Awards
Survive and Save
I have attached the basic elements for these new awards.
Silver Cross
Silver Cross 1, Silver Cross 2, Silver Cross 3
Bronze Cross
Distinction
page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4
Award of Merit
Bronze Medallion
Life Support syllabus
Lifesaving syllabus
I have attached the Lifesaving awards syllabus
Rookie syllabus
I have added the syllabus for the Rookie awards here (quite a few I’m afraid!!)
Gold 1, gold 2, gold 3, rookie life support
Diving award
This award is mainly for competitive lifesaving and has come out for the 2010 National Championships. I have attached the assessment matrices for you to take a look at here.
The Royal Lifesaving Society UK has a number of lifesaving awards which we use to assess ability and to reward our members for their hard work.
Our Club members can take the awards at their own pace, we do not believe in setting specific time scales for any awards – candidates are assessed when both themselves and their Teachers believe they are ready. All awards are assessed by appropriately qualified Teachers or Trainer / Assessors depending on the award specifications. Although we are allowed to take our own classes for some of the awards, we do not use this practice and always use another suitably qualified person – this ensures all classes work to a high standard and aids our internal moderation procedure.All awards are endorsed by The Royal Lifesaving Society.
Rookie Lifeguard:
The Rookie program has been developed in conjunction with the Amateur Swimming Association and the National Plan for Teaching Swimming. There are 3 stages of Rookie – Bronze, Silver and Gold – with each stage being divided into 3 levels. Each stage is equivalent to an ASA stage (e.g. Rookie Bronze 3 is equivalent to ASA Stage 8 of the National Teaching Plan). Certificates and badges are available for each level. These awards can be taught and assessed by Rookie Instructors.
Lifesaving 1,2,3
These awards run alongside some of the higher Rookie awards and assess rescue principles, water skills and rescue breathing in the water as well as CPR on land. These awards can be assessed by qualified Teachers.
I have added the syllabus here:
Life Support
This award is land based and is the pre-requisite for Bronze Medallion. It lasts for 24 months, then must be retaken. The award must be assessed by a qualified Trainer / Assessor. The award involves assessment of an unconscious casualty, adult CPR, and being able to answer theory questions on choking, bleeding, shock and the differences in life support for adults, children and babies.
Bronze Medallion
This is the flagship award for lifesaving. It must be assessed by a qualified Trainer / Assessor, and candidates have to have individual membership of the Royal Lifesaving Society. Candidates must already have Life Support before taking this award. The award involves water safety theory, land and water based rescues, non contact and contact rescues, resuscitation rescue and initiative test. The award lasts for 24 months.
Life Support 3
This is a land based award and must be assessed by a qualified Trainer / Assessor. It lasts for 24 months, then must be retaken. The award involves assessment of an unconscious casualty, adult, child and baby CPR, life support initiative, and being able to answer theory questions on choking, bleeding, shock, hypothermia, drowning and the differences in life support for adults, children and babies.
Award of Merit
This award must be assessed by a qualified Trainer / Assessor and lasts for 24 months. Pre-requisites are Bronze Medallion and Life Support or higher. The award involves water safety theory, land and water based rescues, non contact and contact rescues, resuscitation rescue and initiative test.
Distinction
This award must be assessed by a qualified Trainer / Assessor and lasts for 24 months. Pre-requisites are Award of Merit, Life Support or higher and Silver Cross. The award involves water safety theory, land and water based rescues, non contact and contact rescues, resuscitation rescue and initiative test.
Bronze and Silver Cross
These awards are assessments of candidates in an open water environment. Both awards last for 24 months and must be assessed by a qualified Trainer / Assessor with open water endorsement. Pre-requisites for these awards are Bronze Medallion, Life Support (and Bronze Cross for the Silver Cross award). The awards involve theory questions, land based and water based rescues, resuscitation rescue and a contact rescue for the Silver Cross.
