Deep and Shallow Water Fitness Aqua Instructor course

Course for candidates who are level 2 qualified instructors in either swimming, gym or ETM instruction

Course description

Our One-day Water Fitness Aqua Instructor course is designed for candidates who are already qualified instructors. They must hold a Level 2 in exercise to music, or gym instruction, or a level 2 in in Swimming instruction for attendance to upskill and attain the knowledge and competence to become a fully qualified and insured aquatic fitness instructor.

Level 2 Swimming Instructors will have to complete an additional manual of Anatomy and Physiology and principles of fitness prior to the course, this is at no extra cost, but must be covered to complete the criteria for their certification.

The certification is run as a one-day  9am until 5pm intensive course, and pre-course home learning modules ( takes to complete about  5-10 hours home study). There is both practical and theoretical multiple choose assessments for candidates as part of the certification.

Live face to face courses will consist of lecture content on all topics regarding and involving aquatic fitness, attendance of physical masterclasses both shallow and suspended or deep, deck skills and session design, and assessments both practical and theoretical.

The difference with online Zoom courses is the physical masterclass sessions are replaced with video masterclass breakdowns. Emphasis is put on the instructor to attend the pool for their own reference following the course, to feel the effects discussed.

When you successfully complete the course, your Aqua Instructor L2 Certificate need to be updates every two years, by attending CPD Update , or Workshop

Water Fitness Ltd can now facilitate a non-expiry certification for all learners as of March 2025.

If you hold a Water Fitness Level 2 Aqua Instructor Certification in deep and shallow water instruction. By attending and completing  3 CPD’s updates or workshops dated March 2025 or later, will remove the expiry date from your original certification. You will then be awarded a non-expiring certificate with lifetime cover.

All candidates will have 2 years cover to complete one CPD to keep their certificate valid as before. If they chose to only do one CPD every two years to keep their certificate valid it would take 6 years to achieve a non-expiry. When Candidate  booked  3 CPD’s in the same year as passing their Aqua Instructor Level 2 they would also receive a non-expiry within that one year period.
Meaning there is a time frame for updates, and certifications can still become null and invalid should candidates choose not to do any aquatic personal development.

The alternative method and Water Fitness pathway to achieving a non-expiring certification is by attending a level 3 aquatic Personal Trainer and Active Recovery Therapy Certification. To attend this course your pre-requisites MUST be Level 3 qualification in personal training.

During this time as you build your confidence and class numbers you must attend one of our CPD masterclasses, or CPD workshops to keep your certification valid and insurable. It is down to each candidate to be responsible for keeping their own certification in date.

Further Information

One Day deep and shallow instructor certification

The topics covered during the one-day course will be introduced to the candidates firstly in their pre-course learning material. We then breakdown and discuss each topic in further detail so candidates understand every aspect involved with become a Water Fitness aqua instructor.

The course covers:
  • The benefits of Water fitness Sessions
  • The properties of Water and how they affect/alter physiological movement.
  • Par-Q and verbal Par-Q
  • Pregnancy
  • What not to do as a Water Fitness instructor/ contraindicated exercises
  • Designing a session and aquatic exercises
  • Progressions adaptations and session styles
  • Health and Safety
  • Music and legalities
  • Qualities of a good instructor
  • Aquatic Equipment

The live face to face and online courses are structured similarly, they consist of lectures with Q&A section at the end of each lecture on all of the above topics. We also include a practical masterclass session or sessions with a live course, and a video section of masterclasses where candidates can take notes or get up and try some of the exercises with the instructors if they wish to.

Both the online and live courses will have a theoretical multiple-choice questionnaire during the day and a practical mini teach of around 6-10 minutes. The online course may offer one week’s time to film a 6–10-minute practical video session for submission to head office for assessment.

All pre-course learning questions MUST be attempted to be completed and submitted prior to your course or on the day of your course, as this will go towards your final certification and we cannot release your certificate without it.

Booking Terms & Conditions / Cancellation Policy

Refunds and Returns:
Once a booking for a one-day course has been made and the pre-course manual has been sent, and then received by the candidate. Only a partial refund of £84.00 for the non-returnable electronic manual containing intellectual property of Water Fitness Ltd that has been received by the learner, for a course cancellation will be available. If a cancellation is made prior to the electronic manual being sent, then a full refund will be available. Full refunds will be available for all workshops and CPD’s that do not have any electronic pre learning material to read and or complete.

A change of date of booking will be available to all candidates at no extra cost if Head Office are notified 24 Hours prior to the course due to illness or some other external factor etc. If a candidate does not turn up for their booking without any contact to head office with a valid reason. Water Fitness Ltd are within their rights to ask the candidate to book and pay again for a place on another course, however some lenience may be given around difficult circumstances this is down to the discretion of Water Fitness Ltd.

All payments for course spaces must be made prior to attendance of the course. Making a booking through the website has multiple pay options, however we do offer the option to pay through a company via a Purchase Order. Our payment terms remain the same, all candidates must have been paid for prior to the attendance of a course. The failure to make payment prior to a course may result in candidates being refused a place on the course. All late payments will be subject to £50.00 lateness fees for every week of lateness following the date that is exactly 2 weeks after the attendance of a course. Water Fitness Ltd will only make contact twice to remind late payments, the third contact you will receive will be from a third-party debt collection agency.

Upon completing a purchase, the buyer is agreeing that to continue to teach Water Fitness classes with the use of a Water Fitness certification to do so. The candidate who attended the course, will keep their certification in date by completing a minimum of 1.5 CIMPSA CPD points with a Water Fitness update within that 2-year period. This will extend the date of their original teaching certification for 2 more years from the original date of completion.
If the renewal of a certification is after the candidate has let their original run out, we can only offer 2 years cover from their previous update.

For example, if a candidate has let their certification lapse for 6 years with no updates, they would need to do 3 to bring their certification back in date. If for illness, injury or job change and with proof of that a candidate has not been teaching and has had no need to update, these circumstances may be allowed lenience but must be discussed with head office.

All candidates who teach un-certified and therefore uninsured can be subject to a £500.00 fine from Water Fitness Ltd which must be paid within 2 weeks of the offence and their certification must be bought in date within this time also to prevent further legal action and even larger fines.

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One Day Course 9am - 5pm

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