National Pool Lifeguard Qualification

Being a Pool Lifeguard offers the opportunity to learn a wide range of life skills (including CPR, First aid and rescue techniques) and then put them into practise whilst earning. Whether you want to be a pool lifeguard whilst at college or as a start in leisure it’s full of opportunities.

The RLSS award is recognised around the world so provides the potential to help fund travelling. Working as a pool lifeguard offers varied working hours around other commitments, working within a team and the benefits of working within leisure. The NPLQ is regulated by Ofqual.

NPLQ Course Pre-Requisites:

Every candidate attending a NPLQ course must:

Be 16-years-old or over at the time of the assessment
Jump / dive into deep water
Swim 50 metres in less than 60 seconds
Swim 100 metres continuously on front and back in deep water
Tread water for 30 seconds
Surface dive to the floor of the pool
Climb out unaided without ladder / steps and where the pool design permits

During the course you will learn about pool lifeguard theory, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, pool rescue skills and techniques. The course is physically demanding, it will include swimming to set times, lifting simulated ‘casualties’ and diving / surface diving to the deepest part of the pool. The course is divided into three separate modules and at the end of the course the assessment covers all three elements.

Hastings Voluntary Lifeguards regularly hosts courses for the National Pool Lifeguard Qualification

The club has a number of very experienced pool lifeguard trainers and a huge amount of pool lifeguarding experience, both as volunteers, employed lifeguards, pool managers and the trainers of trainers. Our trainers are well qualified, skilled, experts in their field with the ability to encourage, inspire and develop future lifeguards.

For more information then contact us.