Awarding Body

Royal Life Saving Society UK

Scheme

National Pool Lifeguard Qualification Generation 9

Course

Assessment

Type

Assessment

Award Description

National Pool Lifeguard Qualification Generation 9

The NPLQ is the most awarded lifeguard qualification in the UK and Ireland and is also internationally recognised. More than 40,000 pool lifeguards qualify with the RLSS UK every year, and there are currently more than 80,000 pool lifeguards qualified in the NPLQ – 95% of all UK pool lifeguards.  

RLSS UK is regulated by Ofqual, Qualifications Wales and CCEA in Northern Ireland.

If you’d like to learn more about being a lifeguard click here.

Lifeguard Course Prerequisites  

Every candidate attending a NPLQ course must be 16-years-old at the time of taking the NPLQ final assessment and be able to:

• Jump/dive into deep water
• Swim 50 metres in less 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 and where the pool design permits

Course Dates 

Monday 22 - Wednesday 24 August and Tuesday 30 - Wednesday 31 August 2022

For further information and to book this course, please contact: Active Leeds, Leeds Lifesaving 

Start

22/08/2022 08:30

End

31/08/2022 17:30

Total Days

5

Maximum Bookings

12

Bookings

11

Venue

John Charles Centre for Sport

Town

Leeds

County

West Yorkshire

Postcode

LS11 5BX

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

53.76432

Longitude

-1.54194

Name

Leeds City Council - Active Leeds

Phone

0113 3788002

Email