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

This course is available to anyone over the age of 16 who wants to become a beach lifeguard and work for the RNLI in the Yorkshire area.

The National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualification (NVBLQ) is the core qualification for anyone seeking employment on UK Beaches.

The NVBLQ ensures that the qualified lifeguard has the knowledge and skills required to operate effectively across a range of beach environments.

NVBLQ was developed with support from the National Water Safety Forum Beach Advisory Group and the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) and is recognised by the RNLI as one of the main qualifications for beach lifeguarding.

The NVBLQ course is a minimum of 40 hours long followed by a practical assessment on beach theory, life support, first aid, swimming pool practical and open water practical. 

Upon qualifying with the NVBLQ, the certificate is valid for two years from the date of successful completion.

Benefits

• The NVBLQ is internationally recognised, so potential to work and travel
• Work within a team
• Great way for students to fund studies
• Learn essential life skills, including First Aid and CPR

• 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 2 metres
  • 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

Start

27/05/2024 08:00

End

01/06/2024 17:00

Total Days

6

Maximum Bookings

12

Venue

Whitby Yatch Club

Town

Whitby

County

North Yorkshire

Postcode

YO21 3PU

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

54.48919

Longitude

-0.61491

Name

Andrew Jamieson (Training)

Phone

07920595119

Email