Pool Lifeguard Trainer Assessors are responsible for the delivery of the National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) throughout Ireland & UK.
If you are an experienced Pool Lifeguard then this should be the next step in your leisure career.
What does it involve?
To become a Pool Lifeguard Trainer Assessor you will have to attend a five day course.
If successful on the course you will leave as a Probationary RLSS UK Pool Lifeguard Trainer Assessor. The probationary period is a maximum of two years from course completion. You will then be allocated a National Trainer Assessor or a Mentor.
As a Probationary Pool Lifeguard Trainer Assessor you will have to:
- Arrange an NPLQ course by using the Master Programme. You must have a maximum of 12 candidates on the course and your Mentor or NTA has to agree for the course to go-ahead
- You will then deliver your NPLQ course
- Mentor or NTA will confirm that you have ran a full NPLQ course, have presented candidate and relevant records properly and the assessment was well planned
- Mentor or NTA will then complete section 2 of form LG9
- Mentor or NTA will arrange an NPLQ assessment for you
- You will then carry out the assessment with the Mentor present
- If competent Mentor completes section 3 of form LG9
On completion of the probationary period a TA card of Authority will be issued.
Course Pre-Requisites
Every candidate attending a Pool Lifeguard Trainer Assessor course must:
- Be 18 years of age,
- Be a member of the Royal Life Saving Society UK and
- Hold a full National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ)
Course Content
The Trainer Assessor course is a week in duration and comprises of four modules:
- Train the Trainer
- Train the Assessor
- CPR and First Aid
- 8th Edition National Pool Lifeguard Qualification
Benefits of becoming a Pool Lifeguard Trainer Assessor
- Ability to deliver and train potential Lifeguard
- Progression in Lifeguard and Leisure career
- Work with a diverse group people
- Mentor Lifeguards
- Maintain standards in work place
What each day of the course includes
Day 1: Train the trainer
Element 1 – The Trainer Assessor
Element 2 – The Learning Process
Element 3 – Organisation
Element 4 – Planning Courses & Lessons
Element 5 – Health & Safety
Element 6 – Training Pool Based – POOL
Element 6 – Training Classroom based
Day 2 : Train the assessor
Element 1 – The Principles of Assessment
Element 2 – Planning an Assessment
Element 3 – Managing the Assessment
Element 4 – Assessing Personal Competencies – POOL
Element 5 – Making the Assessment Decision
Element 6 – Assessment Administration
Day 3: CPR & first aid
Element 1 – Chain of Survival
Element 2 – Manikin Maintenance
Element 3 – Demonstrate and Teach CPR
Element 4 – Assessing CPR
Element 5 – CPR in Special Applications (SCIM)
Element 6 – Teaching In-water CPR (unconscious casualty) – POOL
Element 7 – First Aid Presentation
Element 8 – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Day 4: 8th edition NPLQ
Element – 1 Delivering RLSS 8th Edition NPLQ
Element – 2 8th Edition NPLQ Structure
Element – 3 Plan 8th Edition NPLQ Lesson
Element – 3 Deliver 10 minute of 8th Edition Lesson
Element – 4 Assessing NPLQ
Day 5: 8th edition NPLQ including spinal cord injury management
Element – 2 SCIM – POOL
Element – 3 Ongoing Training and Competency Training
Element – 4 What Happens Next