TRAINING & COURSE INFO

Become A Lifeguard

Requirements

  • You need to be at least 14 years old at time of examination.
  • You must be a paid up member of Surf Lifesaving New Zealand (through a Surf Lifesaving Club like Orewa).

Fees

Club membership        $80 for the 2012/2013 season
Exam & Manuals          $35 (one off)

If you want to compete in surf sports as a surf club member there is an additional $100 competition fee (payable after qualifying).
Contact Orewa SLSC on 09 427 8574.

Swimming

You will eventually need to swim 400m freestyle (in a pool) non-stop in under 9 minutes as part of your lifeguard quaification.

  • If you are there already – great - keep up the good work!
  • If you are not there yet, we would recommend that you seek lessons from your local pool until you can at least do 400m non-stop.

Training

Usually at Orewa Surf Club

  • For next training dates contact club.

SURF LIFEGUARD AWARD TRAINING PROCESS

Session

Content

Usual Venue & What to bring

1

Introduction
Training and examination process
Tour of clubhouse
SLSNZ - the organisation
Health & Safety

Clubhouse (~2hrs)

What to Bring:
Exercise book and a pen

2

Pool session
400m swim trial
Underwater retrieval
Tube rescue (pool)
Escapes, releases
Tows

The Leisure Centre (~2hrs)
(Brightside Rd, Stanmore Bay)

What to bring:
Togs, towel & swimming goggles
Surf fins (optional at this stage)

3

Physical Environment
Features of the beach
Rips, Waves, Currents

Clubhouse (~2hrs)

What to bring:
Exercise book and a pen
Your SLA manual and workbook

4

CPR introduction
Adult to infant CPR
Choking

Clubhouse (~2hrs)

What to bring:
Exercise book and a pen
Your SLA manual and workbook

5

First Aid (session 1)

Clubhouse (~2hrs)

What to bring:
Exercise book and a pen
Your SLA manual and workbook

6

First Aid (session 2)

Clubhouse (~2hrs)

What to bring:
Exercise book and a pen
Your SLA manual and workbook

7

Patrolling
Roles & Responsibilities
The Patrol Operations Manual
Uniform & Public Relations
The 3 Reports
Incident management
Emergency services
Patrolling
Environment

Clubhouse (~2hrs)

What to bring:
Exercise book and a pen
Your SLA manual and workbook

8

Lifeguard skills
Equipment
Tie a tube
Ins & outs
Surf swimming
Swim in a rip
Tube rescue
Primary survey
Scanning
Victim Identification

We will usually try to arrange a trip to a West Coast beach / Orewa (1/2 day)

What to bring:
Togs, towel & swimming goggles
Lunch
Warm clothing
Wetsuit (highly recommended)
Surf fins (compulsory)

9

Communication
Radios
Signals, Sign & Flags

Clubhouse (~2hrs)

What to bring:
Exercise book and a pen
Your SLA manual and workbook

10 +

Revision

Clubhouse (~2hrs)

What to bring:
Exercise book and a pen
Your SLA manual and workbook

Exam Components

 




Pool Assessment
Usually an hour to complete the prerequisite tasks (400m Swim, Tube Rescue, Unaided Tows and Releases)

Beach Assessment
Usually ½ to a full day, depending on the number of candidates to complete the final components (Work Book Check, Theory, First Aid, CPR, Radio, Run Swim Run and Tube Rescue).

Venues for Pool and Beach assessments
will be advised once registrations have closed (two weeks prior to the Beach Exam date).

What to bring:
Pool Assessment:
Togs, towel & swimming goggles
Warm clothing
Surf fins (compulsory)

Beach Assessment:
SLA Candidate Workbook (compulsory)
Togs, towel & swimming goggles
Lunch
Warm clothing
Wetsuit (highly recommended)
Surf fins (compulsory)

 
Surf Life Saving Club - PO Box 109, Orewa - orewaslsc@xtra.co.nz