About Us

About Us

The Swim & Survive Lifesaving Unit undertakes the following key activities to facilitate the delivery of swimming and water safety education in Western Australia;

• To raise community awareness and advocate participation in community education programs.
• To support and maintain the community education delivery network.
• To extend the community education delivery network in target areas and demographic populations.
• Continued research and development of community education programs.
• Support ‘at risk’ communities to over-come barriers preventing program delivery.
• To provide accessible events for pool lifesaving sport participants.

Swimming & Water Safety Progression Over a Life-Span

Life-span	RLSSA Program	Program Brand
0 – 4 years	Infant Aquatics
5 – 12 years	Swim & Survive
13 – 15+ years	Bronze Rescue

Program Elements

RLSSA develops resources and delivers services that form the key elements of all three swimming and water safety programs. This consists of outcomes, assessment and delivery roles plotted against the needs of key stakeholders; the instructor, the provider (Endorsed Swim School) and the participant. This is represented in the matrix below;

	Provider	Instructor	Participant
Outcomes	Swimming and Water Safety Framework	Instructor Qualification	Outcome progression
Assessment	Provider eligibility criteria	Instructor Assessment Guide	New Certificates
Delivery	Endorsed Provider Program	Instructor Professional Development	Community Awareness and Promotion

Supporters

The Swim & Survive Lifesaving Unit would like to thank the following organisations for their continued support.