SwimSafer Stage 5 (Silver)

Intermediate Personal Survival & Stroke Refinement Skills

Objective:
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 meters within a given time frame.

 

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Equipments to Prepare

Shirt

Long Pants

Stage 5 Practical Test Sequence

Swim:
Swim (use crouching dive entry for FR, BR):

  • 50m front crawl (within 1:30 min)
  • 50m breaststroke (within 1:50 min)
  • 50m backstroke (within 1:40 min)
  • 25m sidestroke
  • 25m survival backstroke
  • Dolphin kick 10m on front

Silver Sequence: (w/o goggles)
Dressed in swimwear, long pants and t-shirt demonstrate the following sequence: 

  • Enter deep water using a straddle jump
  • Perform a backward somersault
  • Submerge using feet first surface dive,
  • Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 3m and resurface
  • Swim 45m quickly using front crawl
  • Wave and call for help (rescuer to throw PFD)
  • Retrieve a PFD in water and fit it while treading water
  • Demonstrate Heat Escape Lessening Posture (H.E.L.P.) technique for 30 sec
  • Then swim 25m with PFD and climb out of the water

Entries & Exits

  • Dive entry (crouching).

Sculling & Body Orientation

  • Backward somersault in the water.
  • Scull, float or tread whilst putting on a PFD in water.

Underwater Skills

  • In at least 1.4m deep water, perform feet-first surface dive, swim through hoops on pool bottom for 3m.

Movement/Swimming/Strokes

Swim:

  • 50m Front Crawl (within 1:30 min)
  • 50m Breaststroke(within 1:50 min)
  • 50m Backstroke (within 1:40 min)
  • 25m Survival Backstroke
  • 25m Sidestroke
  • Dolphin kick 10m on front

Survival and Activity Skills

Dressed in swimwear, long pants and t-shirt demonstrate:

  • Enter deep water using a straddle jump.
  • Perform a backward somersault.
  • Submerge using feet first surface dive.
  • Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 3m and resurface.
  • Swim 45m quickly using front crawl.
  • Wave and call for help (rescuer to throw PFD).
  • Retrieve a PFD in water and fit it while treading water.
  • Demonstrate Heat Escape Lessening Posture (H.E.L.P.) technique for 30 seconds.
  • Then swim 25m with PFD and climb out of the water.

Rescue Skills

  • Throw a PFD to a partner 3m away and instruct the partner to kick to the edge.

Knowledge

  • Principles of Personal Safety and Survival.
  • Environmental Awareness.
  • Health Awareness.
  • Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques.
  • Rescues.

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We are absolutely thrilled with our child’s fantastic achievements in the recent Stage 3 SwimSafer test! The progress has been exceptional, and we owe it all to the dedicated coaching team at Sttitude Swim School.

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