Injuries & Incidents

APPRENTICESHIP: New Zealand Certificate in Aquatics (Specialised Swim & Water Safety Teacher) Level 4

This apprenticeship is for swimand watersafety teachers who are keen to specialize in this area.

Specialist swim teachers are inclusive, understanding, adaptable, and able to communicate with a wide range of people.

This apprenticeship will bedelivered on-the-job at the pool, online, and through external workshops. Assessments will be completed online.

Coming out of this apprenticeship, you will have advanced industry knowledge and practical skills relevant to your two chosen strands.

These strands are:

• Early Childhood Swimmers • Adult Swimmers • Adaptive Aquatics • Stroke Mechanics

This qualification is designed to be completed in 2 years. Currently 6 candidates have completed this qualifications with another 570 signed up to Level 4.

Each year we collect information from our Poolsafe members, detailing the total attendance at their facilities and the number of incident/accidents of various types including rescues. These are broken down into non-notifiable and notifiable.

These figures are collated and give us an overall picture of how many people are using our Poolsafe facilities and the types of incidents and accidents which occur. This data is used to identify trends and to inform changes in policy and procedures which could reduce the rate of incidents. This data is also shared with Water Safety New Zealand to contribute to the overall national picture of water related incidents. The figures from this year (July 2019 – June 2020) show that aquatic facility attendance numbers increased to over 24 ½ million. The incident rate was lower when compared to last year, with one incident occurring for every 2765 visits, compared to the year previous with one incident for every 2498 visits.