Awarding Body

Royal Life Saving Society UK

Scheme

Open Water Lifeguard 2017

Course

Assessment

Type

Assessment

Award Description

Open Water Lifeguard (OWL) Qualification

Open water swimming is one of the fastest-growing sports in the UK. The OWL qualification has been specifically designed to equip Open Water Lifeguards with the skills required to supervise and provide rescue cover for planned, organised and risk assessed activities in still or non-tidal water.

If you’d like to learn more about being an Open Water Lifeguard, click here.

The OWL course requires a minimum of 18 hours of training followed by a practical assessment.

Course Pre-Requisites:

Every candidate attending an OWL course must: 

• Be 16-years-old or over at the time of assessment
• Be competent and confident in open water
• Be able to submerge under the water confidently
• Be able to swim at least 400 metres in a pool/open water, swimming continuously on their front and showing urgency.

Course Content:

There are three sections to the course, and a candidate must pass all three to attain the qualification.

Section 1 – The Open Water Lifeguard, environment, hazards and supervision
Section 2 – Responding to an emergency and taking action
Section 3 – CPR and First Aid

This is a 1 day open water lifeguard conversion course for those with an existing NPLQ qualification, your NPLQ qualification must be valid and not expire before 20/04/24.

Colwick Park Lifeguards are a leading provider of open water safety provision. If you are interested in lifeguarding open water then this is the qualification for you, providing all the skills and knowledge to lifeguard open water safely. Colwick Park Lifeguards working in partnership with the RLSS provide water safety provision at open water events across the country, including Wilderness festival, Secret Garden Party, Henley Royal Regatta and much more. Colwick Park Lifeguards and the RLSS are looking for enthusiastic volunteers who wish to attend these events as Open Water Lifeguards. Volunteers who complete a full event will be eligible to claim a refund for the full cost of this course. If this is something that interests you, please contact Colwick Park Lifeguards on the details listed. 

For more information and to book please email chris.brookes@thelifeguards.org.uk.

Start

20/04/2024 08:00

End

20/04/2024 17:00

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

12

Bookings

2

Venue

Attenborough Sailing Club

Town

Nottingham

County

Nottinghamshire

Postcode

NG9 6DY

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

52.89967

Longitude

-1.23568

Name

Colwick Park Lifeguards

Phone

07920426785

Email