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SLSA: Award Structures

Age	Patrolling Lifesaver	First Aid & Emergency Care	Power-Craft	Radios	Helicopter	Training and Assessment
18	Gold Medallion (Advanced Lifesaving)		JRB/ORB Skipper JRB/ORB Driver JRB/ORB Specialist Crew Rescue Watercraft Operator		Helicopter Rescue Certificate Specialist Crew Certificate	Assessor
17	Silver Medallion (Beach Management)	Silver Medallion (Advanced Emergency Care)	Silver Medallion (IRB Driver) ATV Operator	Silver Medallion (Radio Controller)		Training Officer
16		Defibrillation Certificate Spinal Management	ORB Crew JRB Crew
15	Bronze Medallion	Advanced Resuscitation Senior First Aid	IRB Crew
14		Resuscitation Certificate (with Basic Oxygen)		Radio Operator Certificate
13	Surf Rescue Certificate
12	Surf Smart 2	Basic Emergency Care
11	Surf Smart 1
10	Surf Safety 2	Resuscitation Certificate
9	Surf Safety 1
8	Surf Awareness 2
7	Surf Awareness 1

Surf Bronze Medallion Award Brief

The Surf Bronze Medallion is the standard SLSA lifesaving award for Surf Patrols and Water Safety. At the WSLSC it takes about 10 two hour sessions to complete the Bronze Training with both theory and water work components. This varies depending on the experience of the candidates and the conditions they experience. Usually the Bronze Medallion assessment is the last of the 10 sessions. This course aims to provide the candidates with a sense of occupational health and safety, surf awareness, first aid, including resuscitation and oxygen therapy, communicating effectively in a work place and effective rescue techniques. After this course, the candidate has the opportunity to partake further SLSA lifesaving awards with the Surf Bronze becoming the main prerequisite.

Once the Bronze Medallion Course is completed, it is current for 12 months from the 1^st of January in the year it was completed in. Where Bronze Medallions are completed after the Lifesaving Victoria AGM (which is usually held in May/June), the award remains current until December 31 of the following year.

This award is a prerequisite for competition at SLSA carnivals.

If the candidate wants to retain their Bronze Medallion, they must perform an annual proficiency test with an Australian Surf Lifesaving Club before a patrolling season. Warrnambool and neighbouring surf lifesaving clubs run their half day proficiency courses in November and December each year.

Prerequisites

Lifesaving Units to be completed during coursework

Assessment

Candidate must be a minimum of 15 years of age on the date of assessment.

Candidate must complete a 400 metre swim in 9 minutes or less, in a swimming pool of not less than 25 metres or over a measured open water course of before any training starts in the surf and/or in deep water.

• Unit 1: Safety and Wellbeing

• Unit 2: Surf Awareness and Skills

• Unit 3: Anatomy and Physiology

• Unit 4: Basic First Aid

• Unit 5: First Aid

• Unit 6: Resuscitation

• Unit 7: Basic Oxygen

• Unit 8: Communication

• Unit 9: Radio Communication

• Unit 10: Rescue Techniques

• Unit 11: Carries and Supports

• Unit 12: Patrols

• Written or Oral Assessment

• Performance of skills

• Simulation of rescue scenarios

Surf Rescue Certificate Award Brief

The Surf Rescue Certificate (SRC) is an award offered to senior nippers to develop the basic skills required for active patrol while at the same time developing ‘real' lifesaving experience. A shorter version of the Bronze course, the SRC develops team work and communication skills in our junior members.

At the WSLSC the SRC takes about 7-8 two hour sessions to complete with both theory and water work components. Usually the SRC assessment is the last of the 7-8 sessions. This course aims to provide young candidates with a sense of occupational health and safety, surf awareness, basic first aid including resuscitation and oxygen therapy, communicating effectively in a work place and effective rescue techniques.

This award is a prerequisite for training and competition on racing Malibu boards.

Once the Surf Rescue Certificate Course is completed, it is current for 12 months from the 1^st of January in the year it was completed in. Where SRCs are completed after the Lifesaving Victoria AGM (which is usually held in May/June), the award remains current until December 31 of the following year.

Maintaining your Surf Rescue Certificate

If the candidate wants to retain their Surf Rescue Certificate, they must perform an annual proficiency test with an Australian Surf Lifesaving Club usually held before the patrolling season.

Warrnambool and neighbouring surf lifesaving clubs run their half day proficiency courses in November and December each year.

Prerequisites

Lifesaving Units to be completed during coursework

Assessment

Candidate must be a minimum of 13 years of age on the date of assessment.

Candidate must complete a 200 metre swim in 5 minutes or less, in a swimming pool of not less than 25 metres or over a measured open water course of before any training starts in the surf and/or in deep water.