The Rookie Lifeguard Programme is a fun and exciting lifesaving awards scheme for children who have passed Stage 7 of the Learn to Swim pathway.
Teaching self-rescue, survival, rescue, and sport skills. There are 9 core awards to the programme in 3 categories: Bronze, Silver and Gold.
Held at Lewes Leisure Centre, the Rookie Lifeguard programme features fun and varied activities designed to equip children with the skills and confidence they need to safely enjoy being in the water – whether that’s in the pool or the sea, shallow water or deep water.
The Rookie Lifeguard programme revolves around learning and using key skills including:
- Survival
- Rescue
- Sports
- Teamwork
- Peer support
Rookie Lifeguard Bronze Award
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
They will also be ready to move on to the Rookie Lifeguard Silver Award.
Rookie Lifeguard Silver Award
The Rookie Lifeguard Programme is a fun and exciting lifesaving awards scheme for children who have passed Stage 7 of the Learn to Swim pathway. Teaching self-rescue, survival, rescue, and sport skills. There are 9 core awards to the programme in 3 categories: Bronze, Silver and Gold.
Held at Lewes Leisure Centre, the Rookie Lifeguard programme features fun and varied activities designed to equip children with the skills and confidence they need to safely enjoy being in the water – whether that’s in the pool or the sea, shallow water or deep water.
The Rookie Lifeguard programme revolves around learning and using key skills including:
- Survival
- Rescue
- Sports
- Teamwork
- Peer support
Rookie Lifeguard Gold Award
Teaching self-rescue, survival, rescue, and sport skills, the gold award is the final Rookie Lifeguard Award.
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
To take part in the Rookie Lifeguard Gold Award, participants must have completed their Bronze and Silver Award.