Awarding Body

Royal Life Saving Society UK

Scheme

National Pool Lifeguard Qualification Generation 10

Course

Renewal 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). 

This is just the exam of the NPLQ for Generation 10 to renew your qualification. You can sit this assessment using your Generation 9 certificate. Your current qualification must still be valid to do this exam and must have completed at least 20 hours of training spread out over the past 2 years.

You might want to get yourself a Generation 10 Manual from RLSS Shop to make sure you are up to date for the exam.

https://shop.rlss.org.uk/collections/qualification-manuals/products/national-pool-lifeguard-qualification-nplq-gen-10-rlss-uk

You will need a set of manikin lungs for the assessment if you don’t have your own set, you can buy these from us at a cost of £5.50.

I will also need to know if you already hold an AED qualification that is valid as well.

Start

31/01/2024 07:00

End

31/01/2024 12:00

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

12

Bookings

4

Venue

Stevenage Swimming Centre

Town

Stevenage

County

Hertfordshire

Postcode

SG1 1XY

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

51.90444

Longitude

-0.19975

Name

Stevenage Swimming Centre

Phone

01438 579397

Email