Awarding Organisation of The Swimming Teachers’ Association
Posted on 17th August 2018
Safety Training Awards has scheduled a free webinar for Wednesday 29th August 2018 on internal quality assurance procedures for our approved training centres.
Posted on 16th July 2018
Safety Training Awards is pleased to release its fee structure for external quality assurance (EQA) monitoring activities today, as well as new policies to support those ATCs who operate outside the UK in how their courses will be externally quality assured and how to address language differences in other countries for the delivery of Safety…
Posted on 30th May 2018
As previously reported, as part of Safety Training Awards’ regulatory requirements as an awarding organisation, any business, organisation or tutor wanting to deliver Safety Training Awards qualifications must be an Approved Training Centre (ATC) by 1st August 2018. With the deadline approaching, Safety Training Awards’ compliance team is urging all members to complete and submit…
Posted on 11th April 2018
Update: A recording of this webinar is available to watch on our YouTube channel and is embedded below. Due to regulatory requirements, Safety Training Awards is introducing an Approved Training Centre (ATC) model to promote consistency, high standards and learner/public confidence in its qualifications. We welcome all tutors, assessors and course organisers/ATCs to participate in…
Posted on 5th April 2018
The process for distributing learner portfolios for Safety Training Awards courses is changing following a review of the existing procedures. As learner portfolios contain worksheets and course documentation which are part of the qualification assessment, they should not be given to a learner prior to the course commencing or to people who are not registered…
Posted on 22nd March 2018
Through feedback from our members, it has been highlighted that developing the required policies and procedures to support the mandatory ATC approval process from Safety Training Awards is delaying our members from completing their ATC agreements and submitting their applications to us. As previously stated Safety Training Awards’ aim is to support and guide you…
Posted on 9th March 2018
Following on from last month’s announcement that STA’s Approved Training Centres (ATCs) will be implemented in 2018, Safety Training Awards would like to inform our course organisers that the ATC model will be mandatory and anyone who wishes to deliver our qualifications must apply to become an ATC. If you have not already received an…
Posted on 1st March 2018
In order to make our current assessment process more robust with regards to the marking of the multiple choice question papers (MCQs) for aquatic qualifications and the Pool Lifeguard qualification, Safety Training Awards now requires the assessor to take the answer paper with them to the assessment. The answer paper will be sent directly to…
Posted on 5th February 2018
To ensure high standards STA must uphold a robust quality assurance model. In order for us to maintain this system we require all course organisers, tutors and assessors to retain STA course documentation and learner assessment evidence for the lifetime of the qualification that has been completed. This will allow quality assurance monitoring activities to…
Posted on 19th January 2018
Update: 1st February 2018 Following on from the communication sent 19th January 2018 regarding changes to STA’s quality assurance model and moderation procedures (available below), STA would like to issue an addendum to the incoming changes. STA has made the decision to extend the original deadline date of 12th Feburary 2018 for which course organisers…