Welcome to the November edition of our newsletter where we have information on

• Mayors Legacy Funding
• ASA/UKCC Level 1 Award for Teaching Aquatics (QCF)
• ASA/UKCC Level 1 Award for Coaching Swimming (QCF)
• ASA/UKCC Level 2 Certificate for Teaching Aquatics (QCF)
• Flexible Learning Packages
• National Pool Lifeguard Qualification
• Quality Assurance and Feedback

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Mayors Legacy Funding

We are still able to access Mayors Legacy Funding for candidates covering up to 75% of the course fee in return for volunteer hours. Candidate must live or work in London and carry out their volunteering at an organisation in London.

Funding will only be available for courses starting up to 31 March 2012, so do not delay in applying. All of the ASA/UKCC courses detailed in this newsletter including our flexible learning packages are eligible for the funding.

Don’t forget that you need to apply for this funding prior to applying for your course.

Funding from ASA regions can be accessed. Again you should discuss this with us prior to applying for your course.

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ASA/UKCC Level 1 Award for Teaching Aquatics (QCF)

This is the starting point for anyone want to teach swimming. The only prerequisite for this course is that you should be at least 16 years old on the final day of the course.

Ref: L1T0112 | Cost: £350______________________________________________

Dates: Fridays 13, 20, 27 January, 3 February and Sundays 8, 15, 22, 29 January 2012

Times: Fridays 18:45 – 22:00 and Sundays 09:30 – 16:30

Venue: Harrow Leisure Centre and St Helens School, Northwood

Mayors Legacy Funding is available for this course.

A further extensive course will be running in June/July and an intensive course in August

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ASA/UKCC Level 1 Award for Coaching Swimming (QCF)
units 105-107 only

There are a number of pre-requisites for this course:

• Age at least 16 years on the final day of the course
• Hold either:
  

· ASA/UKCC Level 1 Certificate for Teaching Aquatics

· ASA/UKCC Level 1 (QCF) units 101-104

· ASA Level 1 Certificate for Teaching Swimming

· ASA Assistant Teachers Certificate.

Ref: L1C0212 | Cost: £175______________________________________________

Dates: Friday 10, 17 February and Sunday 5 February 2012

Times: Fridays 18:45 – 22:00 and Sunday 09:30 – 16:30

Venue: Harrow Leisure Centre and St Helens School, Northwood

Mayors Legacy Funding is available for this course.
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ASA/UKCC Level 2 Certificate for Teaching Aquatics (QCF)

There are a number of pre-requisites for this course:

• Age at least 17 years on the final day of the course
• Hold either:
  

· ASA/UKCC Level 1 Certificate for Teaching Aquatics

· ASA Level 1 Certificate for Teaching Swimming

· ASA Assistant Teachers Certificate.

Ref: L2T0212 | Cost: £650______________________________________________

Dates: Saturday 11 February – Saturday 18 February 2012

Times: 09:30 – 18:00 daily

Venue: St Helens School Fitness Centre, Northwood

Mayors Legacy Funding is available for this course.

Further intensive courses are running in July and August
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Flexible learning packages for ASA/QCF Qualifications

Do you have swimming coaching or teaching experience?

Are course dates just not flexible or suitable enough?

Want to gain the qualification sooner?

Then Survive and Save Training's bespoke
flexible learning training packages is for you!

There are many reasons why people have not taken any qualifications or have not completed qualifications. Some find it difficult to fit courses in and around family commitments, galas and work commitments etc; others find the thought of attending courses to be too academic and like school with the requirement for exams and written tests in the qualifications off putting.

Survive and Save Training are able to offer you unique opportunities to complete your qualification using an individually tailored programme to suit you that can remove the need to attend courses in its entirety.

This can include assessment methods that suit you, training times that suit you, access to your tutor as pre-arranged times, and recognises all of the teaching and coaching experience that you have gained prior to enrolling for the qualification.

If this would help you to take your first steps to a recognised qualification or to gain the next level, contact us without delay. We will be happy to discuss tailoring a course for you.

We currently have a number of candidates working towards their qualifications for Level 2 Teaching Aquatics and Level 2 Coaching Swimming. Some of these candidates have also been able to access Mayors Legacy Funding after negotiation with the National Skills Academy.

Contact us for more details

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National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ)

The NPLQ is the industry standard qualification for Pool Lifeguards. It is open to anyone age 16 or over at the start of the course and is able to complete a basic swimming test consisting of:

• 100 metre swim on back
• 100 metre swim on front
• 50 metre swim in under 1 minute
• Tread water for 30 seconds
• Surface dive to 2 metres in depth
• Climb out of water unassisted

If you can achieve the above these are the details of our next course in April:

Ref: NPLQ0411 | Cost: £265______________________________________________

Dates: Tuesday 10 April - Sunday 15 April 2012

Times: 08:30 – 17:30 daily

Venue: St Helens School Fitness Centre, Northwood

Full details of all these courses and on-line bookings available – click here. Don’t forget that you can pay for any course using your debit or credit card through our secure on-line booking system.

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Quality Assurance and Feedback

We value the feedback received from everyone who attends our courses. After each course we look at your evaluations to see where we can improve our course delivery, administration and resources.

Snapshots of feedback from all our courses can be found at http://surviveandsave-training.org/messages.html . Thank you once again for your feedback it is important to us and valued.

This year we have also started to look at attendance and success rates of our candidates. In line with the feedback we have received attendance and successful completion of qualification by people attending courses run by Survive and Save Training is excellent.

September 2010 - August 2011
Qualification Title % of Learners Booked % of Learners who % of Learners who passed

who attended passed qualification units 1-5 (NQF level 2 only)______________________________________________________________________

ASA/UKCC Level 1 Award 100 98
for Teaching Aquatics (QCF)

ASA/UKCC Level 1 Certificate for 100 100
Coaching Swimming (NQF) unit 2

ASA/UKCC Level 2 Certificate for 100 97
Teaching Aquatics (QCF)

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September 2009 - August 2010
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ASA/UKCC Level 1 Certificate 100 100
for Teaching Aquatics (NQF)

ASA/UKCC Level 1 Certificate for 100 100
Coaching Swimming (NQF) unit 2

ASA/UKCC Level 2 Certificate for 100 91 100
Teaching Aquatics (NQF)

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Direct comparisons between 2009/10 and 2010/11 statistics are impossible due to the major changes introduced to the qualification structures with the move from the NQF to QCF in January 2011. They do however show a continued high level of success which as ever we are striving to improve further.

Learners who have not achieved standards for QCF qualifications have all been offered opportunities to complete work on a flexible basis with tutor support either in their own workplace or via a placement with us.
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Other Courses offered by Survive and Save Training

Survive and Save Training are able to offer a range of other courses subject to demand or at your own venue where you have groups needing the same qualifications.

Courses we are able to offer are:

• National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches
• 3-First Aid at Work
• 1-day Emergency First Aid at Work
• 2-day Paediatric First Aid
• Defibrillation Course
• Epi-Pen/AnaPen

If you need a course and do not see what you want here or have any queries about our courses please contact us using the details are the end of this newsletter or from our website contact form.

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Finally remember to have a look at our new and improved website for all the latest information on our courses clickhere_______________________________________________________________________