The membership year is from September 1 to August 31

Yes, all coaches must meet the requirements from the CAS Coach Registration and Certification Policy and have an ‘active’ status on RAMP before they are eligible to be on deck in any capacity. You are NOT insured if you are not registered.

Your NCCP transcript must have ‘trained’ status in AquaGO! if you are coaching AquaGO! or recreational programs and minimally ‘trained’ status as a Comptition Introduction Coach if you are coaching competitive programs.

You must also have a valid background check through Sterling / MyBackCheck.

Please read through the CAS Coach Registration and Certification Policy to find all requirements. You must check your NCCP transcript against the Policy and/or the AAS Coach Compliance Checklist.

• Competitive – coaching in the provincial stream and/or national stream. This coach can also coach in the recreational stream.
• Recreational – coaching only in the recreational stream, either an AquaGo! program and or instructional type programs.

Yes, you have to take the MED course. Course dates and registration information can be found on the Alberta Governments website. Once completed your NCCP profile will be updated, this may take several days to do so.

If you completed the evaluation prior to September 1, 2021 you do not need to take the course. If you have completed or complete your evaluation after September 1, 2021 you will still need to take the MED course as per the Coach Development Pathway.

If you do not have a background check in your RAMP profile, you will be required to complete one an upload it to your RAMP profile.

Once you have completed your check, you will receive an email with the information from your check. It will tell you if it’s clear or you may have a flag. If you have a flag it means your check is not complete. Please follow the instructions within your email to determine why you have a flag and what you can do.

If your check is not clear, you are NOT eligible to coach. Coaches and/or clubs may be subject to discipline if they coach without meeting the requirements.

CHECK YOUR JUNKMAIL if you did not receive an email.

All Artistic Swimming Coach courses are offered online through each province. AAS offers coach courses in the late summer to early fall and in the spring. Information for AAS coach courses can be found on the AAS website. Alternatively you can visit the website of other provinces to see when they are running courses.

Yes. Coaches must be certified Competition Introduction coaches within two years of the completion of the online course. The CAS Coach Registration and Certification Policy, Section VIII B outlines the requirements. Coaches must have met these requirements prior to the event they intend to participate at. Certification information, including a registration link, can be found on the AAS website.

All forms and information required by policies or needed for participation as a coach in artistic swimming by AAS and Canada Artistic Swimming (CAS) will be collected within the registration process. This includes the CAS Screening form, a valid Sterling / MyBackCheck background check and contact information.

Once you’ve purchased your membership online you can access all the detail information from your account.

Yes. You may add more than one role to your shopping cart and you will pay the highest fee of the roles chosen. The cart and your receipt will itemize the applicable fees.

No. You can always come back to the landing page to add additional roles. The system will determine if the additional role has a higher fee. If not then there will be no fee to pay. If the additional role has a higher fee you will be required to pay the difference.

If you have a child that needs to register, you can complete both your registrations at once. If you have more than one athlete and/or are registering yourself in a different role you may add multiple registrants to your cart and checkout when done. The cart and your receipt will itemize the applicable fees.