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| SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY |
| REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: |
| Further Education and Training Certificate: Lifeguarding |
| SAQA QUAL ID | QUALIFICATION TITLE | |||
| 61509 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Lifeguarding | |||
| ORIGINATOR | ||||
| SGB Sport, Recreation & Fitness | ||||
| PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY | NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK | |||
| CATHSSETA - Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sports Education and Training Authority | OQSF - Occupational Qualifications Sub-framework | |||
| QUALIFICATION TYPE | FIELD | SUBFIELD | ||
| Further Ed and Training Cert | Field 02 - Culture and Arts | Sport | ||
| ABET BAND | MINIMUM CREDITS | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | QUAL CLASS |
| Undefined | 127 | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Regular-Unit Stds Based |
| REGISTRATION STATUS | SAQA DECISION NUMBER | REGISTRATION START DATE | REGISTRATION END DATE | |
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Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
SAQA 9999/99 | 2018-07-01 | 2023-06-30 | |
| LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT | LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT | |||
| 2026-06-30 | 2029-06-30 | |||
| In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise. |
This qualification does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification. |
| PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION |
| Purpose:
The qualification is intended to ensure that the learner has the ability to guard and save human lives in an aquatic environment. It is a qualification that consists of a large practical component. The qualifying learner will be able to, for example: Possible occupations for qualifying learners include: Rationale: South Africa has a long and well-established tradition of participation in recreational, commercial and competitive aquatic pursuits. These include recreational and competitive swimming, boating of various sorts (in rivers, dams, and other open water, surf and open ocean), scuba diving, springboard diving, water polo, underwater hockey, surf and rock angling and other aquatic sport and recreation activities. These pursuits are enhanced by a warm summer climate, rugged coastline of almost three thousand kilometers, a great number of dams and river systems, as well as swimming pools in urban areas. The warm summer climate attracts large numbers of people to the beaches and dams of the country, where they engage in swimming and boating; both pursuits that carry risks for the unwary. The implication of the above is that an increasing number of people are vulnerable to accidents and even tragedies emanating from their pursuit of water activities. In view of this, personal water competencies (survival skills) as well as lifeguarding are very important. The FETC: Lifeguarding, is designed to address the need for water safety at a high level, largely as a service to be provided by trained personnel who will monitor and render the safe use of the aquatic environment. The qualification makes provision for a measure of personal autonomy, judgment, research and self-direction in developing professional life guarding competencies. Since there is no margin for error where human lives are at risk, it is justified to expect the lifeguard to take responsibility for leading and developing colleagues working at lower levels. A great deal of responsibility rests on the lifeguard's shoulders. The result is a qualification that is devoted to developing the fitness, skills and mental attitudes necessary to save lives in swimming pools, open water and surf while acting alone or in a team. The attainment of the qualification should allow for progression, and an improvement in status and job opportunities. A safer water environment should also allow more people to enjoy aquatic pursuits. It could have a ripple effect on other services, and be of consequent benefit to the economy and the sports sub-field as a whole. |
| LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING |
Recognition of Prior Learning: This Qualification can be achieved wholly or in part through the Recognition of Prior Learning and the Qualification may be granted to learners who have acquired the skills and knowledge without attending formal courses providing they can demonstrate competence in the outcomes of the individual Unit Standards as required by the Fundamental, Core and Elective areas stipulated in the Qualification and by the Exit Level Outcomes. An RPL process may also be used to credit learners with Unit Standards in which they have developed the necessary competency as a result of workplace and experiential learning. Learners submitting themselves for RPL should be thoroughly briefed prior to the assessment, and will be required to submit a Portfolio of Evidence in the prescribed format to be assessed for formal recognition. While this is primarily a workplace-based Qualification, evidence from other areas of endeavour may be introduced if pertinent to any of the exit level outcomes. Access to the Qualification: Access is open to all learners who are able to swim 400 metres within 8 minutes for open water life guards and 100 metres within 2 minutes for closed water life guards. Open water includes dams. |
| RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? |
| N |
| QUALIFICATION RULES |
| The qualification consists of fundamental, core and elective unit standards. A minimum of 127 credits is required to achieve the qualification. The credits are allocated as follows:
Fundamental Component (56 credits) Compulsory for all learners: The Fundamental Component consists of the following learning, which is compulsory for all learners: It is therefore compulsory for learners to do Communication in two different South African language, one at Level 4 and the other at Level 3. Core Component (51 credits) Compulsory for all learners. Elective Component: Learners are to choose unit standards totaling a minimum of 20 credits from those listed as electives. |
| EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES |
| Qualifying learners will be able to:
1. Undertake lifeguarding duties individually and as part of a team. 2. Carry out first aid, including cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. 3. Undertake general lifeguarding duties. 4. Provide assistance to senior administrators. |
| ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
| Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
1. Threats are identified and countered with standard actions and reactions. 2. The distress of potential accident victims is recognised and victims are safeguarded using lifeguarding techniques. 3. Rescues are carried out under a variety of circumstances according to standard practice. 4. After-care is done, following which patients are handed over, where appropriate, to trained medical personnel. Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2: 1. First aid is carried out to counter a variety of conditions related to accidents in the aquatic environment using accepted methods. 2. Rescue breathing and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation are rendered effectively in accordance with need and against prescribed techniques. 3. Seriously injured individuals are transported in order to receive appropriate medical care as per normal procedure. Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3: 1. Safe bathing sites are managed effectively and according to best practice. 2. Special individual needs are accommodated during the course of duties as per relevant policy. 3. Rescue sites are managed and crowd control implemented according to relevant procedure. 4. Communications are maintained within the work environment and with outside rescue services as necessary, in line with standard practice. 5. The theory underpinning professional behaviour is understood and put into practice in accordance with policy and procedure. Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4: 1. The workplace activities of a lifesaving squad are enhanced by skilled individual input. 2. All required documentation and record-keeping is completed according to organizational requirements. 3. Liaison is undertaken with all key roleplayers such as the municipality concerned in terms of legislation and relevant policy. 4. Work is undertaken in accordance with legislative and regulatory guidelines. 5. Conflict resolution is undertaken as necessary within the scope of respect for human rights. Integrated assessment: Integrated assessment ensures the combination of allied skill-complexes and knowledge across a range of unit standards in the achievement of significant, complex tasks central to the qualification. The integrated assessment should therefore ensure that: The achievement of the above necessitates assessment methods relevant to practical performance in the workplace. These must be open, transparent, fair, valid and reliable. No learner may be disadvantaged by extraneous factors. Equity is achieved best if a range of assessment methods is used. These must be appropriate to the various contexts used, always inevitably related to the workplace. Simulations, case studies and role plays may be used, but these should be as close to the actual context as possible. Wherever possible skills, knowledge, attitudes and values should be incorporated in the integrated assessment so that the reality of the workplace environment is replicated. Combinations of foundational, practical and reflective competence should be assessed without any component of the specific outcomes, embedded knowledge and critical cross-field outcomes being left out. |
| INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY |
| Best practice in lifeguarding is carried out according to The International Life Saving (ILS) policies procedures and requirements. The ILS is an international body that controls the training and accreditation of international life savers. ILS has approximately 100 member countries, which include the following full member and associate member states.
