Swimming Pool Courses
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STA Professional Course for Swimming Pools
STA Pool Lifeguard for Swimming Pools
STA Safety Award For teachers (SAT)
STA Pool Emergency Responder (PER)
Swimming Pool Plant Room Maintenance & Water Testing
Swimming Pool Courses - Swimming Pool Plant Room Maintenance & Water Testing
UK First Aid and Safety Training have a range of Swimming Pool courses available to be delivered at your own venue at a discounted cost. Alternatively you booking on to a first aid course at one of our national centres.
Water Testing & Swimming Pool Maintenance for Swimming Pools
This course has been designed to exceed the level 2 qualification currently on offer and to offer additional training to support the learner in their role in holiday parks.
his qualification offers a range of skills, designed to allow the learner once completed to operate in swimming pools Safety and competently including: Principles of safe swimming pool operations, Full water testing, temperature checking and Water balancing, safe use of chemicals and when they are needed to be used, Routine maintenance including back-washing, strainers and skimmer cleaning, pump priming, pressures reading, pool vac and balance tanks, Daily check on swimming pools, Troubleshooting routine pool problems , Due Diligence and records keeping.
Course has been designed to be completed in 3 to 6 hours depending on learners excising knowledge and optional pre-course work being completed.
Water Testing & Swimming Pool Maintenance for Leisure Clubs & Spas
This course has been designed to exceed the level 2 qualification currently on offer and to offer additional training to support the learner in their role in holiday parks.
his qualification offers a range of skills, designed to allow the learner once completed to operate in swimming pools Safety and competently including: Principles of safe swimming pool operations, Full water testing, temperature checking and Water balancing, safe use of chemicals and when they are needed to be used, Routine maintenance including back-washing, strainers and skimmer cleaning, pump priming, pressures reading, pool vac and balance tanks, Daily check on swimming pools, Troubleshooting routine pool problems , Due Diligence and records keeping.
Course has been designed to be completed in 3 to 6 hours depending on learners excising knowledge and optional pre-course work being completed.
Water Testing & Swimming Pool Maintenance for Holiday Parks.
This course has been designed to exceed the level 2 qualification currently on offer and to offer additional training to support the learner in their role in holiday parks.
his qualification offers a range of skills, designed to allow the learner once completed to operate in swimming pools Safety and competently including: Principles of safe swimming pool operations, Full water testing, temperature checking and Water balancing, safe use of chemicals and when they are needed to be used, Routine maintenance including back-washing, strainers and skimmer cleaning, pump priming, pressures reading, pool vac and balance tanks, Daily check on swimming pools, Troubleshooting routine pool problems , Due Diligence and records keeping.
Course has been designed to be completed in 3 to 6 hours depending on learners excising knowledge and optional pre-course work being completed.
RLSS Training Courses
RLSS Pool Lifeguard
What is it like being a lifeguard?
Lifeguards benefit from varied working hours which you can easily fit around your other commitments, working within a team and there’s also the opportunity to progress your career within the leisure industry as most leisure managers start off as Pool Lifeguards.
If you’d like to learn more about being a lifeguard watch the video on this web page, we can also arrange for you to speake to a current lifeguard or watch them in action before you decide!.
Lifeguard Course Pre-Requisites
Every candidate attending a NPLQ course must be 16-years-old 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 ladder/steps and where the pool design permits
Find a Lifeguard Course near you, telephone 01206 890 292 or email us
Swimming Pool Courses - Pool Lifeguard & Pool Attendant
UK First Aid and Safety Training have a range of Swimming Pool courses available to be delivered at your own venue at a discounted cost. Alternatively you booking on to a first aid course at one of our national centres.
National Pool Lifeguard Qualification
EMERGENCY RESPONSE POOL (ER-POOL)
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How Will the Qualification Benefit Your Business?
Managing Health and Safety in Swimming Pools states:
“When the pool is in use, there must be a safe system of work to identify a person in difficulty and ensure that a rescue can be performed. For example, in the absence of lifeguards, there should be designated ‘on-call’ competent staff, to respond immediately to deal with any emergency. They should be suitably trained and capable of reaching the poolside in time to perform a rescue and provide emergency first aid if the alarm is raised.” Paragraph 113 of the HSE publication
The Emergency Response Pool Programme (ER-Pool) is designed to assist designated staff to respond to an emergency within the swimming pool environment when the alarm has been raised. The Emergency Responders can be any member of the facility called upon to rescue and provide first aid.
The ER-Pool programme is designed for use in small pools no greater than 1.5m in depth such as a health club or hotel pool.
For pools that require direct supervision on poolside and for larger pools, the RLSS UK National Pool Lifeguard Qualification would be more suitable.
Who Can Complete ER Pool Training?
Any staff employed at the venue, e.g.
- Receptionists
- Chefs
- Waiting staff
- Housekeeping
- Maintenance staff
- Duty Managers
- Gym staff
What Does ER Pool Involve?
A two-day course which will give your employees knowledge and practical training to:
- Rescue a casualty in the event of being alerted to an emergency
- Recover a casualty to poolside
- Perform vital First Aid, including CPR and AED
The trainer can also award a regulated Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work qualification and regulated Level 2 Automated External Defibrillator qualification (AED).
The ER Pool qualification is valid for two years following successful completion.
What are the pre-requisites?
- Be able to surface dive to the deepest part of the pool and climb out without help and without using steps or ladders (where venue design permits)
- Be aged 16 or older at the beginning of the course
Swimming Pool Courses - Rescue Tests Swimming Teachers & Helpers
UK First Aid and Safety Training have a range of Swimming Pool courses available to be delivered at your own venue at a discounted cost. Alternatively you booking on to a first aid course at one of our national centres.
National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches (NRASTC)
National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches (NRASTC)
NRASTC is a supervision and rescue award for swimming teachers, coaches and/or instructors working during programmed activities, such as swimming lessons. It is suitable for teachers working in a wide range of swimming pools where the water is deeper than the teachers’ standing depth and meets the Individual sites risk assessment.
Course Content – NRASTC
When Emergency First Aid at Work and AED training are integrated with this course the training hours are extended
Aquatic Therapy Shallow Pool Rescue Award (ATSPRA)
Aquatic Therapy Shallow Pool Rescue Award (ATSPRA)
ATSPRA is a supervision and rescue qualification for therapists, teachers and support staff working on the poolside or in the water during activities such as, aquatic therapy or therapeutic exercise/play. The qualification is suitable for use in shallow pools where the rescuer will not be required to swim to perform a rescue, with water no deeper than the rescuers chest depth.
Course Content – ATSPRA
| Section | New candidate (hours) |
| 1 – The Teacher/therapist, risk assessment and pool safety | 3 |
| 2 – Intervention, rescue and emergency action | 3+ |
| Assessment | 1 |
| Total | 7+ |
| Optional Section | |
| 3 – CPR and first aid | 6 |
| Assessment | 1 |
| Total | 7 |
When Emergency First Aid at Work and AED training are integrated with this course the training hours are extended.
National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches LIGHT (NRASTC LIGHT)
National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches LIGHT (NRASTC LIGHT)
NRASTC LIGHT is a supervision and rescue award for swimming teachers, coaches and/or instructors working during programmed activities, such as swimming lessons when Lifeguard or First Aid backup is available to respond quickly in the event of an emergency.
It is suitable for teachers working in a wide range of swimming pools, including pools where the water is deeper than the teacher’s standing depth. This award is only suitable when the facility has staff qualified as Lifeguards or First Aiders that are available to respond quickly to a swimming teacher or coach in the event of an emergency.
If Lifeguard or First Aid backup is not available the standard NRASTC should be used.