RLSS (UK) NPLQ 7th Edition (Pool Lifeguard) Units 1 & 2 Training course

The National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) is a six-day course, with an assessment on the afternoon of the sixth day. The course covers the following:

Cardio Pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), Spinal Cord Injury Management, Pool Operational practice Aquatic rescue skills, First Aid and Casualty Management, Consolidation and revision at the end of the course, before the four hour assessment.

Candidates must meet the following criteria before applying:

Must be 16 years of age prior to commencing a course of training.

Must be able to jump/dive into deep water, swim 50 metres in no more than 60 seconds, swim 100 metres continuously on front and back in deep water, tread water for 30 seconds, surface dive to the floor of the pool, climb out unaided without ladder/steps where the pool design permits.

This award provides you with the skills to support and act as back-up, to the Sports Centre's trained lifeguard team in the event of an incident. It will teach you how to deal with swimming pool based emergencies and also (and more commonly) minor incidents, without the risk of putting yourself or others in danger.

It will allow you to safely support the team of lifeguards should an incident occur and will give a background to why we have certain pool rules.

You will be trained in rescue skills, CPR, stabilisation of a spinal injury, and recovering of a casualty from the depth of 2 metres.

If you are responsible for taking others to the swimming pool, whether they are children, or adults with special needs, you will find this course useful . It will provide you with greater confidence and knowledge, that those in your care are safe. Course duration is 12 hours

Please note that there is ALWAYS a lifeguard present on poolside and that it will always ultimately be their responsibility to enforce pool rules and carry out rescues.