The Lifesaving Society’s National Lifeguard Waterfront Certification builds on the fundamental skills, knowledge, and values taught in the National Lifeguard Core Content to train lifeguards in safety supervision and rescue in a waterfront environment.
Test Items
*Through practical activities wherever possible, candidates demonstrate an understanding of how to analyze a waterfront and how this analysis affects lifeguarding.
- *Establish effective supervision of an aquatic facility using:
a) Observation skills and scanning techniques
b) Lifeguard positioning and rotation
- *Demonstrate effective use of a paddleboard or other rescue craft.
- *Demonstrate use of skin diving skills and equipment (mask, fins, and snorkel), including the following basic skills:
· Surface under control with a mask full of water
· Clear water from a snorkel
· Surface dive
- *Demonstrate an effective search of a defined waterfront area for a missing person.
- *Demonstrate three entries and three removals appropriate for a waterfront environment.
- *Run 100 m with a rescue aid, enter the water, and approach 100 m to recover a victim of similar size and weight to the rescuer. Tow the victim to shore in 5-6 minutes depending on the water conditions.
- Respond to emergency situations as a single lifeguard or as a member of a lifeguard team.
*Asterisk indicates instructor-evaluated item.
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