RLSS Rookie Lifeguard Beach Programme 3 DAYS Wednesday - Friday ( Bronze Award ) Portstewart Strand- The open activities
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The awards are a natural progression from learn-to-swim and retain young people in swimming and lifesaving activities. They offer progression into the RLSS UK National Lifesaving Academy, Lifeguard, and Instructor programmes.
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The awards teach Rookies self-rescue, survival, simulated emergency response (rescue), and lifesaving sport skills.
The Rookie Beach Lifeguard programme consists of:
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Bronze, Silver, and Gold awards - designed to progressively teach Rookies
all the skills of beach lifesaving that they’ll need to start their journey to Beach Lifeguard.
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Beach First Aid Speciality Award – to teach Rookies specialist beach first aid skills not found in our First Aid or Life Support speciality awards.
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Rescue Board Speciality Award – an award to teach more in-depth rescue board skills that are taught in the main awards.
Rookie Master Beach Lifeguard – the pinnacle of the Rookie Beach awards!
Candidate requirements
- Age: 8+ (at 12, it is recommended that candidates progress into the National Lifesaving Academy.
- Entry Level: Candidates can enter the awards at any level of the programme deemed suitable by the Rookie Instructor
- Swimming Ability: Candidates should be confident in the water and able to swim 25m confidently in the sea
Sessions will run Wednesday, Thursday & Friday each week in July and August 13:00- 15:30 One session is available or all three sessions to work towards completing the bronze award and moving onto the silver and gold awards.