The Royal Life Saving Bronze Medallion ® is a nationally recognized lifesaving award that signifies a person's ability to perform aquatic rescues safely and efficiently. It is considered the minimum standard for a qualified lifesaver. The award focuses on developing personal survival skills, knowledge and skills for water rescues, and essential soft skills like teamwork and communication.
What it covers:
- Personal survival skills: Training on how to survive in aquatic environments.
- Rescue techniques: Learning to perform various water rescues safely and effectively.
- Emergency care: Includes basic first aid and resuscitation skills.
- Soft skills: Developing teamwork, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Why it's important:
- Keeps people safe: Equips individuals with the skills to rescue themselves and others in aquatic emergencies.
- Career opportunities: Many aquatic facilities require the Bronze Medallion for employment.
- Foundation for further training: It's a prerequisite for more advanced lifesaving awards and qualifications.
In essence, the Royal Life Saving Bronze Medallion is a comprehensive award that provides essential skills and knowledge for anyone involved in aquatic environments, whether for personal safety or professional reasons.
Please refer to the Award Guide:
Bronze Medallion
These courses are
not designed for workplace accreditation and are not nationally accredited training.
Pre-requisite: There are no pre-requisites for this course
Course Length: One (1) Day
Units of Competency:
- These courses are not nationally accredited training, no units of competence will be issued.
Level of English: A reasonable level of English is required to be able to complete this course successfully
Is this the right course for me? If you are unsure please call us on 3823 2823 or email courses@rlssq.com.au for further assistance in choosing the right course for you.
Introduction:
The information provided here will assist you in deciding if the course selected is the right course for you.
It is assumed that participants are sufficiently physically fit and healthy to undertake this course. The following physical activities will occur during the course unless you advise of any physical difficulties or limitations: kneeling‚ bending over‚ crouching‚ standing‚ leaning‚ sitting‚ pushing, lifting weights, swimming long distances, towing, diving, carrying and other physical activity.
The specific requirements required for successful completion of the Bronze Star are:
- A Theory Assessment
- Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on an adult manikin on the ground
- Practical water Assessment including:
a) Reach Rescue
b) Throw Rescue – Unweighted rope
c) Timed Tow (50 metre swim and tow within 3 minutes and 15 seconds)
d) Swim (4 x 100m in 13 minutes)
e) Survival Skills
f) Accompanied Rescue
g) Tow rescue (Non-contact)
h) Perform spinal injury management
i) Perform defensive and escape techniques.
j) Search and Rescue
k) Recover and Resuscitate
l) Initiative in an incident
Refer to the 'Award Criteria' for more details.
