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Charles Darwin University (CDU)

  • 20% international / 80% domestic

Aqua Instructor Specialisation

  • Non-Award

This course is appropriate for a person who is looking for a career in the Fitness Industry as an Aqua Instructor / Aqua Trainer.

Key details

Degree Type
Non-Award
Duration
0.5 year full-time
Course Code
VTP353
Study Mode
In person

About this course

This course is appropriate for a person who is looking for a career in the Fitness Industry as an Aqua Instructor / Aqua Trainer. Content areas covered include everything from circuit classes, interval training, deep water, shallow water, water familiarisation, buoyancy and mobility skills using drills, activities and games and heaps more. You are sure to walk away with an awesome bank of variations in aquatically designed exercise programs to incorporate in your classes and teach, train, educate and motivate your participants with. Students will also learn to evaluate aquatic emergencies and respond appropriately with basic water rescues that incorporate CPR.

Aquatic exercise provides one of the most effective forms of resistance training available with stresses placed upon muscles through a full range of motion as you move through the water. Teaching aqua opens up your clientele base to a huge variety of people and includes elderly, pre-natal, rehabilitation, sporting athletes and teams and that's just a few!

Entry requirements

To ensure you have the right skills and support to succeed in your course, a Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LL&N) evaluation helps identify any areas where you may need additional support to help you achieve your goals.

To gain entry into VTP353 Aqua Instructor Specialisation, candidates require:

  • Ability to swim
  • A currently Apply First Aid certificate

Study locations

Casuarina

Alice Springs

Katherine

What you will learn

To achieve VTP353 Aqua Instructor Specialisation a total of seven (7) units of competency must be completed as detailed below.

Career pathways

Possible occupations relevant to this program include:
>Aqua Instructor
>Aqua Trainer

Credit for prior study or work

Skills recognition is not applicable to this course. CDU's short courses are highly targeted courses designed to help you improve a specific skill. They will help you improve your career prospects, maintain currency in your field, or allow you to try out something completely new.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Science & Mathematics courses at Charles Darwin University (CDU).
71.4%
Overall satisfaction
81%
Skill scale
69.1%
Teaching scale
80.7%
Employed full-time