Collaroy SLSC Awards
One of the fundamentals of surf life saving is ensuring that lifesavers have the necessary qualifications to carry out their role as lifesavers on the beach. The first qualification that Surf Life Saving Australia formulated back in the early 1900s was the Bronze Medallion, which today is still the basic award that all lifesavers must gain before they are allowed to patrol the beach, or participate in any surf life saving competition.
Today there are numerous life saving awards that life savers can gain, from the Bronze Medallion, through to the Advanced Resuscitation Certificate, several Silver Medallions to the Gold Medallion - the highest life saving award that can be gained by a lifesaver. Outlined below are the various awards - some of them have links to other pages which outline the requirements for the award. If you would like to find out more about any of the awards, please contact our Chief Instructor at chiefinstructor@collaroysurfclub.com.au
| Age | Patrolling Lifesavers | Emergency Care | Powercraft | Radio | Training Officer | Assessor |
| 18 | Gold Medallion (Advanced Lifesaving) | Semi-Automatic External Defibrillation (SAED) Certificate | Rescue Water Vehicle Operator’s Certificate | Assessor(all disciplines) | ||
| 17 | Silver Medallion (IRB) | Silver Medallion (Radio Controller) | Training Officer (all disciplines) | |||
| 16 | Silver Medallion (Life Support) | IRB Crewman's Certificate | ||||
| 15 | Bronze Medallion | Senior First Aid Advanced Resuscitation Certificate Basic Life Support | ||||
| 14 | Radio Operators Certificate | |||||
| 13 | Surf Rescue Certificate | Emergency Care | ||||
| 12 | Surf Smart 2 | |||||
| 11 | Surf Smart 1 | |||||
| 10 | Surf Safety 2 | Basic Resuscitation | ||||
| 9 | Surf Safety 1 | |||||
| 8 | Surf Awareness 2 | |||||
| 7 | Surf Awareness 1 |
The New Award Structure
With the introduction of the new VET award structure into the SLSA awards in the 2005 / 2006 season, a new series of VET compliant training modules for Training Officers, Assessors and Facilitators has been formulated. A slide presentation outlining these new modules and the roles they apply to has been put together by Kerri McNicholas from SLSWA. Click here for a copy
ARC Training Plan Documentation
To assist instructors in teaching the techniques for the Advanced Resuscitation Certificate, an ARC Training Plan has been prepared, along with an extensive set of supporting documentation.(files will be dowloaded to your hardrive as a ZIP file) Click here for a copy