Long Reef Surf Life Saving Club
Education and Training
Why is Education & Training important?
The Education & Training program provides patrolling members with the knowledge they need to create a professional water safety / rescue service. Long Reef also focuses on retaining proficiencies to ensure skills and abilities remain current and relevant.
To provide a safe beach and aquatic environment it is required that every patrol has a proficient HBI, at least 1 IRB Driver and 1 IRB Crewman, 1 ARC holder and a minimum of 4 Bronze Medallion holders.
Public Safety Aquatic Rescue (Bronze Medallion)
The Bronze Medallion is the minimum requirement for a surf life saver. You must be over the age of 15 to train for your Bronze and demonstrate proficiency in occupational health & safety; surf and environmental conditions; identify hazards; surf skills; patient management; resuscitation techniques and communication skills. Find out more
The Bronze Medallion course will start Wednesday 6th October at 6:30pm at the Club House and will run for 6-8 weeks depending on prior knowledge. All those interested in training for their Certificate II must be a financial member of Long Reef SLSC.
Contact the Long Reef Chief Instructor to find out more
Advanced Resuscitation Certificate - ARC
There must be an Advanced Resuscitation Certificate (ARC) holder on every patrol. To train for the ARC award a candidate must be a minimum of 15 years old and demonstrate proficient knowledge of basic resuscitation, perform 1 and 2 person patient assessment and EAR / CPR for an adults, children and infant, perform oxygen aided resuscitation technique and demonstrate and perform oxygen therapy using an airbag resuscitator unit. In addition candidates must demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge of spinal injuries and stiff neck collars. Find out more.
IRB Driver & Crewman
You must be over the age of 17 to train for IRB Driver and 16 to train for your IRB Crewman. Candidates must be able to demonstrate pre and post operation procedures of an IRB; Iaunch and drive / crew an IRB in a safe manner with potential hazards and environment conditions including roll over prevention and procedure; IRB rescue procedures. IMPORTANT - Powercraft Code of Conduct
Opportunities at Long Reef
The below SLSA Awards are offered at Long Reef SLSC. Click here to access the Surf Life Saving Australia Awards page to find out more information on each award.
Life Saving Award - Minimum Age on date of examination
Surf Awareness 1 - 7 years
Surf Awareness 2 - 8 years
Surf Safety 1 - 9 years
Surf Safety 2 - 10 years
Surf Smart 1 - 11 years
Surf Smart 2 - 12 years
Surf Rescue - 13 years
Bronze Medallion - 15 years
Silver Medallion (Patrol Captain) - 18 years
Gold Medallion (Advanced Lifesaving) - 18 years
Emergency Care - Minimum Age on date of examination
Basic Resuscitation - 10 years
Emergency Care - 13 years
Emergency Care with CPR - 15 years
Basic Life Support - 15 years
Advanced Resuscitation - 15 years
Senior First Aid - 16 years
Silver Medallion (Life Support) - 16 years
Power Craft - Minimum Age on date of examination
IRB Crew - 16 years
JRB Crew - 16 years
Silver Medallion (IRB Driver) - 17 years
JRB Driver - 18 years
Radio - Minimum Age on date of examination
Radio Operators - 14 years
Silver Medallion - 17 years
Other SLSA Awards
The award syllabus for other SLSA Awards can be found here
Contact the Long Reef Chief Instructor to find out more or if you are interested in any SLSA awards.