Appendix 05: Basic Accreditation Guidelines | International Life Saving Federation

Appendix 05: Basic Accreditation Guidelines

International Pool Lifeguard, Inland-Open Water Lifeguard, Surf Lifeguard
International Lifesaver
International Junior Lifesaver

1. Introduction

	Lifeguard			Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
	Pool	Open Water	Surf	Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
a. Information on lifesaving and lifeguarding	+	+	+	+	+
b. Historical basis of current training program and skills assessment process	+	+	+	+	-
c. Organisation of governing bodies	+	+	+	+	-
d. Relationship with allied groups	+	+	+	+	+/-
e. Drowning statistics and information	+	+	+	+	-

2. Site-specific Environmental Considerations

	Lifeguard			Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
	Pool	Open Water	Surf	Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
a. Water quality	+	+	+	+/-	-
b. Water temperature	+	+	+	+/-	-
c. Water movement (natural and artificial, e.g. currents, tides, surf, wave machines, dangerous water)	+	+	+	+/-	-
d. Weather, wind, temperature of air	+/-	+	+	+/-	-
e. Plants and animals	-	+	+	+/-	-
f. Natural hazards (e.g. cliffs)	-	+	+	+/-	-
g. Human made

3. Management Operations

	Lifeguard			Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
	Pool	Open Water	Surf	Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
a. Prevention of accidents and surveillance routines	+	+	+	+/-	-
b. Notices and information to all users (e.g. hours of operation, hazard identification)	+	+	+	+/-	-
c. Zoning of activity areas	+	+	+	+/-	-
d. Structure and function of buildings for control and lifeguarding duties and ancillary features	+	+	+	+/-	-
e. Implementation of a flag and/or sign system	+	+	+	+/-	-
f. Development and implementation of internal and external communication systems	+	+	+	+/-	-
g. Maintenance and supply of equipment	+	+	+	-	-
h. Identification and implementation of legislation, records, administration and reporting systems	+	+	+	-	-
i. Development and implementation of cleansing and environmental control systems	+	+	+	-	-
j. Development and implementation of operating procedures, emergency action plans and safety policies	+	+	+	-	-
k. Communication and liaison with emergency and support services	+	+	+	+/-	-
l. Fire prevention and control systems	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	-

4. The Lifesaver/Lifeguard

	Lifeguard			Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
	Pool	Open Water	Surf	Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
a. Duties and responsibilities	+	+	+	+	+/-
b. Working as a member of a team	+	+	+	+	+/-
c. Personal knowledge and understanding of skills and requirements	+	+	+	+	+/-
d. Clothing and personal attire requirements	+	+	+	+	-
e. Physical fitness, eyesight, hearing, stamina and other medical requirements	+	+	+	+	+/-
f. Knowledge of safety procedures and systems	+	+	+	+	+/-
g. Training programs to maintain and improve wet and dry rescue capabilities	+	+	+	+/-	-
h. Level of literacy and comprehension requirements	+	+	+	+	+/-
i. Personal conduct	+	+	+	+	+

5. Public Relations

	Lifeguard			Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
	Pool	Open Water	Surf	Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
a. Lifeguard’s role as a public servant	+	+	+	+	+
b. Consideration of public behaviour patterns, alcohol, drugs, abuse	+	+	+	+	-
c. Rights of the citizen and obligation on the lifeguard	+	+	+	+/-	+/-
d. Attention to regulations and reports	+	+	+	+	-
e. Advice and information to facility users	+	+	+	+/-	-
f. Providing education and information to the public and support services	+	+	+	-	-
g. Dealing with complaints and handling objections	+	+	+	+	-
h. Attention to safety procedures	+	+	+	+	+/-
i. Awareness of special needs groups	+	+	+	+/-	+/-
j. Understanding of problems with lost children and adults	+	+	+	+	+/-

6. Rescue of Victim of Water

7. Rescue with Boats

	Lifeguard			Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
	Pool	Open Water	Surf	Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
a. Recognition of a dry accident situation and identification of casualty types and place	+	+	+	+	+
b. Application of emergency action plan and consideration of severe conditions	+	+	+	+/-	+/--
c. Alarm is raised, equipment located, obtained and used by the lifeguard and/or the rescue team	+	+	+	+/-	+/--
d. Communication with support emergency services	+	+	+	+/-	-
e. Method of rescue selected and applied e.g. 1) land based rescue: safe point of action, reaching, throwing with equipment 2) water based rescue: safe point of entry, wading/swim and tow with or without individual rescue equipment; + approach of casualty + swim/tow with or without equipment + defensive actions	+	+	+	+/-	+/-
f. Recovery of casualty to safe exit and carry casualty and safety	+	+	+	+/-	+/-
g. Underwater search and rescue techniques	+	+	+	+/-	+/-
h. Recognition of accident situations requiring special techniques and equipment (e.g. spinal cord injury management)	+	+	+	+/-	-
i. Reports and records	+	+	+	+/-	-
j. Knowledge and understanding of rescue equipment included in emergency action plan	+	+	+	+/-	-

8. Rescue with Boats

	Lifeguard			Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
	Pool	Open Water	Surf	Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
	-	+	+	-	-

9. Medical Skills

	Lifeguard			Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
	Pool	Open Water	Surf	Lifesaver	Junior Lifesaver
a. Knowledge and application of appropriate emergency treatment, including CPR + spinal management	+	+	+	+/-	+/-
b. Knowledge and application of emergency medical aid equipment	+	+	+	+/-	-
c. Knowledge of pertinent regulations	+	+	+	+/-	-
d. Knowledge of support emergency medical services and procedures for delivering casualties to these services	+	+	+	+/-	-