Full membership: Africa: America: Asia-Pacific Europe: Associate Member Countries: Africa: America: Asia-Pacific: Europe: All the ILS countries above follow the ILS prescriptions in training by including the competencies below: A range of specialised certificates are offered in ILS member states such as: This qualification aligns to the above requirements with various specialisations. International comparison has been done against training in ILS countries offering accredited life guarding programmes. This qualification has been benchmarked against qualifications in Australia, Canada, UK and the United States of America, and shows a substantial degree of similarity, while encompassing unique areas to ensure its relevance to the local context. The mandatory addition of an understanding of inclusion and practical experience in managing persons with disabilities is unique to South Africa and may be regarded as a reflection of the commitment to equity in the South African Constitution. Commonwealth countries generally follow the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) UK programme with minor local modifications. The South and Central American countries generally follow either the USA or Canada in terms of qualifications. The Pacific Rim countries were mentored mainly by Australia and they set up their programmes in similar fashion. In Africa only South Africa and Egypt have established qualifications and the rest follow either South African methods or the RLSS. European Countries each have their own programmes and are all very similar to ILS. Surf life guarding is dominated by South Africa and Australia particularly in the southern hemisphere. When comparing the qualifications from these countries it became apparent that the key competencies are all very similar to our qualification, the difference being the SAQA requirement to include Fundamental areas of learning. Australia: In Australia there are 2 streams, namely the Surf Life Saving Australia and the Royal Life Saving Society. All programmes align to the ILS recommendations. United States of America: The USA has a couple of different programmes of which the American Red Cross programme is most appropriate as it covers most of the relevant areas, namely surf, pool and waterfront. The core competencies are however similar to ILS requirements. United Kingdom: The UK has 2 streams, namely the Surf Life Saving Association of Great Britain and the Royal Life Saving Society. They have been compared separately as the RLSS programme is widely used in Commonwealth countries, particularly those in Africa and Asia. The core competencies are however similar to ILS requirements. Canada: In Canada, the Lifesaving Society of Canada (LSS) certifies all lifeguards. The life guarding certification is the National Lifeguard Service (NLS). The Canadian NLS programme is split into 4 separate specialisations, pool, water park, waterfront and surf. All candidates must complete the core elements, which are basic life guarding skills and essential knowledge for any aquatic facility. The candidate can then choose whichever option they wish to be certified in. The core competencies are similar to ILS requirements. International Comparability of Competencies: South Africa: > Incident report. > Duty reports. > Duty administration. > Administrative support. > OHSA. > 16 years or older. > Open water - swim 400m in 8 mins > Closed water - swim 100m in 2 mins > EAP. > Duty Squads. > Uniform. > Water parks. > Supervision of specific pools. > Signs & Signals. > Information signs. > Hand/Arm signals. > Whistle signals. > Two-way radio-inter/ext. > Rescue Theory. > Characteristics of a person in difficulty. > Scanning techniques. > Defensive techniques. > Techniques for escaping. > Pool lifesaving. > Open water lifesaving. > Surf lifesaving. > Deep water. > Shallow water. > River currents. > Surf. > Strong wind. > Risk taking behaviour. > Reaching/throwing. > Rowing. > Flotation aid. > Non swimming rescues. > Contact/non contact/wade/accompanied. > Deep water resuscitation. > Evaluate aquatic environment. > Spinal injuries. > Extended arm roll over. > Recover and immobilise spinal injury face up/face down. > Observation and scanning techniques. > Rescue craft. > Use of lifesaving equipment. > Entries & removals in still water and surf conditions. > OHSA standard. > Shock. > Choking. > Bleeding. > Wounds. > Fractures, Sprains & strains. > Severe bleeding. > Multiple victims. > Epileptic seizures. > Severe asthma attacks. > Bee stings. > Spinal cord injury. > Head Injuries. > Heart Attack. > Effects of heat & cold. > Electrical shock. > Poisoning. > Burns & scalds. > Contact EMS. > Immobilise possible spinal injury on land. > Injury Management. > ILCOR Resuscitation standards. > Adult/child CPR. > Two rescue adult. > Infant CPR. > Complications. > Gastric distention. > Mouth to nose/jaw thrust. > Pregnant woman. > Obese person. > Manage vomiting. > Scene assessment. > Reaching aids. > Ropes. > Flotation aids. > Flippers. > Rescue tube. > Spine board. > Rescue board. > Functions of circulatory, skeletal, respiratory and nervous systems. > Cultural diversity. > River rides (continuous/Stop and go/slow/Activity). > Wave pools. > Evaluate potential hazards. > Swim and survive. > Entries/exits. > Forward and backward somersaults. > Sculling. > Surface dives. > Underwater swimming. > Survival strokes. > pfd. > Swim in clothes. > Throwing. > Surveillance. > Egg beater kick. > IRB Driver. Canada: UK Royal: UK National: Australia: Conclusion: This qualification aligns to ILS requirements. The qualification has one programme for all lifeguards and elective specialisations will be developed to cover all aquatic sports and recreation activities. It is evident that this qualification will meet international standards while retaining its unique South African relevance. |
| ARTICULATION OPTIONS |
