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The Bronze Family of Awards
BRONZE STAR is the training standard to prepare for success in Bronze Medallion. Participants develop problem solving and decision making skills individually and in partners. They learn CPR and develop Water Smart® confidence and the lifesaving skills needed to be their own personal lifeguard. Bronze Star is an official training program of the Lifesaving Society - Canada’s Lifeguarding Experts.
Prerequisites: None
BRONZE MEDALLION teaches an understanding of the lifesaving principles embodied in the four components of water rescue education -- judgment, knowledge, skill and fitness. Rescuers learn tows, carries and release methods in preparation for challenging rescues of increased risk. Lifesavers learn to respond to increasingly complex resuscitation situations involving conscious and unconscious victims with an obstructed airway. Lifesavers develop stroke efficiency and endurance in a timed swim. Bronze Medallion is a prerequisite for the Bronze Cross Award.
Prerequisites: Minimum age -- 13 years or completion of Bronze Star. Prior training in Canadian Swim Patrol is recommended.
Evaluation: Items are evaluated by a qualified Lifesaving Instructor and/or Examiner.
BRONZE CROSS is designed for lifesavers who want the challenge of more advanced training including an introduction to safe supervision in aquatic facilities. Bronze Cross teaches the difference between lifesaving and lifeguarding, the principles of emergency procedures and teamwork. Lifesavers learn how to rescue a spinal-injured victim and a pulseless victim. Bronze Cross is the prerequisite award for all advanced training programs in lifesaving, lifeguarding and leadership.
Prerequisites: Bronze Medallion (does not have to be current), 14 years of age within 30 days of the exam
Evaluation: Items are evaluated by a qualified Lifesaving Instructor and/or Examiner
Prerequisites: None
BRONZE MEDALLION teaches an understanding of the lifesaving principles embodied in the four components of water rescue education -- judgment, knowledge, skill and fitness. Rescuers learn tows, carries and release methods in preparation for challenging rescues of increased risk. Lifesavers learn to respond to increasingly complex resuscitation situations involving conscious and unconscious victims with an obstructed airway. Lifesavers develop stroke efficiency and endurance in a timed swim. Bronze Medallion is a prerequisite for the Bronze Cross Award.
Prerequisites: Minimum age -- 13 years or completion of Bronze Star. Prior training in Canadian Swim Patrol is recommended.
Evaluation: Items are evaluated by a qualified Lifesaving Instructor and/or Examiner.
BRONZE CROSS is designed for lifesavers who want the challenge of more advanced training including an introduction to safe supervision in aquatic facilities. Bronze Cross teaches the difference between lifesaving and lifeguarding, the principles of emergency procedures and teamwork. Lifesavers learn how to rescue a spinal-injured victim and a pulseless victim. Bronze Cross is the prerequisite award for all advanced training programs in lifesaving, lifeguarding and leadership.
Prerequisites: Bronze Medallion (does not have to be current), 14 years of age within 30 days of the exam
Evaluation: Items are evaluated by a qualified Lifesaving Instructor and/or Examiner
Distinction & Diploma
DISTINCTION encourages a maturity of response to demanding aquatic emergency situations and is designed to develop advanced water rescue skill and knowledge as well as an understanding of the principles of fitness training. Distinction challenges include the implications of assuming responsibility in an emergency, how to deal with two victims at once and the rescue of a non-breathing spinal-injured victim. Inherent in the name of the award, lifesavers must perform every item with distinction.
Prerequisites: Bronze Cross
Evaluation: Some items are evaluated by the Lifesaving Instructor, others by a Distinction Examiner.
DIPLOMA is the highest award of the Society, designed for those seeking a challenging opportunity to demonstrate exceptional lifesaving ability and leadership. The Diploma Award encourages excellence in practical ability and theoretical knowledge either by the development of superior aquatic skills (Part A1) or through the completion of a major project or assignment (Part A2).
Prerequisites: One of: Distinction, NLS, or Lifesaving Instructor.
Evaluation: All items are evaluated by a Diploma Examiner
Find out more about other Lifesaving programs
NLS
First Aid
Leadership
Water Smart
Prerequisites: Bronze Cross
Evaluation: Some items are evaluated by the Lifesaving Instructor, others by a Distinction Examiner.
DIPLOMA is the highest award of the Society, designed for those seeking a challenging opportunity to demonstrate exceptional lifesaving ability and leadership. The Diploma Award encourages excellence in practical ability and theoretical knowledge either by the development of superior aquatic skills (Part A1) or through the completion of a major project or assignment (Part A2).
Prerequisites: One of: Distinction, NLS, or Lifesaving Instructor.
Evaluation: All items are evaluated by a Diploma Examiner
Find out more about other Lifesaving programs
NLS
First Aid
Leadership
Water Smart
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11 Austin Street
PO Box 8065, Station A
St. John's, NL A1B 3M9
Contact us lifeguard@nl.rogers.com
Tel: 709-576-1953
Fax: 709-738-1475
Copyright 2012 by The Royal Life Saving Society Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Branch.
Registered Charity No. 13237 8134 RP0001