Aquafitness Instructor

Job Summary

Plan and lead a dynamic, safe and effective aquatic exercise class specific to the course outline provided. Engage and lead individuals with a variety of abilities. Participants should feel motivated, encouraged, supported and successful with their outcomes.

Please note: Successful candidates will be placed into one of our pools if and when a vacancy occurs. This could take several weeks to months to be placed into one of our facilities.

 
Here are our tentative pool locations:

• Clarkson
• Churchill Meadows
• Erin Meadows
• Huron Park
• Meadowvale
• Mississauga Valley
• Burnhamthorpe
• Frank McKechnie
• Carmen Corbasson

Duties and Responsibilities

• Create a safe and enjoyable climate by working with lifeguard staff to start the class at the advertised start time and finish within the allotted time.
• Lead the designated class in a professional manner.
• Provide verbal, visual and kinesthetic cueing for exercises and techniques to appeal to a variety of learning styles.
• Provide permission and options with verbal and/or visual demonstrations of options and modifications for exercises for comfort and to vary intensity and inclusion of all participants.
• Provide a combination of education and motivation appropriate to the format and participant group.
• Supervise and provide feedback ensuring participants completing safe movements, especially when using equipment.
• Create a variety of aquatic exercise classes that are fun, safe and technically sound to meet the objectives and goals of the program.
• Plan exercises and modifications that provide a variety of options for comfort and intensity to ensure all participants feel safe and successful.
• Plan and prepare music appropriate for class format and participants needs and plan effectively for facility conditions.
• Share information about the community centre to class participants.
• Responds to customers’ needs and questions with accurate information and/or guidance to resources, always referring to alternate resources for topics outside the scope of knowledge and service.
• Prepare safety equipment, mat on deck.
• Gather equipment and bring pool side, ensure in good repair.
• Prepare audio system for music and microphone and return safety, class and audio equipment to storage.
• Mentor new instructors.
• Complete timesheets, bather load and other statistics collection sheets as required.
• Work in collaboration with the aquatic and/or facility team to ensure emergencies dealt with effectively.

Skills and Qualifications

• Experience leading group aquatic exercise classes.
• Current group aquatic exercise certification by a recognized association including Canadian Aquafitness Leaders Alliance (CALA), Water Art, AQX or program that meets the NFLA standards or equivalent with mandatory continuing education credits.
• Basic First Aid Certification.
• Light lifting of supplies.
• Primarily pool environment.
• A Level 3 - Vulnerable Sector Check will be required of the successful candidate, as a condition ofemployment, at their own expense, to verify the absence of a criminal record for which a pardon has not been granted.