Pool Lifeguard
Upcoming courses
Pool Lifeguard, South Australia, 29/04/2023
Enrolments: 0 / 10
Incorporating the Units of Competence:
- SISCAQU002 Perform Basic Water Rescues
- SISCAQU006 Supervise Clients in Aquatic Locations
- SISCAQU007 Perform Advanced Water Rescues
- PUAEME003 Administer Oxygen in an Emergency
- PUAEME001 Provide Emergency Care
- HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
These units of competency from the SIS Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training Package provide a set of skills to meet the requirements for a Pool Lifeguard. Upon successful completion, the student will receive a Statement of Attainment certificate.
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
Please refer to our Refund Policy
46 Cowan St
Angle Park SA 5010
Face-to-face instruction is 2 days.
Students must obtain a Unique Student Identifier (USI) prior to enrolling in this course. Please visit https://www.usi.gov.au/ for more information.
1 Year.
A full course must be completed if a Pool Lifeguard qualification has expired after a period greater than 4 weeks.
A refresher course must be completed if a Pool Lifeguard qualification has expired by a period of less than 4 weeks and the person has been working consistently in the industry. Evidence must be supplied to support this employment.
This is a physical course. A fitness test requires that a student must be:
- Able to swim 200 metres in under 6 minutes.
- Able to swim 25 metres to a casualty, tow them 25 metres and remove them from the water with assistance from others students in under 1 minute and 45 seconds.
- The student must also be able to kneel for the CPR component of the course.
Practical and Theory assessments will be conducted during the course.
If a practical assessment is deemed Not Competent, students will be given an 8-week period from that date to complete a re-assessment.