22 Swimming Teacher Rescue Award


RLSS UK’s National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches (NRASTC) is the leading safety supervision award for swimming teachers and swimming coaches. The award trains the practical Lifesaving skills (both preventative and reactive) that may be needed by anyone teaching or coaching swimming or another programmed activity in the pool.


The National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches (NRASTC)


PB0856A | £15.50


Whether you help out with the local swimming school lessons or coach the GB Olympic squad, your number one priority must always be the safety of swimmers in your charge. Achieving the NRASTC qualifi cation enables swimming teachers and coaches to teach with the confi dence that they have taken appropriate training to operate safely – both in terms of preventative knowledge (for example, pool safety operating procedures and identifying potential hazards) and reactive rescue skills (able to perform safe, prompt and eff ective rescues if needed in an emergency). A swimming teacher holding a NRASTC is there to assist a qualifi ed lifeguard (NPLQ) if a pool emergency were to take place and, in some cases, can teach small classes in pools which do not have lifeguard supervision (dependent on risk assessments). Please note - the NRASTC qualifi cation is NOT a lifeguard qualifi cation.


The handbook is the mandatory resource for candidates undertaking the NRASTC qualifi cation (includes a Candidate Assessment Form). The course combines learning and practical elements culminating in: • A theory examination testing knowledge of areas such as Risk Assessment and Pool Hazards.


• A practical Life Support test to demonstrate lifesaving and CPR skills. • A practical Water Rescue test.


The NRASTC qualifi cation is valid for two years. The award is endorsed by the Amateur Swimming Association, the Institute of Sport and Recreation Management and the Institute of Swimming Teachers and Coaches.


Safe Supervision PB1090A | £2.50


This is a joint publication from CIMSPA, ASA, IOS and RLSS UK. The guidance is aimed at teachers and coaches of swimmers, and at the owners and operators of all swimming pools where teaching or coaching takes place. It deals with risk assessment, safety supervision and the safe ratios of pupils to teachers and coaches.


Essential for everyone involved in providing swimming based activities and lessons.


NRASTC TA Distance Learning Pack


PB0878A | £15.50 This pack is for fully qualifi ed Trainers /Assessors of


any discipline who want to extend their qualifi cations in order to be able to deliver the National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches (NRASTC). It provides all the guidance needed to enable the TA to administer and deliver the award eff ectively.


Swim Teachers! Retain and develop your learn-to-swim participants with RLSS UK’s Rookie Lifeguard and Survive & Save programmes. See pages 6 and 11 for further info!


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