Life guard course

DublinRescuer

Hi there,

Im interested in doing a course as a lifeguard preferably at a pool, the course will be with dublin water safety. My question is what is the difference between Pool and Beach, without stating the obvious lol, is beach more advanced? is it like if you do the driving test where by if you pass on manual you can drive both auto and manual or does it just give certification to work in the one kind. Thank you for your time

Any help would be great.. and last question, what is involved?? im seeing rescue awards, swimming safety, etc. Is it just a 2 day course or is there prerequisites??

Thomas

Unpossible

Is this the RLSS Beach and Pool lifeguard exams? Or are you talking about the Irish water safety Beach Lifeguard?

swim2

For beach lifeguard with IWS check out, it gives details on course and what you need to have done beforehand:
http://www.iws.ie/lifeguards-page45491.html
for pool lifeguard with IWS check out:
http://www.iws.ie/lifeguards-page45490.html

The beach lifeguard is harder than the pool one.
both RLSS and IWS are internationally recognised.

lorcan122

If you want to work in a pool, you need a pool lifeguard, a beach won't cover you if you want to work in pool, and vice versa.
Both courses are four days long for the rlss, not to sure about the iws.

TO_ARTHUR!

swim2 wrote: »

For beach lifeguard with IWS check out, it gives details on course and what you need to have done beforehand:
http://www.iws.ie/lifeguards-page45491.html
for pool lifeguard with IWS check out:
http://www.iws.ie/lifeguards-page45490.html

The beach lifeguard is harder than the pool one.
both RLSS and IWS are internationally recognised.

Are these difficult courses to pass?

lorcan122

The pool one is very easy to swim, and the beach one you need to be a strong swimmer, beach one is not hard to pass, if you are a mediocre swimmer. The only hard thing is trying to get a beach lifeguard position, because they nearly always choose the fastest swimmers, so you would want to be very good. However you can do other stuff with the beach qualification, such as an outdoor adventure instructor and surfing and windsurfing instructor etc...

TO_ARTHUR!

And how often would the courses be held in a year?