Incorporating the Units of Competence:

• SISCAQU002  Perform Basic Water Rescues

• SISCAQU006  Supervise Clients in Aquatic Locations

• SISCAQU007  Perform Advanced Water Rescues

• PUAEME003C Administer Oxygen in an Emergency Situation

• PUAEME001B Provide Emergency Care

 

The role of Lifeguard is an important one in Australian society. The appropriate supervision of an aquatic facility is vital to a safe environment. The ability to recognise and react swiftly to an emergency can be the difference between life and death or serious injury.

 

Topics include:

• Supervision

• Prevention of accidents and incidents

• Public relations/Managing Conflict

• Critical Incident Processes

• Problem Solving Skills

• Risk Management

• Advanced Aquatic Rescue

• Resuscitation

• Oxygen Administration

• Defibrillation 

 

This is a physical course.  A fitness test requires that the participant:

• Swim 200 metres in under 6 minutes

• Swim 25 metres to a casualty, tow them 25 metres and remove them from the water with the assistance of other trainees in under 1 minute 45 seconds

 

The trainee will also be required to kneel for the CPR component.

Active Training (formerly World Aquatics) Registered Training Organisation (RTO 40276).