Introduction

ILS has identified possible career paths, or lines of work and established a set of International Certificates to identify various achievement levels within each path. Each Certificate requires mastery of ILS-specified core knowledge and skill competencies.

The International Certificate concept serves two purposes:

• It establishes an international set of criteria that can be used by Member organisations.
• It serves as an international standard or reference, against which existing awards and qualifications can be accredited.

In this document, some of the following questions are answered:

• Who can issue an International Certificate?
• What does an applicant obtain?
• Why obtain an International Certificate?
• How many types of certificates does ILS issue?
• What is the accreditation process?
• What if a Member Organisation has no Certification System?
• What are the basic accreditation guidelines and course content of Lifesaving and Lifeguarding Certificates?
• What are the Minimum Requirements that must be performed in order to obtain an International Certificate?
• What is the procedure to order an International Certificate: step-by-step?
• What is the procedure to seek approval to use the ILS Logo as an endorsement on Member Organisation’s Certificates?

All ILS Member countries are encouraged to promote the ILS Certification system.