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Lifesavers
WetWetWet Swim Squad aim to help produce a new generation of children who can not only swim competently but also have a strong awareness of water safety and rescue principles.
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Rookie Lifeguard Programme
You will be invited to attend our Rookie Lifesaving programme once your swimming is of a strong enough standard to benefit you and others.
Rookie Lifeguard is aimed at children – though the skills learned through the course of the programme are just as valuable to people of all ages.
The scheme begins with Stage 1 of the Bronze Award and progresses to Stage 3 of the Gold Award, starting off at an ability level suitable for beginner Rookies, and progressing to the level where our Rookie Lifeguards perform impressive lifesaving tows.
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Bronze Stages Curriculum
Upon completion of Bronze Stages 1, 2 and 3, Rookie Lifeguards should be able to:
- Enter shallow water safely and confidently and wade
- Tread water and signal for help
- Swim continuously in clothing for 50m
- Swim Lifesaving Backstroke
- Scull head and feet first
- Hold the ‘HELP’ position
- Demonstrate a non-swimmer, weak swimmer and an unconscious casualty
- Demonstrate a ‘Shout and Signal’ rescue
- Throw an aid
- Demonstrate a reach rescue
- Enter deep water safely and confidently
- Perform a feet first surface dive and swim underwater
- Climb out in deep water without using the steps
Silver Stages Curriculum
Upon completion of Silver Stages 1, 2 and 3 Rookie Lifeguards should be able to:
- Swim continuously in clothing for 200m on your front and back
- Demonstrate a reaching rescue
- Throw a buoyant aid to a casualty 8m away
- Enter shallow water and wade to a casualty
- Using a throwing aid, instruct the casualty what to do
- Using a rigid aid instruct the casualty what to do
- The support position
- Tread water for 3 minutes
- Swimming, surface dives and object recovery
- Shallow turn and rescue an ‘unconscious casualty’
- Coil and throw a rope to a casualty 10m away and pull to the side in less than 45 seconds
- Enter deep water using a straddle jump
- Demonstrate a fall-in entry into clear deep water
- Swim 20m continuously with your head out of the water on your front
Gold Stages Curriculum
Upon completion of Gold Stages 1, 2 and 3 Rookies should be able to:
- Coil and throw a rope to a casualty and pull to the side
- Swim 400m continuously in clothing
- Demonstrate Lifesaving Backstroke, Sidestroke, Breaststroke or Front Crawl
- Tread water, removing clothing then swim 50m
- Climb out of deep water unaided
- Demonstrate fall-in, compact jump or shallow dive
- Demonstrate a Reverse
- Demonstrate a Standoff
- Rescue an unconscious casualty at depth in less than 2 minutes 30 seconds
- Demonstrate supported rescue breathing whilst waiting for help
- Demonstrate the support position
- Demonstrate non-contact rescues
- Treat for shock
- Hand signals
- Using any recognised competitive stroke, swim 400m continuously, in less than 12 minutes
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