Bronze Medallion (BM)
The BM is an award that trains you to become a lifesaver on the beach and is the steppingstone to other skills and awards within the lifesaving movement. You’ll learn to read and negotiate the surf effectively and safely, patrol as a member of a team, provide CPR, basic first aid, and use Surf Life Saving Australia’s rescue equipment. To achieve the BM, you will need to complete a timed swim beforehand, complete an online component, attend our course where you will practice practical components and work through a workbook, then finally complete a written and practical assessment. This award is reassessed annually at Skills Maintenance sessions (requal). Fairhaven run the BM during our pre-Christmas Lifesaving Camp as well as during the post-Christmas summer period, the dates for which are on our calendar.
Surf Rescue Certificate (SRC)
Like the Bronze Medallion, the SRC is an award that acts as a gateway to the lifesaving movement. It provides the core skills of the bronze medallion required to act in a patrol team environment and to contribute to rescue and first aid events. In fact the first 8 modules of the bronze medallion are the same as the SRC course. To achieve the SRC, you will need to complete a timed swim beforehand, complete an online component, attend our course where you will practice practical components and work through a workbook, then finally complete a written and practical assessment. This award is reassessed annually at Skills Maintenance sessions (requal), unless you achieve the Bronze medallion which replaces and supersedes the SRC. Fairhaven will run one SRC over the post-Christmas period, the details of which can be found on our calendar.
Bridging Bronze
The new Surf Rescue Certificate (SRC) to Bronze Medallion (BM) Bridging course commences delivery in Season 2022/23. For those who completed the SRC during the 2020/21 season or later, you may be eligible to undertake the bridging bronze course rather than the full bronze course. This course effectively conducts a skills maintenance refresher on the SRC components and covers the remaining bronze medallion modules. Successful candidates will receive the full bronze medallion on completion of this course. To achieve the bronze medallion via the bronze bridging course, you will need to complete a times swim beforehand, complete an online component, attend our course where you will practice practical components and work through a workbook, then finally complete a written and practical assessment. This award is reassessed annually at Skills Maintenance sessions (requal).
Fairhaven is the first club in Victoria to run the new Bridging Bronze course and aims to continue to run it pre and post-Christmas.
Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB): IRB Crew Certificate & Silver Medallion IRB Driver
The IRB is one of our most effective pieces of rescue equipment, requiring skill and dexterity to fully exploit its capabilities. The IRB Crew and Driver provide the knowledge and skills to do so safely and these awards form a crucial component in lifesaving operations and water safety. To undertake the courses, you must hold a current Bronze Medallion and be at least sixteen years old on the day of assessment for Crew, and seventeen for Driver. To achieve the IRB awards, you will need to attend our course where you will practice practical components and work through a workbook, then finally complete a written and practical assessment. This award is reassessed annually at Skills Maintenance sessions (requal). Fairhaven run IRB camps where we offer both IRB awards and these typically run outside of the main season when we have the resources and personnel available to give candidates the time in the boat required to gain the essential skills.
Silver Medallion Patrol Captain Awards
With the recent decision by LSV to phase out the Silver Medallion Beach Management award, a new award has been developed specifically to meet the skills and knowledge required to be a patrol captain in surf lifesaving. The new award will be more focused on practical activities such as an on-the-job components and practical scenario assessments. The award will be comprised of e-Learning, face-to-face sessions and an on-the-job component requiring participants to undertake activities acting as the patrol captain on patrol under the supervision of a patrol captain or facilitator who will need to complete the third-party report provided. This report will form part of the participant’s assessment portfolio.
The pre-requisites for the course are: Minimum age 17 years old on the day of the assessment, current bronze medallion, and one other current patrolling award.
Advanced Awards
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques (ART)
In serious medical emergencies, we look to our Advanced Resuscitation Techniques award holders to take the lead in managing patients. This award gives you skills which include: the assessment of patients; the use of the bag and mask ventilator system; asthma management and airway suctioning. The course builds upon resuscitation and oxygen skills learnt in the Bronze Medallion. This award is reassessed annually at Skills Maintenance sessions (requal). Candidates must be 15 years or older to attain this award.
The Advanced Resuscitation Techniques award gained during the season 2022/23 will include the following competencies:
- HLTAID015 Provide Advanced Resuscitation and Oxygen Therapy
- HLTAID009 Provide CPR
First Aid
First Aid is a program that equips you to manage common occupational medical problems. It covers a broad range of issues and is a nationally recognised First Aid award. This award can be completed by anyone and does not require candidates to hold the BM. This award expires every 3 years and candidates must complete the course in entirety upon expiration of their award to ensure that all First Aiders are up to date with the most recent practices. The CPR aspect of this award expires annual and should be updated by attending the Resuscitation course. Candidates must be 14 years of age or older to attain this award.
The First Aid award gained during season 2022/23 will include the following national competencies:
- HLTAID011 Provide First Aid
- HLTAID010 Provide Basic Emergency Life Support
- HLTAID009 Provide CPR
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques and First Aid (ARTFA)
This is a combined course for those wishing to gain both the Advanced Resuscitation Techniques award and the First Aid award and includes all that these two individual awards do. Candidates must be 15 years of age to complete this combined course.
Training and Assessment Awards
Training Officer’s Certificate
Training Officers are the backbone of the Training stream, and in many ways the Lifesaving movement as a whole. The TOC will provide you with the skills and background to train small groups effectively, and forms part of a nationally recognised qualification, the Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment. To participate, you must simply hold a SLSA award, participate in a course and complete both a workbook and be supervised in delivering training to candidates. Fairhaven will look to run a TOC course in conjunction with other clubs around the time of our pre-Christmas Lifesaving Camp in December.
Assessors Competencies
Assessors are the people who maintain Lifesaving’s quality and standards in service provision. They are key members of the movement and leaders in Training and Assessment. The AC will provide you with the skills and background to assess effectively, and forms part of a nationally recognised qualification, the Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment. To participate, you must simply hold a SLSA award, participate in a course and complete both a workbook and be supervised in assessing candidates. Fairhaven will look to run an Assessor’s course in conjunction with other clubs around the time of our pre-Christmas Lifesaving Camp in December.