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Your club and all the people who can't swim really need you. Many club activities rely on volunteers. If you love swimming and already have your ABC diploma, you can become an instructor. You'll teach people how to swim and make sure they enjoy it enough to keep coming back. That last part is a big challenge. Many people enjoy being in or around water, but they don't keep up with swimming. As a result, they face significant risks when near water on vacation or if they unexpectedly find themselves in water.

To become an instructor, you need to be at least 16 years old and can participate in a social service program within ExpeditieRED. You'll be trained to become an instructor level 2. This is an officially recognized diploma by NOC*NSF, equivalent to level 2 in the MBO system, if you obtain it through the KNZB (Royal Dutch Swimming Federation). If you don't obtain a KNZB diploma, you'll receive a certificate from us. We adhere to the same quality standards as the KNZB. You'll learn especially how to:
  • Manage groups and individuals within groups.
  • Create a safe environment.
  • Deliver engaging lessons with enthusiasm.
  • Teach techniques to children or adults.
  • Execute lesson programs.
  • Ensure participants have fun and feel satisfied with their progress.
We employ various methods, including games and other challenges, to make it more enjoyable for children or to instill more confidence and enjoyment in older individuals in the water.


A social service time trajectory lasts up to 6 months, during which you teach for about 40 hours per month in the pool. In total, you are active for 80 hours during those 6 months.
Which group you teach depends on your choice. You can teach:
  • Very young children together with their parents.
  • Children aged 5-9.
  • Elderly people who want to resume swimming.
  • Status holders who have never learned to swim.
You will be guided in your choices, both during the trajectory and afterwards. What you will do is discussed with the coordinator of ExpeditieRED.


Of course, we collaborate with your club. It needs to align with their goals as well. Together with each club, we assess their needs and desires. We also identify who can mentor you and ensure that you feel comfortable.
You can also train to become a Fibby instructor, who operates outside of the club.
  • You'll be working with young children and their parents.
  • Your role involves ensuring that both parents and children feel safe and have fun in the water.
  • You'll aim to make the lessons a quality time experience for both the parent and the child.


To ensure effective collaboration with associations, ExpeditieRED operates exclusively in Southwest Netherlands.
If you're not a member of an association and have little swimming experience, you can still become an assistant. Additionally, young people working as summer pool attendants can take a Lifeguard course.

Separate training programs and tasks exist for assistant-1, coach-2, and Lifeguard roles.

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In the Netherlands, 87% of children between the ages of 6 and 16 have their A diploma. They receive lessons from clubs and commercial providers. It starts with water familiarization and becoming comfortable in shallow water. Once children can keep themselves afloat, they move on to learning the basic backstroke and breaststroke. Children learn to swim short distances in the water with clothes on and how to orient themselves. They also learn to swim through a hole. The children should be able to swim several meters of freestyle and backstroke. You'll receive a lesson plan from others. You are the one who executes this and teaches the children various elements.



For diploma B and C, the requirements become gradually more challenging. The distances increase, and children need to sustain swimming for longer periods. Unfortunately, only 70% achieve diploma B and 35% achieve diploma C. This is regrettable because only after achieving diploma C can a child safely enjoy themselves in a swimming pool.
Most clubs have lesson programs in which skills are taught. In the weeks leading up to the diploma exam, all diploma requirements are reviewed to ensure children know what to do during the exam.
Therefore, it's important to keep children swimming until they have all the diplomas. Diploma swimming costs parents a lot of time and money. But for children, it's crucial that they:
  • enjoy swimming,
  • feel like they are mastering swimming skills, and
  • aren't shivering on the side of the pool.
So, there is an important role for you as an instructor. You'll learn how to approach this during the training.

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The badge is awarded when you know how to teach swimming techniques and ensure that the swimming condition improves to meet the diploma requirements. It is your role to ensure that children enjoy swimming, have fun, and function well as a group.
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You are capable of guiding children and teaching them so that they obtain their ABC diploma and learn swimming techniques effectively.
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