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Advanced Swimmers
5 Years +

Rookie Lifeguard Bronze Award

Available at:

Lewes Leisure Centre

Available at:

Lewes Leisure Centre

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.

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.

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