POOL LIFEGUARD CHALLENGE – ENTRIES OPEN
With the proud support of Laerdal Australia / New Zealand and Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, LSV is pleased to be able to confirm the details of the 2019 LSV Pool Lifeguard Challenge.
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Category: Safer Pools
LSV are currently sending out WAW Renewals Forms to all 2018 accredited facilities.
Between 2002 and 2015 – 230 drowning incidents of persons 10 years and under occurred in Australian Public Aquatic Facilities. Coroner’s recommendations have recommended facilities implement a …
Life Saving Victoria (LSV) has taken another step in its commitment to improving safety standards at Victoria’s public pools, by turning-on the newly created Public Pools Register.
“The Register is an online document, open to the public, which allows pool …
As a component of the Victorian Safer Pools Project, LSV has committed to providing practical templates and resources to support the aquatic industry. We’re pleased to advise that we have just released a range of new and updated resources which …
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The Victorian Safer Public Pools – Code of Practice is now in place across the Victorian aquatic industry. The Code is a component of the joint Government and Industry response to Coronial recommendations, made …
The LSV Swimming and Water Safety Team are excited to announce the launch of the NEW! ‘Swimming and Water Safety Toolkit’ webpage; home to free resources, support information and case studies for delivering quality schools swimming and water safety …
Planning for the 2019-20 summer pools season is well underway and LSV have already booked in almost 250 Pool Lifeguard courses between July 2019 and June 2020. The early planning is key to ensuring that sufficient training …
On Friday 17th May, LSV hosted 100 representatives from the Aquatic Industry, for a combined practical and theoretical workshop geared at meeting the new Supervision compliance requirements set out in the Royal Life Saving Society Australia – Guidelines for …
In response to the new requirements in the GSPO Aquatic Supervision section, industry representatives have been requesting that LSV source a long-term sustainable solution to Pool Lifeguard and Supervisor uniforms. As a result of this, LSV …
Mystery Guest Visit Update
In line with the updates to Aquatic Supervision in the Guidelines for Safe Pool Operations in consultation with the Platinum Pool Steering Committee, LSV are updating the offering and question set for the Mystery Guest Visit …