RLSS Rookie Lifeguard Beach Programme 3 DAYS ( Bronze Award ) Portstewart Strand

The Rookie Lifeguard Programme is the junior lifesaving programme from RLSS UK. 

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.

The awards teach Rookies self-rescue, survival, simulated emergency response (rescue), and lifesaving sport skills.

The Rookie Beach Lifeguard programme consists of:

• 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.

• Beach First Aid Speciality Award – to teach Rookies specialist beach first aid skills not found in our First Aid or Life Support speciality awards.

• 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 Friday, Saturday, Sunday each week in July and August 10 :00 - 12.30  One session is available or all three sessions to work towards completing the bronze award and moving onto the silver and gold awards.