Awarding Body

Royal Life Saving Society UK

Scheme

National Pool Lifeguard Qualification Generation 10

Course

Assessment

Type

Assessment

Award Description

Scheme Details 

Awarding Body:  RLSS UK Qualifications 

Scheme: National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) Gen 10 (Ofqual Register title: RLSS UK Qualifications Level 3 Award in Pool Lifeguarding) 

Course: Assessment  

Type: Assessment 

Award Description 

National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) Gen 10 

RLSS UK’s* NPLQ is the most awarded lifeguard qualification in the UK and Ireland. More than 40,000 lifeguards qualify with the RLSS UK every year, and there are currently more than 75,000 NPLQ-qualified lifeguards across the UK and Ireland. The NPLQ is also internationally recognised. 

NPLQ Generation 10 is the latest edition of the NPLQ. It has endorsement against the CIMSPA Lifeguard Standard and meets the requirements within the Health and Safety Executive’s Managing Health and Safety in Swimming Pools (HSG179). The NPLQ Gen 10 can be delivered with optional additional qualifications - AED, EFAW, FAW, and Anaphylaxis Management. The NPLQ is a great addition to any CV or higher education application, and from May 2024, NPLQ Gen 10 carries 8 UCAS Tariff points. 

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 or above 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 a ladder/steps and where the pool design permits. 

*The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is the industry leader in lifeguarding and lifesaving. RLSS UK Qualifications is at the forefront of lifeguard qualification innovation and development, keeping leisure employees at the cutting edge of lifesaving, lifeguarding, water safety and life support skills, and the RLSS UK badge gives peace of mind to the millions of customers who access leisure facilities every year. As an Awarding Body, RLSS UK Qualifications’ regulators are Ofqual, Qualifications Wales and CCEA in Northern Ireland. RLSS UK is a registered charity in England, Wales (1046060), and Scotland (SC037912). 

NPLQ Generation 10 Course.

The course will be taught over 5 days inclusive (Monday 12th February to Friday16th February 0800-1600) with assessment booked for Sunday 18th February (Time TBC by tutor).

Course requires 100% attendence.

Candidates can expect to do between 10 & 12 hours personal study at home throughout the course, in the form of set homework questions from the manual.

On day 1 all candidates must pass the competency test as set by RLSS as follows:

* Swim 50m within 60 seconds

* Swim a continuous 100m on front followd by 100m on back

* Retrieve a submersible manakin from a 2m depth.

We strongly recommend that all candidates spend at least 6 weeks before the course swimming regularly at least twice a week, so as to ensure they have reached the fitness level required to complete the timed swim elements of the syllabus.

Further information is available from reception on (023) 80733496 or via www.oaklandspool.org.uk

Start

12/02/2024 08:00

End

18/02/2024 16:00

Total Days

6

Maximum Bookings

12

Bookings

4

Venue

Oaklands Community Pool

Town

Southampton

County

ENG

Postcode

SO16 8LX

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

50.94276

Longitude

-1.45166

Name

Oaklands Community Pool

Phone

02380733496

Website

Booking/Details

Email