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Community Activator Coach Apprenticeship - Coventry

Octanauts Swim School - Coventry
Octanauts Swim School - Coventry
At a glance
  • £160/ Week
  • 22 months
  • Intermediate Level Apprenticeship
  • 20 hours per week. Weekday evenings from 4pm, and every Saturday morning.
  • 11 Dec 2026
Closing date
  • 4 Dec 2026
Octanauts Swim School - Coventry
Dive into a career in coaching! Join Octanauts Swim School and gain hands-on experience supporting children in the pool, building their confidence and skills while developing your own coaching, communication and leadership skills.

At Octanauts Swim School, you will be working towards a Community Activator Coach Level 2 Apprenticeship qualification over the course of 22 months.

Day to day activities will include:
- Setting up for lessons and greeting families
- Ensuring high levels of cleanliness are maintained at each of our venues
- Supporting younger children and people with differing abilities in the water building their confidence while under the teachers full instruction
- Supporting instructors as required for classes of Improver and Advanced levels
- Progress to completing an instructor qualification and leading your own classes
- Follow Safeguarding Training and report any concerns to the DSL
- Provide support and instruction to participants with SEN&D requirements
- Support Adult Learners under the direction of a qualified instructor
- Assist in the recording of swimmer progress and the giving of awards.

This apprenticeship is part-funded and supported by Coach Core's charitable programme, creating employment opportunities for 16–24-year-olds who have faced barriers to education, employment or career progression. We support young people with the potential to succeed who may have experienced financial disadvantage, additional learning needs, caring responsibilities or other personal or socio-economic challenges. No previous experience is required – we're looking for enthusiasm, potential and a willingness to learn. Coach Core provides additional support throughout the apprenticeship, while the employer is responsible for the final recruitment decision.

Desired Skills

- Basic Swimming Ability, Confident in deep water - Able to follow instructions - Verbal Communication Skills - Ability to reach a variety of pool venues around Coventry, all of which are on public transport routes

Personal qualities

- Keen to Learn and Develop others
- Reliability and Flexibility
- Team Player
- Attention to Detail
- Confident to ask questions

Qualifications required

No qualifications required.

Future prospects

- To become a permanent member of the Teaching Team
- As an initial insight to the leisure industry to pursue other avenues such as sports coach lifeguarding, fitness instructor, youth worker
- As well as gaining nationally recognised qualifications you will gain a number of transferable employability skills.

Training to be delivered

Community Activator Coach Level 2
Level 2 Swimming Teacher & Pool Rescue

We teach both Children and Adult classes with our youngest starters being from the age of 3.Our lessons are inclusive to all.

Octanauts believe that whether it is your first class or you have been swimming for years, children and adults should be excited to begin each lesson, develop a love for the pool and be in an inclusive environment.

Employer

Octanauts Swim School - Coventry

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Address

Tile Hill Wood School

West Midlands

Coventry

CV4 9PW

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