All Summer and Winter Age Group Coaches are required to be members of the Nova Scotia Swim Coaches Association (NSSCA) and Canadian Swim Coaches & Teachers Association (CSCTA) annually.

To register with NSSCA please contact your Club Registrar, to register with the CSCTA, please register online at: www.csca.org

Swim Nova Scotia organizes all NCCP Swimming Courses for our Province. In order to take clinics you must be a member of CSCTA (at any level).

Effective May 1st, 2009: All Summer Swimming Head Coaches will be required to be trained as a 'Fundamentals Coach'; all Summer Swimming Assistant Coaches must be a 'Swim Teacher'.

Swimming 101 Courses: Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 25-27th, 2010-Registration Opens in May 2010!

What is Swimming 101?
Swimming 101 is the first part of the new delivery method of the Skills Coach certification and is required before taking any other courses.

Steps for Registering for Courses

•Go to https://elearn.swimming.ca and complete the Pre-Course Workbook on right hand side
•Go to https://registration.swimming.ca/Courseslistpublic.aspx
•Click the blue box that says “Click Here to Login to Your Swimming Canada Coaches Account and Register for the Course"
•It will bring you to a login page. If you do not have your login and password, contact your club registrar. They should have it as they have to register all of the swimmers and coaches on this system.
•Once logged in, there should be a tab at the top that says Education.
•Once Education has been clicked, the list of available courses should be available for you to click on and register for.
•After you have registered, you will be given access to begin the pre-course material
•You must mail payment to Swim Nova Scotia

All candidates must be a member of the CSCA and SNC upon registration for this course.

Please see the updated NCCP Certification update from SNC which is posted below.

All coaches in Nova Scotia must complete a Criminal Records Check; to complete your check online please visit the following url: http://www.backcheck.net/swimnovascotia details on the program are listed below.

A step-by-step guide on how to complete your check using myBackCheck.com is available at the following url: http://www.backcheck.net/mybackcheck/candidatedemo/