Awarding Body

Royal Life Saving Society UK

Scheme

National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualification

Course

Assessment

Type

Assessment

Award Description

National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualification (NVBLQ)

RLSS UK has teamed up with Surf Life Saving Association (SLSA) Wales to offer the NVBLQ - a national standard for beach lifeguarding. The National Water Safety Forum and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) endorse the NVBLQ. On completion, candidates will have the skills and knowledge to protect the public at the beach.

If you’d like to learn more about being a Beach Lifeguard, click here.

The NVBLQ course requires a minimum of 40 hours of training followed by a practical assessment.

Course Pre-Requisites:

Every candidate attending a NVBLQ course must:

• Be 16-years-old or over at the time of the assessment
• Have a good level of fitness
• Surface dive to a depth of 1.5 metres
• Tread water for two minutes
• Climb out of deep water unaided and without steps
• Be competent at swimming in the sea
• Before the course, candidates must be able to swim at least 200 metres in a pool (of recommended length 25 metres, but no less than 20 metres) in five minutes or less
• For the assessment, candidates must be able to swim 400 metres in a pool (recommended 25 metres, but no less than 20 metres) in eight minutes or less using a continuous front stroke and showing urgency.

Course Content:

The course covers: all elements of beach lifeguard theory, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, pool skills and open water skills and is physically demanding and will include swimming to set times and lifting.

There are four modules, and a candidate must pass all four to attain the qualification.

Module 1 – Beach Lifeguarding – Knowledge & Understanding
Module 2 – Life Support and First Aid
Module 3 – Ocean Skills

Woolacombe Surf Centre is based in the heart of the beautiful seaside town of Woolacombe, with its 2 miles of golden west facing sand it is a stunning location to enjoy the ocean, work and train. Our knowledgeable RLSS trainers have a wealth of experience to encourage and train candidates to achieve their qualifications.

We also offer the Surfing England Surf Instructor award which can either be done as part online and part in our centre or all in house for those looking to go on to surf coaching.

Start

16/09/2024 09:00

End

20/09/2024 18:00

Total Days

5

Maximum Bookings

11

Venue

Woolacombe Surf Centre

Town

Barton Road

County

Devon

Postcode

EX34 7BA

Country

UK

Latitude

51.17222

Longitude

-4.20500

Name

Gary King (Training)

Phone

01271 871 533

Email