| Possibilities for horizontal articulation outside of this environment include:
Possibilities for vertical articulation include: |
| MODERATION OPTIONS |
| CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS |
| For an applicant to register as an assessor or moderator of this Qualification the applicant needs:
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REREGISTRATION HISTORY |
| As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2012; 2015. |
| UNIT STANDARDS: |
| ID | UNIT STANDARD TITLE | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | CREDITS | |
| Core | 255825 | Care for and maintain lifeguarding/lifesaving equipment | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 3 |
| Core | 255818 | Perform rescue breathing and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
| Core | 255816 | Control the activities of a lifeguarding duty squad and liaise with key roleplayers in the provision of services | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
| Core | 255820 | Ensure the safety of participants during life guarding/lifesaving competitions | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
| Core | 255838 | Execute a number of contact and non-contact aquatic rescues and releases using different techniques in pool, open water and surf | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
| Core | 255824 | Explain and apply the ethical principles underpinning life guarding and lifesaving | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
| Core | 255835 | Identify, understand and contain threats affecting the safety of participants in aquatic activities | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
| Core | 255829 | Make use of appropriate signs and signals in a Lifeguarding/Lifesaving scenario | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
| Core | 255828 | Manage suspected spinal injuries in the aquatic environment | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
| Core | 255837 | Participate in a mass aquatic rescue | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
| Core | 255817 | Perform basic radio communication procedures and functions | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
| Core | 255836 | Understand and work within relevant legislation, policies and guidelines affecting a service organisation | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
| Core | 255834 | Undertake a deep-water rescue involving rescue breathing | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
| Core | 255830 | Undertake rescues using non-motorised lifesaving rescue equipment | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
| Core | 255814 | Undertake the transportation of patients suffering from the effects of different types of aquatic incidents | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
| Core | 255815 | Accommodate special needs in the discharge of lifeguarding duties | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 3 |
| Core | 255823 | Identify and apply ethical behaviour and team discipline | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 5 |
| Fundamental | 119472 | Accommodate audience and context needs in oral/signed communication | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 5 |
| Fundamental | 119457 | Interpret and use information from texts | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 5 |
| Fundamental | 119467 | Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 5 |
| Fundamental | 119465 | Write/present/sign texts for a range of communicative contexts | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 5 |
| Fundamental | 12155 | Apply comprehension skills to engage written texts in a business environment | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
| Fundamental | 9015 | Apply knowledge of statistics and probability to critically interrogate and effectively communicate findings on life related problems | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 6 |
| Fundamental | 119462 | Engage in sustained oral/signed communication and evaluate spoken/signed texts | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
| Fundamental | 119469 | Read/view, analyse and respond to a variety of texts | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
| Fundamental | 9016 | Represent analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2-and 3-dimensional space in different contexts | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
| Fundamental | 7468 | Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business, national and international issues | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 6 |
| Fundamental | 119459 | Write/present/sign for a wide range of contexts | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
| Elective | 255822 | Assist as a lifeguarding crewman in undertaking aquatic rescues from a motorised rescue craft | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
| Elective | 255821 | Conduct a practical outdoor demonstration of lifeguarding skills | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
| Elective | 255819 | Maintain and operate a motorised rescue craft in the aquatic zone | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
| Elective | 117871 | Facilitate learning using a variety of given methodologies | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 10 |
| Elective | 255826 | Operate as crewman in assisting in an aquatic rescue from a helicopter | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 5 |
| Elective | 255827 | Undertake an aquatic rescue from a helicopter | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 5 |
| LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: |
| NONE |
| PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION: |
| This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here. |
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