Swimming Instructor – Proficient Training

The Swim For Life program is the most widely used swimming program in Canada.

Swim For Life Instructors can find jobs teaching at community pools, private pools, waterfront programs, camps, school division swim programs and private swimming programs. Swim For Life Instructor certification is good across Canada.

Swim For Life includes the Swimmer program, Preschool, Parent and Tot, and Adult Swimmer. The Swim For Life Instructor, or Swimming Instructor, program is about how to teach these programs, learning characteristics of different age groups, how to apply these programs to teach people with disabilities, the physical principles of swimming, water safety, elementary lifesaving skills and several other topics. The Lifesaving Instructor program is about teaching lifesaving skills in levels such as Bronze Star, Bronze Medallion and Bronze Cross.

Prerequisites: Age 15 and older, and Bronze Cross.

Next Course Full Courses

Swimming Instructor Only
- Sundays, February 14 – 28, 2027; 9:00-6:00 (Location: Winnipeg Winter Club); or,
- Sundays, April 11 – 25 2027; 9:00-6:00 (Location: Winnipeg Winter Club).
Swimming and Lifesaving Instructor Combined
- Sundays, February 14 – March 21, 2027; 9:00-6:00 (Location: Winnipeg Winter Club); or,
- Sundays, April 11 – May 16, 2027; 9:00-6:00 (Location: Winnipeg Winter Club).
We are contracted to deliver courses for some City of Winnipeg pools.

Next Recertifications

Swimming Instructor Recertification Only; 8:30-12:30; at the Winnipeg Winter Club.
- Thursday, September 1, 2026
- Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- Tuesday, December 1, 2026
- Monday, December 14, 2026
- Monday, January 18, 2027
- Monday, February 22, 2027
- Monday, March 29, 2027
- Tuesday, April 27, 2027
- Tuesday June 15, 2027
Swimming Instructor and Lifesaving Instructor Recertification Combined; 8:30-4:00; at the Winnipeg Winter Club.
- Thursday, September 1, 2026
- Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- Tuesday, December 1, 2026
- Tuesday, December 15, 2026
- Monday, January 18, 2027
- Monday, February 22, 2027
- Monday, March 29, 2027
- Tuesday, April 27, 2027
- Tuesday June 15, 2027
If you need a different date, we can set something else up. Contact us.
$159 + GST = $166.95 for Swimming Instructor Recert.
$199 + GST = $208.95 for Swimming Instructor and Lifesaving Instructor Recert together.

Registration
To register, fill in the Registration Form below, and then, either use the PayPal field to use Visa, MasterCard or PayPal (just after the Registration Form). You can also send an e-transfer instead to brian@proficient-training.com .