Awarding Body

Royal Life Saving Society UK

Scheme

National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualification

Course

Assessment

Type

Assessment

Award Description

National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualification (NVBLQ)

RLSS UK has teamed up with Surf Life Saving Association (SLSA) Wales to offer the NVBLQ - a national standard for beach lifeguarding. The National Water Safety Forum and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) endorse the NVBLQ. On completion, candidates will have the skills and knowledge to protect the public at the beach.

If you’d like to learn more about being a Beach Lifeguard, click here.

The NVBLQ course requires a minimum of 40 hours of training followed by a practical assessment.

Course Pre-Requisites:

Every candidate attending a NVBLQ course must:

• Be 16-years-old or over at the time of the assessment
• Have a good level of fitness
• Surface dive to a depth of 1.5 metres
• Tread water for two minutes
• Climb out of deep water unaided and without steps
• Be competent at swimming in the sea
• Before the course, candidates must be able to swim at least 200 metres in a pool (of recommended length 25 metres, but no less than 20 metres) in five minutes or less
• For the assessment, candidates must be able to swim 400 metres in a pool (recommended 25 metres, but no less than 20 metres) in eight minutes or less using a continuous front stroke and showing urgency.

Course Content:

The course covers: all elements of beach lifeguard theory, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, pool skills and open water skills and is physically demanding and will include swimming to set times and lifting.

There are four modules, and a candidate must pass all four to attain the qualification.

Module 1 – Beach Lifeguarding – Knowledge & Understanding
Module 2 – Life Support and First Aid
Module 3 – Ocean Skills

An NVBLQ is a internationally recognised qualification that allows you to work as a beach lifeguard.

The course provides you with an introduction to all elements of beach lifeguard theory, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, pool skills and open water skills. It’s a physically demanding course and includes swimming to set times and lifting people and objects.

You need to be 16 or over to attend this course and have a good standard of swimming. You will need to be able to complete a 400m swim in under 8 minutes. 

Start

19/06/2023 09:00

End

24/06/2023 17:00

Total Days

6

Maximum Bookings

20

Bookings

8

Venue

RNLI Lifeboat Station, The Spa Promenade, Bridlington YO15 3JH

Town

Bridlington

County

East Riding of Yorkshire

Postcode

YO15 3BZ

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

54.07843

Longitude

-0.19802

Name

Andrew Jamieson (Training)

Phone

07920595119

Email