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Overview
Swimming teachers plan sessions, teach swimming styles, advise learners in the pool and help participants improve performance through practice and feedback.
In job descriptions, look for swimming lessons, pool safety guidelines, front crawl, breaststroke, butterfly, training plans, target groups, sports instruction and first aid.
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Swimming teachers train learners in the pool, from water confidence to named swimming styles. The work combines session planning, demonstrations, pool safety, practice correction and performance feedback.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes front crawl, breaststroke, butterfly, pool safety guidelines, first aid, target-group adaptation, sports instruction planning and personalising swimming exercises.
Salary context
Salary context depends on lesson volume, learner age and level, group size, pool safety responsibility, first-aid expectations, evening or weekend schedules and whether classes are beginner or performance-focused.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward aquatic programme coordination, swim school supervision, sports instruction, coaching, pool safety roles or broader fitness and activity teaching.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name swimming styles, pool safety, learner groups, first aid, lesson plans, performance feedback, water confidence and responsibility around children or beginners.
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This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
sports instructor (3422.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/62975936-0853-4a5d-9f59-bf943aca3cc6 |
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| ESCO code | 3422.4.6 |
| ISCO group | 3422 |
| Concept type | Occupation |