To become a swim instructor, you are required to complete a program such as AUSTSWIM and attain licensing. The training will consist of 16-20 hours of an online component, supervised work experience and in-person training. You should be 16 years old or above, with outstanding swimming ability and a high level of physical fitness.

The Basic Swim Instructor course is designed to train Instructor Candidates to teach the fundamental Learn-to-Swim courses and water safety presentations in the American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety program to help course participant reach water competency and learn to be safer in and around the Water.

The primary purpose of the Basic Swim Instructor course is to train instructor candidates to teach the fundamental Learn-to-Swim courses including Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics, Learn-to-Swim Levels 1-3, and water safety presentations.