Scheme Details
- 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 35,000 pool lifeguards qualify with the RLSS UK every year, and there are currently more than 74,000 NPLQ-qualified pool lifeguards – 95% of all UK pool lifeguards. 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).
About
All candidates will be required to pass a pre-course swim test prior to the course start date to ensure they are competent to take the course. The date for this test is yet to be confirmed and will be communicated to candidates in due course.
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.
One Leisure has free parking facilities and also a cafe on site where you can pre-order any food required throughout the day, or you may bring your own packed lunch. You will be required to get in the pool everyday where you must wear T-shirt and shorts over your swim costume.
You must complete the course in its entireity and all course materials will be supplied to you on the first day. Please bring photo ID with you on your pre-course swim test as this is part of your registration. (Date for the pre-course swim test to be confirmed)
The exam for the course will be held on Saturday 13th April, time to be confirmed.
To book and reserve your place please email vicky.grantham@huntingdonshire.gov.uk
Sessions
| Automated External Defibrillator (AED) | N/A | 08/04/2024 - 13/04/2024 | Details |
| National Pool Lifeguard Qualification Generation 10 Swimming Pool Safety Operation and Supervision | £0.00 | 08/04/2024 - 13/04/2024 | Details |
| National Pool Lifeguard Qualification Generation 10 Pool Lifeguard Emergency Rescue Skills | £0.00 | 08/04/2024 - 13/04/2024 | Details |
| National Pool Lifeguard Qualification Generation 10 First aid, illness and Injury Management in a Pool Environment | £0.00 | 08/04/2024 - 13/04/2024 | Details |
| National Pool Lifeguard Qualification Generation 10 Theory Paper Assessment | £0.00 | 08/04/2024 - 13/04/2024 | Details |
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Where And When
- Start
- 08/04/2024 08:30
- End
- 13/04/2024 17:30
- Total Days
- 5.5
- Maximum Bookings
- 12
- Bookings
- 6
- Venue
- One Leisure St.Ives Indoor
- Town
- St.Ives, Cambs
- County
- one
- Postcode
- PE27 6WU
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Latitude
- 52.32980
- Longitude
- -0.08466
Provider
- Name
- One Leisure St Ives
- Phone
- 01480388111