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SwimSafer Stage 3
Personal Water Survival & Stroke Development Skills
Entry skills such as the stride jump will be taught. Skills include sculling, underwater skills and putting on a personal flotation device (PFD) whilst in water and swimming with it. One of the goals is to achieve 50 metres of continuous swimming.
Stage 3 Test Criteria
Entries & Exits
Stride / straddle entry.
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Sculling & Body Orientation
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Scull headfirst on back, 5m.
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Scull, float or tread for 50 secs (incorporated in Survival & Activity Skills).
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Underwater Skills
Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 2m.
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Movement / Swimming / Strokes
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25m front crawl, and 25m backstroke.
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Swim 25m Breaststroke and 25m Survival Backstroke.
Survival & Activity Skills
Scull, float or tread water for 50 sec.
Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate:
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Swim 25m using survival backstroke or survival breaststroke to a PFD.
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Correctly fit a PFD in water, swim 50m with PFD, then climb out of the water.
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.
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