's offer the best lesson they can and provide a service to our students and their parents that they would want to tell their friends and family about.

    Your shift will look anything like the following:

    • Ensuring that the students are listening to the instruction of the teacher.

    • Offering feedback and motivation to students as they swim various skills.

    • Helping a student swim a skill by holding onto an aid like a kickboard or a noodle.

    • Making sure the lesson is fun and engaging.

    • Learning to teach certain aspects of the lesson.

    • Taking direction from your supervising teacher.

    And.. so so much more!

  • Your job is to deliver the best possible lesson to our students and their parents that they would tell their friends and family about.

    Your shift will look anything like the following…

    • Conducting swimming lessons for various age groups, ranging from infants to adults.

    • Ensuring each lessons follows the guidelines of the lesson plan

    • Ensure lessons cater to the skill level and needs of each student.

    • Ensuring the safety of all students by enforcing pool rules and regulations.

    • Providing guidance and constructive feedback to students to improve their swimming techniques.

    • Monitoring the progress of students and providing regular updates to parents or guardians. Maintaining a clean and safe pool environment.

    • Administering first aid or lifesaving techniques in case of emergencies.

    • Coordinating with other swim instructors and staff members

    • Regularly engage with personal development activities to further develop as a person and swim teacher

    • Assist our clients at reception. (Checking attendance, outstanding accounts, updates to their enrolments).

    • Book in new clients and perform assessments.

    • Observe pools and uphold pool rules and standards.

What We Are Looking For In A Swim Teacher…

Key Traits:

✅ Compassionate

✅ Enthusiastic

✅ Committed

✅ Adaptable

✅ Patient

What It Looks Like…

Compassionate

  • What We Do - Check in on a child who may be acting differently compared to usual.

  • What We Don’t Do - Ignore the fact the child is upset and continue to push them.

Enthusiastic

  • What To Do - Demonstrating skills with a smile and giving corrections when needed.

  • What Not To Do - Looking around at people in other lanes and getting distracted.

Commitment

1. Culture

  • What We Do - If a teacher starts talking to you from another lane pull them up on it.

  • What We Don’t Do - Put each other down.

2. Values

  • What We Do - We show up early and could start early if needed.

  • What We Don’t Do - Are 5 minutes late.

3. Kids

  • What We Do - Give kids our undivided attention.

  • What We Don’t Do - Let our outside work problems affect our focus when teaching.

4. Learning/Improvement

  • What We Do - Seek feedback of peers and parents.

  • What We Don’t Do - Ignore feedback because you think you know it all.

Adaptable

1. Person

  • What We Do - If a child has a different ethnic background or behavioural issues, find a way to communicate effectively.

  • What We Don’t Do - Continue to communicate the same way for every child.

2. Lesson

  • What We Do - Progress the skill if the child is thriving or regress the skill if the child is struggling.

  • What We Don’t Do - Continue the same lesson plan if no improvement is being made or a child has no more to learn.

Patient

  • What We Do - If a child is struggling and they don’t understand the skill or what you’re saying, find different ways to communicate to help the child learn.

  • What We Don’t Do - Get frustrated and move on to the next skill.

What are the benefits of working at SwimTech Albury?

✅ Pay above the award rate

✅ Opportunity to progress in a career that is recognised all over the world

✅ Continuous personal development to become the best at your job but also develop as a person

✅ Access to our facility for free whenever we are open (practice your swimming, use our hydrotherapy pool etc.)