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We offer a range of other facilities and activities to support your healthy lifestyle and add to the enjoyment of your visit.
Travel and parking
Our centre is located in Wolverhampton in north-west Birmingham, with easy access to the M6.
There is free parking available on-site for centre users with disability parking spaces available.
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Our café
Our centre is home 'Proud to Serve' Costa Coffee store, offering a range of drinks and snacks to our visitors.
We respectively request that only food and drink purchased on our premises can be consumed on site. However, we do understand that exceptions need to be made where there are specific dietary requirements that we cannot cater for.
Opening hours:
Monday - Friday: 8.00am - 7.00pm
Saturday & Sunday: 8.00am - 6.00pm
Training courses
We offer various courses at Wolverhampton Swimming and Fitness Centre.
Training Courses
We have a number of courses available.
National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ)
NPLQ is widely accepted by swimming pools in the UK and Ireland as a minimum qualification as a role of a lifeguard within the swimming pool.
The NPLQ course includes 3 sections:
- Section 1 - The lifeguard and the Law, Swimming Pool and Supervision
- Section 2 - Intervention and Rescue and Emergency Action Plans
- Section 3 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and First Aid.
- Section 4 - AED
The course includes swimming pool rescue skills, basic life support, basic First Aid, managing a casualty suffering from a spinal injury, managing a swimming pool environment, identifying hazards that could cause harm to users and much more.
Every candidate attending a NPLQ course must be 16-years-old at the time of taking the NPLQ final assessment and be able to:
- Jump/dive into deep water
- Swim 50 metres in less than 60 seconds
- Swim 100 metres continuously on front and back in deep water
- Tread water for 30 seconds
- Surface dive to the floor of the pool
- Climb out unaided without ladder/steps and where the pool design allows
Successful candidates will receive:
- RLSS NPLQ certificate for each candidate
- RLSS NPLQ Lifeguard manual for each candidate
- Handouts and revision sheets for each candidate
Working in partnership with the Royal Lifesaving Society.
For more information or to make a booking:
Annual First Aid 3-hour refresher
To provide adequate training to enable first aid to be given in the workplace.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) strongly recommend that holders of a First Aid at Work qualification refresh skills annually by attending a refresher session.
You must hold a current First Aid at Work qualification to attend the course.
The session covers responsibilities of a First Aider, casualty assessment and casualty treatment.
Successful candidates will receive a certificate.
First Aid at Work 2-day renewal
This 2-day course refreshes and updates the first aid skills of those who need to renew their First Aid at Work certificate (within the 3-year validity). The course will reassess the competency of those attending.
As a pre-requisite, candidates must hold an existing FAAW certificate to enrol onto a 2-day First Aid at Work renewal course.
Successful candidates will receive:
- Royal Lifesaving Society First Aid at Work certificate
- First Aid at Work manual
Facility hire
We have a wide range of facilities available for hire for sporting pursuits, team building, meetings and special events.
For more information, please speak to a member of the team on 01902 384 777
Your on-site shop
We supply a wide range of Zoggs swimwear for children and adults as well as a selection of toys and fun training aids. Our staff are always on hand to understand your needs and assist you in finding the right product for you.
If you can’t see what you are looking for, please ask reception as we can order items for you.
Alternatively, visit the Zoggs online shop ahead of your visit to buy online.
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