SwimSafer Silver/Stage 5
Intermediate Personal Water Survival & Stroke Refinement Skills
Fundamentals of diving will be introduced. Development of personal survival knowledge will continue with a situational context of swimming quickly away from a sinking boat. Students will be required to demonstrate efficient stroke techniques by swimming a variety of strokes over 200 metres within a given time frame.
Stage 5 Test Criteria
Entries & Exits
Dive entry (crouching).
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Sculling & Body Orientation
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Backward somersault in the water.
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Scull, float or tread whilst putting on a PFD in water.
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Underwater Skills
In at least 1.4m deep water, perform feet-first surface dive, swim through hoops on pool bottom for 3m without goggles.
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Movement / Swimming / Strokes
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50m Front Crawl (within 1:30 min).
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50m Breaststroke(within 1:50 min).
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50m Backstroke (within 1:40 min).
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25m Survival Backstroke.
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25m Sidestroke.
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Dolphin kick 10m on front.
Survival & Activity Skills
Dressed in swimwear, long pants and t-shirt demonstrate:
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Enter deep water using a straddle jump.
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Perform a backward somersault.
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Submerge using feet first surface dive.
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Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 3m and resurface.
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Swim 45m quickly using front crawl.
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Wave and call for help (rescuer to throw PFD).
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Retrieve a PFD in water and fit it while treading water.
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Demonstrate Heat Escape Lessening Posture (H.E.L.P.) technique for 30 sec.
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Then swim 25m with PFD and climb out of the water.
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Rescue Skills
Throw a PFD to a partner 3m away and instruct the partner to kick to the edge.
Knowledge
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Principles of Personal Safety and Survival.
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Environmental Awareness.
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Health Awareness.
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Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques.
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Rescues.