All Summer and Year Round Coaches are required to be members of the Nova Scotia Swim Coaches Association (NSSCA), Swimming Canada (SNC) and Canadian Swim Coaches & Teachers Association (CSCTA) annually.

To register with SNC please contact your Club Registrar if you are a year round coach, otherwise please contact Swim NS, to register with the CSCTA & NSSCA, 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'.

To become certified as a Swim Teacher, candidates must either be certified Water Safety Instructors with the Red Cross or an instructor with I Can Swim. To apply for the equivalency, candidates must contact their service provider (Red Cross or I Can Swim). Candidates must also complete the Making Ethical Decisions Module (available at www.coach.ca)

Swimming 101 Courses: Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 25-27th, 2010. Registration is now available until June 18th! All candidates must be a member of the CSCTA and SNC to register for this course, candidates must complete the pre-course workbook by the June 18th deadline. If you do not have an SNC Coaches account, please contact Swim Nova Scotia. Registration is available through the SNC Coach Account.

Information on coaching education and the NCCP program for swimming (including the pre-course workbook) can be found at: http://www.nccpswimming.org/

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/