Training Courses

National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ)

NPLQ is widely accepted by swimming pools in the UK and Ireland as a minimum qualification as a role of a lifeguard within the swimming pool. We deliver the RLSS National Pool Lifeguard Qualification, which is a five day intensive course followed by an external assessment, required to supervise a pool used for open public swimming.

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The NPLQ course includes 3 sections:

• Section 1 - The lifeguard and the Law, Swimming Pool and Supervision
• Section 2 - Intervention and Rescue and Emergency Action Plans 
• Section 3 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and First Aid. 
• Section 4 - AED

The course includes swimming pool rescue skills, basic life support, basic First Aid, managing a casualty suffering from a spinal injury, managing a swimming pool environment, identifying hazards that could cause harm to users and much more. 

Every candidate attending an NPLQ course must be 16-years-old at the time of taking the NPLQ final assessment and be able to: 

• Jump/dive into deep water
• Swim 50 metres in less than 60 seconds 
• Swim 100 metres continuously on front and back in deep water 
• Tread water for 30 seconds 
• Surface dive to the floor of the pool
• Climb out unaided without ladder/steps and where the pool design allows 

Successful candidates will receive: 

• RLSS NPLQ certificate for each candidate 
• RLSS NPLQ Lifeguard manual for each candidate 
• Handouts and revision sheets for each candidate

Details 

• 5-day course 
• In partnership with the Royal Lifesaving Society.
• £250

Course dates: 2022

• February 21st - 25th 
• April 18th - 22nd 
• May 30th - 3rd June 
• August 22nd - 26th 
• October 24th - 28th