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

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Start

13/11/2022 08:00

End

18/12/2022 18:00

Total Days

5

Maximum Bookings

40

Bookings

6

Venue

Atherstone

Town

Atherstone

County

Warkwickshire

Postcode

CV9 1AX

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

52.57865

Longitude

-1.55056

Name

PRO:Lifesavers

Phone

07511843650

Website

Email