Junior Level Awards
The Junior awards and requirements are:
- 25m pool swim
- 25m open water swim
- wading confident to waist depth
- diving / bob under wave
- body surfing / glide under wave
- treading water for 20 seconds
- run-wade-run (25m x 50m x 25m)
- bodyboard; catching a wave & paddling
- theory questions (1-5)
- 50m pool swim
- 50m open water swim
- wading clear of knees at knee depth
- diving / lie under wave
- body surfing; catching a wave, stroke on wave
- treading water for 30 seconds
- run-wade-run (30m x 50m x 30m)
- bodyboard surfing; along a broken wave, diving under a wave and kneeling on board.
- theory questions (1-9)
- 100m pool swim
- 100m open water swim
- wading swim parallel to shore at knee depth, thigh depth with bodyboard
- diving under a wave
- body surfing; catching unbroken wave, stroking on wave
- treading water for 1 minute
- run-wade-run (50m x 75m x 50m)
- bodyboarding; acheiving three of the following: surfing along an unbroken wave, going over the top of a wave on the way out, going under a wave, eskimo roll or a rescue
- theory questions (6-13)
- 200m pool swim under 7 minutes
- 200m open water swim
- diving under wave & pushing off
- body surfing; swimming to catch a wave
- treading water for 1 minute
- run-wade-run (50m x 100m x 50m)
- board paddling; kneeling, negotiating surf, turning, catching a wave & holding on
- theory questions (10-17)
- 200m pool swim under 5 minutes
- 200m open water swim
- diving under wave; 5 porpoise dives
- body surfing; swimming to catch a wave & swimming along shoulder
- tread water for 2 minutes then assistance required signal for 30 seconds
- run-swim-run (50m x 100m x 50m)
- board paddling; catching unbroken wave, turning around bouy, punching through white water, surfing along waves and changing direction & recovering from a wipeout
- theory questions (14-21)
Must satisfy both of the following:
- complete a 200m pool swim in less than 5 minutes + 1 minute treading water, and
- be assessed as confident in surf conditions
The 200m safety badge is a mandatory requirement to compete in any paddle board event (10 years and above)
- minimum competence; achieved level 5 award
- 200m pool swim under 4.5 minutes
- run-swim-run (100m x 100m x 100m) in under 5 minutes
- tow a patient in a rescue tube at least 30 meters in surf, rescuer must wear flippers
- demonstrate the examination of a patient, the resuscitation of a patient using mouth-to-mouth expired air respiration only and the placing of the patient in the recovery position
- theory questions (level 5 + additional 4 SLSC questions)
Training Log
You can record your own individual progress and learn the theory questions and answers by downloading the following form: