Australia Beach Life Guard InformationIn 14 days you will train and become a Beach Lifeguard. You will train on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and the world famous Gold Coast in Queensland. This is the hotbed of surfing and lifeguarding in Australia. Your personal instructors are a combination of Surfers, Beach Lifeguards and Paramedics.
This is the ultimate ocean training course, demanding a lot from you and designed to produce skilled men and women who are capable of working in the global lifeguarding industry. Professional ocean employment requires an individual to be well trained, physically fit and highly motivated. There will be some time to spare for free surfing, but we will keep you very busy during the week days. There is a large amount of material that needs
to be covered.
But it will be fun!
We can also provide you with a Working Holiday visum. This way you can get straight to work after your Beach Lifeguard training in Australia. You can make up to Euro 500 a week!
Prerequisites for Trip
- Good Level of fitness required.
- Trainees should be able to swim 400m continuously in a 25m to 50m length pool in 9 minutes 30 seconds or less. Also previous ocean experience is beneficial.
- Trainees will need to have an appreciation and understanding of surfing, but could be a novice surfer.
- At the end of the trip, you will be asked to complete Lifeguard Mission (600m ocean swim, 800m beach run, 600m rescue board paddle, 800m beach run over a set M shape course in set time) or similar.
Course OverviewThe course is in Coolangatta, on the NSW / Queensland border. Arriving on Queensland's Gold Coast, you will stay at Kirra Beach and begin the programme. The Beach Lifeguard programme trains you in the skills and qualifications required for becoming a successful Lifeguard surpassing the basic general requirements within Australia for working as a Lifeguard on our many beaches.
Activities you will experience:
- Professional instruction
- Lifeguarding Skills CPR / Resuscitation methods
- Surfing
- Swimming and Running
- High Level Fitness Training
- Ocean appreciation and awareness
- Emergency Care Training
- Aquatic and Surf Rescue Training
- Simulated
board rescue (paddle to rescue an unconscious patient, demonstrate rollover, demonstrate deep water resuscitation simulation, return patient unassisted and simulate patient care including placing patient in recovery position) - Rescue tube rescue (swim with rescue tube to rescue an unconscious patient, demonstrate securing patient in rescue tube, demonstrate deep water resuscitation simulation, return patient unassisted and simulate patient care including placing patient in recovery position
Fitness and Strenght
- Swim 800m in a 25m to 50m length pool in a time less than 15 minutes
- Lifeguard mission (ocean swim, beach run, rescue board paddle and beach run over a set M shape course commencing with 600m swim, followed by an 800m beach run, followed by a 600m rescue board paddle and concluding with an 800m beach run, within a time determined by the council).
- Overall time recorded for comparison with other candidates.
Demonstrate skills including:
- Ability to perform effective first aid and resuscitation following a rescue from an aquatic environment
- Communication/interpersonal skills to promote compliance with safety rules and regulations and respond to an aquatic emergency
- Application of casualty management procedures
- Application of supervision techniques in an aquatic environment
- Recognition and appropriate response to aquatic emergencies requiring basic and advanced water rescue techniques
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding including: Organisational emergency procedures, Occupational Health and Safety and other relevant legislative requirements, Identification of individuals who may be at risk, Signs and symptoms of physical injury, First aid techniques and procedures, Crowd control in emergency situations, Rescue equipment used in aquatic emergencies, Hazardous behaviour that poses risks to clients, Facility or environmental hazards, Role of lifeguard
Accommodation
The accommodation is comfortable and situated on Kirra Strand on the Gold Coast. Accommodation is just across from the Sea. You share a room with other lifeguard participants and there is a shared bathroom is these nice houses along the coast of Australia. All accommodation is very social, friendly and close to bars and restaurants.Facilities: Garden, washing machine, Phone boots, internet, BBQ area, TV room and swimming pool.
Living on Queensland's Gold Coast
The strip of land that stretches from Coolangatta in the south to Surfers Paradise in the north is called the Gold Coast and is the most electric tourist strip in Australia's awesome waves and nightlife combine with pristine water and beautiful lush hinterland, this is paradise and will be your home for the course.
Work opportunities after the course
While we cannot guarantee you a job (after all it is up to you to get out there and get interviewing) the job prospects are highly tipped in your favour with this course. 90% of Australians live by the coast and the demand for professional lifeguards is high. Our partners ensure they do all they can to assist you in finding work and have assisted many people in finding their first job. They can assist by setting you up on the job register and also getting your name out there through their own network of over 50 surf schools in Queensland. It is unlikely that you will not be able to find work should you successfully
complete the course and make the required effort to find a job.
In Country StaffThere are a number of people who will take care of you during your time abroad. You will have contact with many of them. Others will be working -behind the scenes- to ensure you have a fun and rewarding experience. However, the main person in charge of making sure you are getting the most out of your trip is the Lead Coordinator. They are a member of staff who live in-country full time
and, as their job title suggests, they are responsible for coordinating all aspects of the programme, as well as offering advice and guidance throughout your stay. Please note that you should go to your Lead Coordinator if you have any problems whatsoever, be it with the trip, your overall experience or something more serious. Make sure you tell them in-country because, if they donīt know about your problem, they canīt solve it for you!
How do I get therePick up at Sydney International airport is included. Training venues for the majority of the programme are extremely close and can be accessed by walking/running or with a short shuttle bus or public transport bus trip. For any training outside the immediate area, you will be advised of the best transport options via public transport bus services.
ArrivalTravellers should arrive in Sydney on the start date of the trip. You will be picked up from Sydney International Airport and taken to the accommodation. Here travellers will have a full briefing of the tour package and will have a chance to meet the other travellers and your Lead Coordinator, and be informed of your itinerary for the duration of your tour.
DeparturePlacements finish on the published end date and travellers should leave the programme on this date. As program will finish in Queensland, departures can be arranged from either Brisbane or Sydney. Any overnight stays after completion of course will be at your own expense but can be arranged. If travelling to other countries after you leave, do take into consideration visa regulations.
Starting DatesThe course runs 4 times a year. Starting dates in July, August, November and January. Contact us for dates.
Price & DatesThe price is Euro 1760 (1449 GBP), contact us for starting dates.
Including
A warm welcome
- Airport transfers
- All accommodations as described
- Breakfast
- Full instruction Professional instructors
- All equipment
24 hour back up support
Excluded
Flights
- Travel insurance
- Visa
Meals (except breakfast in Queensland)
- Drinks
- Laundry service
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