SWIMSAFER
STAGE 1
ENTRIES & EXITS
- Slide-in entry
- Exit using ladder
SCULLING & BODY ORIENTATION
- Front float (mushroom or jellyfish), 5 seconds, recover to standing position
- Back float, 5 seconds recover to a standing position
UNDERWATER SKILLS
- Submerge in waist deep (student’s) water, open eyes and blow bubbles
MOVEMENT/SWIMMING STROKE
- Movement on front 10m (alternating arms & legs and/or simultaneous arms and legs)
- Movement on back 5m (alternating arms & legs and/or simultaneous arms and legs)
SURVIVAL & ACTIVITY SKILLS
- Signal distress
- Grasp a flotation aid and float for 10 seconds
- Move to the pool’s edge (with the float) and
- Exit safely from water
- (Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate): Correctly fit a PFD, jump into the water, float for 30 seconds and then climb out of deep water.
ASSESSMENT
- Without goggles, enter the water with slide-in entry
- Swim on the back for 5m (alternating arms and legs or simultaneous arms and legs)
- Submerge head in water, open eyes, blow bubbles and ifentify object on pool floor (w/o goggles)
- Perform a front float for 5 seconds and recover
- Then perform a back float for 5 seconds and recover
- Swim 10m on the front (alternating arms and legs or simultaneous arms and legs)
- Signal distress and call for help
- Grasp a float and float for 10 seconds
- Then move (with the float) to the pool’s edge and
- Exit safely from pool
- Sequence 1B (w/o goggles) Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt, Correctly fit a a PFD, jump into water
- Float for 30 seconds and then climb out of the water
