SwimSafer Silver Award:
Swimsafer Silver Award, the Silver Stage award will introduce diving skills. More advanced lessons on rescue and individual survival skills will also be emphasized. Students are expected to perform competently in terms of swimming stroke to achieve this award milestone.
| Entries & Exits | Demonstrate a dive entry (crouching) |
| Sculling & Body Orientation | Keep face above the water for 60 seconds sculling with hands only |
| Underwater Skills | In 1.5m of water depth swim through hoops on pool bottom 3 metres apart. |
| Movement/ Swimming/Strokes | Swim 200m continuously 50m Front Crawl 50m Breaststroke 50m Backstroke 50m Survival Backstroke or Sidestroke Efficient stroke techniques must be used |
| Survival & Activity skills | Dressed in swimwear, long pants and long sleeved shirt , perform the following as a continuous sequence (no pyjamas); Enter deep water using an appropriate entry method. Submerge feet first, swim underwater for 3 meters. Resurface scull, float or tread water for 3 minutes waving for help intermittently. Clothing may be removed. Correctly fit a PFD while treading water and then swim 25 metres and climb out of the water. |
| Rescue Skills | Using a buoyant aid, accompanied (non-contact) rescue of a person 15m from safety. |
| Knowledge | Recognizing an Emergency |
Find out more about the different stages of SwimSafer by clicking on the links below: