Proficiencies

PROFICIENCIES 2011/12

Please note there is important information about this season's proficiencies below, especially for Bronze and IRB Driver award holders.

The weekends for 2011-12 proficiencies are:

•  Bronze/ SRC / Spinal (following BM)  (at 11am)
  • Oct - Sun 23
  • Nov - Sat 5, Sun 20
  • Dec - Sat 3, Sun 11, Sat 19 (LATE DATE CHANGE)
  • Dec - Sun 31 @ 11am
    
• ARTC (at 9am)
  • Nov - Sun 20th
  • Dec - Sun 11th
    
• IRB Crew/Driver (at 9am)
  • Oct - Sun 23
  • Dec - Sun 18

All active patrol members and all competitors must be proficient for their Bronze or SRC award by December 31st. To maintain your proficiency you must complete all of the following:

1. Run-swim-run (200-200-200 in 8 minutes for Bronze, 100-100-100 in 5 minutes for SRC).
2. Demonstrate knowledge of signals.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of radio procedures (Bronze)
4. Demonstrate proficiency in the new resuscitation techniques, including oxygen and defibrillation.
5. Perform a rescue in the surf either with a rescue tube or a board.
6. Demonstrate IRB awareness (assisting launch, patient lift from IRB) - new for (2011/12).

This year we will be conducting proficiency weekends where they all start at 11am for the Bronze/SRC award holders (i.e. after nippers has finished on Sunday).

The other awards (ARTC, IRB) that need proficiency will be on scheduled days (as Bronze) but will start at 9am, before the Bronze / SRC proficiencies.

NOTE:

If you gained your award after June 30 in any year then you are already proficient for this season. If you gained your award before this date (SRC included), then you must attend one of the proficiency weekends.

The Bronze/SRC award holders proficiency could take up to 90 minutes, depending on the amount of people present for that session. If there is a large attendance (e.g. 40 people or more) it could take 2 - 3 hours.

Please DO NOT leave your proficiency until the last weekend unless unavoidable as we would like the groups kept to a manageable size and we also do not intend to include any more weekends than listed.

Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate

To maintain your proficiency you must complete all of the following:

1. Demonstrate proficiency in the new resuscitation techniques, including oxygen and defibrillation.
2. Demonstrate proficiency in setup and use of oxygen equipment, including OP airways
3. Demonstrate proficency using the manual suction device.

ARTC Upgrade Sessions

Two upgrade courses are scheduled (you only need to attend one) on

Sundays -  20 Nov, 11 Dec @ 9am
Email the Chief Instructor to book in

For both upgrades there is a workbook that needs to be completed. These are available here:

• Learner Guides

Download the ARTC Defib and Suction upgrade workbook and complete it as far as possible before you come to the Upgrade workshop.

IRB Driver Proficiencies