Sandford Parks Lido Ticket Portal

Days: Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings during the school holidays (1 course = 3 sessions in the same week)

Time: 9am-11am

BRONZE; PRE-REQUISITE: COMFORTABLY SWIM 50M CONTINUALLY UNAIDED
- Upon completing the Bronze Award, each individual should be able to:

• Enter shallow water safely and confidently and wade
• Tread water and signal for help
• Swim continuously in clothing for 50m
• Swim Lifesaving Backstroke
• Scull head and feet first
• Hold the ‘HELP’ position
• Demonstrate a non-swimmer, weak swimmer and an unconscious casualty
• Demonstrate a ‘Shout and Signal’ rescue
• Throw an aid
• Demonstrate a reach rescue
• Enter deep water safely and confidently
• Perform a feet first surface dive and swim underwater
• Climb out in deep water without using the steps

SILVER; PRE-REQUISITE: COMFORTABLY SWIM 200M CONTINUALLY UNAIDED
- Upon competing the Silver Award, each individual should be able to:

• Swim continuously in clothing for 200m on your front and back
• Demonstrate a reaching rescue
• Throw a buoyant aid to a casualty 8m away
• Enter shallow water and wade to a casualty
• Using a throwing aid, instruct the casualty what to do
• Using a rigid aid instruct the casualty what to do
• The support position
• Tread water for 3 minutes
• Swimming, surface dives and object recovery
• Shallow turn and rescue an ‘unconscious casualty’
• Coil and throw a rope to a casualty 10m away and pull to the side in less than 45 seconds
• Enter deep water using a straddle jump
• Demonstrate a fall-in entry into clear deep water
• Swim 20m continuously with your head out of the water on your front

GOLD; PRE-REQUISITE: COMFORTABLY SWIM 400M CONTINUALLY UNAIDED
- Upon completing the Gold Award, each individual should be able to:

• Coil and throw a rope to a casualty and pull to the side
• Swim 400m continuously in clothing
• Demonstrate Lifesaving Backstroke, Sidestroke, Breaststroke or Front Crawl
• Tread water, removing clothing then swim 50m
• Climb out of deep water unaided
• Demonstrate fall-in, compact jump or shallow dive
• Demonstrate a Reverse
• Demonstrate a Standoff
• Rescue an unconscious casualty at depth in less than 2 minutes 30 seconds
• Demonstrate supported rescue breathing whilst waiting for help
• Demonstrate the support position
• Demonstrate non-contact rescues
• Treat for shock
• Hand signals
• Using any recognised competitive stroke, swim 400m continuously, in less than 12 minutes