Swim Safer

Build essential water safety and survival skills with our comprehensive SwimSafer lessons.

Program Overview

The SwimSafer Program at Eastern Aquatic is a comprehensive water safety and survival skills training course. 

Following the national SwimSafer 2.0 curriculum, this program emphasizes the importance of safety around aquatic environments while teaching swimming proficiency in a fun and engaging manner. 

The program consists of six progressive levels, each designed to build upon the skills learned in the previous stage.

Suitable for Ages: 6 and Above. For kids below 6, please reach out to our coaches to find out more.

What to Expect

Engaging Lessons:

  • Our SwimSafer Program includes engagin lessons to equip participants with essential water survival and swimming competency skills.
  • Each level of the program has a revised learning syllabus and assessment criteria to ensure thorough training.

Structured Curriculum:

  • The program is structured into six progressive levels, each focusing on different aspects of swimming and water safety.
  • Upon successful completion of each stage, participants receive an e-certificate.

Enhanced Instructor Training:

  • Our instructors undergo enhanced training and re-certification to ensure they are fully equipped to teach the SwimSafer 2.0 curriculum.
  • This ensures the highest quality of instruction and safety for all participants.

Fun and Engaging Environment:

  • Lessons are designed to be fun and engaging, helping participants enjoy the learning process while developing crucial skills.
  • Interactive activities and games are incorporated to make learning enjoyable.

Typical Progression Plan

1

SwimSafer Stage 1: Introduction to Water Skills

Objective: Develop confidence and independence in the water, learn general and deep-end water safety.

Skills Taught:

  • Entries & Exits: Slide-in entry, exit using ladder and from pool edge.
  • Sculling & Body Orientation: Front float (mushroom or jellyfish), back float, recover to standing position.
  • Underwater Skills: Submerge in waist-deep water, open eyes, and blow bubbles.
  • Movement / Swimming / Strokes: Movement on front 10m, movement on back 5m.
  • Survival & Activity Skills: Signal distress, grasp a flotation aid, float for 10 sec, move to the pool’s edge, exit safely.
  • Dressed in swimwear, shorts, and t-shirt: Fit a PFD, jump into water, float for 30 seconds, climb out of deep water.
  • Knowledge: Principles of Personal Safety and Survival, Environmental Awareness, Health Awareness, Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques, Rescues.
2

SwimSafer Stage 2: Fundamental Water Skills

Objective: General skill development, including unassisted step entry into water, sculling, feet-first surface dives, personal water safety skills.

Skills Taught:

  • Entries & Exits: Step-in entry.
  • Sculling & Body Orientation: Front float (mushroom or jellyfish), swim 5m on front, back float, swim 5m on back, scull, float or tread for 30 sec.
  • Underwater Skills: Search for and recover an object in chest-deep water.
  • Movement / Swimming / Strokes: Movement on front 25m, movement on back 15m.
  • Survival & Activity Skills: Scull, float or tread for 30 sec.
  • Dressed in swimwear, shorts, and t-shirt: Swim 15m using any survival stroke, swim to pool edge and climb out, put on a PFD, jump into water, swim 25m with PFD, climb out of water.
  • Knowledge: Principles of Personal Safety and Survival, Environmental Awareness, Health Awareness, Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques, Rescues.
3

SwimSafer Stage 3: Personal & Stroke Development Skills

Objective: Principles of personal survival and basic rescue skills, including sculling, underwater skills, and use of personal flotation device.

Skills Taught:

  • Entries & Exits: Stride/straddle entry.
  • Sculling & Body Orientation: Scull headfirst on back, scull, float or tread for 50 secs.
  • Underwater Skills: Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 2m.
  • Movement / Swimming / Strokes: Swim 50m continuously (25m front crawl, 25m backstroke, 25m breaststroke, 25m survival backstroke).
  • Survival & Activity Skills: Scull, float or tread water for 50 sec.
  • Dressed in swimwear, shorts, and t-shirt: Swim 25m using survival backstroke or survival breaststroke to a PFD, fit a PFD in water, swim 50m with PFD, climb out of water.
  • Knowledge: Principles of Personal Safety and Survival, Environmental Awareness, Health Awareness, Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques, Rescues.
4

SwimSafer Stage 4 Bronze: Intermediate Skills and Safety

Objective: Develop confidence and independence in the water, learn general and deep-end water safety.

Skills Taught:

  • Entries & Exits: Compact jump.
  • Sculling & Body Orientation: Forward somersault in the water, scull, float or tread for 2 min.
  • Underwater Skills: Perform feet-first surface dive, swim through hoops on pool bottom for 2m.
  • Movement / Swimming / Strokes: Swim 100m continuously (25m front crawl, 25m backstroke, 25m breaststroke, 25m survival backstroke).
  • Survival & Activity Skills: Scull, float or tread water for 2 min.
  • Dressed in swimwear, shorts, and t-shirt: Swim slowly using survival strokes, retrieve a flotation aid and kick to the side, exit.
  • Rescue Skills: Throw a flotation aid to a partner, instruct the partner to kick to the edge.
  • Knowledge: Principles of Personal Safety and Survival, Environmental Awareness, Health Awareness, Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques, Rescues.
5

SwimSafer Stage 5 Silver: Intermediate Personal Survival & Stroke Refinement Skills

Objective: Introduction to diving, development of rescue skills and personal survival knowledge.

Skills Taught:

  • Entries & Exits: Dive entry (crouching).
  • Sculling & Body Orientation: Backward somersault in the water, scull, float or tread whilst putting on a PFD.
  • Underwater Skills: Perform feet-first surface dive, swim through hoops on pool bottom for 3m.
  • Movement / Swimming / Strokes: Swim 50m front crawl, 50m breaststroke, 50m backstroke, 25m survival backstroke, 25m sidestroke.
  • Survival & Activity Skills: Perform various survival techniques and rescue exercises.
  • Knowledge: Principles of Personal Safety and Survival, Environmental Awareness, Health Awareness, Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques, Rescues.
6

SwimSafer Stage 6 Gold: Advanced Personal Survival & Swimming Skill Proficiency

Objective: Perform strokes with greater ease, efficiency, power, and smoothness over 400 metres. Focus on lifesaving readiness and advanced personal safety skills.

Skills Taught:

  • Entries & Exits: Standing dive.
  • Sculling & Body Orientation: Scull, float or tread whilst making a self-made float within 5 min.
  • Underwater Skills: Perform head-first surface dive (tuck or pike), swim through hoops on pool bottom for 5m.
  • Movement / Swimming / Strokes: Swim 100m front crawl, 100m breaststroke, 100m backstroke, 50m survival backstroke, 50m sidestroke, 15m butterfly.
  • Survival & Activity Skills: Perform various advanced survival techniques and rescue exercises.
  • Knowledge: Principles of Personal Safety and Survival, Environmental Awareness, Health Awareness, Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques, Rescues.

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