SwimSafer Stage 3
Principles of personal survival as well as basic rescue skills are taught. Skills include sculling, underwater skills and the use of personal flotation device. Goal is to achieve 50m of continuous swimming.
What you will learn
Entries & Exits
Perform a stride/straddle entry
Sculling & Body Orientation
Scull head first on the back, 5m
Scull, float or tread water for 1 minute (incorporated in survival & Activity Skills)
Underwater Skills
In chest-deep water swim through hoops on pool bottom 2 metres apart.
Movement/Swimming/Strokes
Swim 50 metres continuously
25m using either Front-Crawl (with side breathing) or Breaststroke
25m using either Backstroke or Survival Backstroke
Survival & Activity skills
Scull, float or tread water for 1 minute
Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate:
1. Swim 25m to a PFD
2. Correctly fit a PFD in water, swim 50m with PFD, then climb out of the water
Knowledge
Rules of behaviour in, on or near the water
Water safety knowledge at a swimming pool
Water safety rules in various aquatic environments
Principles of personal safety and survival
Principles of watercraft safety
Recognising an Emergency
Principles when performing a rescue
SwimSafer 2.0 Stage 3 Test Crteria
Swim:
Swim 25m on front crawl or breaststroke
Swim 25m on backstroke
Survival Sequence 3A: (w/o goggles)
Stride/Straddle jump in deep water
Swim 25m Breaststroke
Swim 25m Survival Backstroke
Scull head first on back for 5m and recover
Scull, float and tread water for 50sec
In chest-deep water, perform feet-first surface dive
Swim through hoops, place 2m apart using flutter/dolphin kick
Resurface and exit pool safely
Survival Sequence 3B: (w/o goggles)
Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate:
Swim25m using survival backstroke or breaststroke to a PFD
Correctly fit a PFD in water, swim 50m with PFD, then climb out of the water