Practice Note No. 15 - Water Safety - Division of Local Government ...

5.1.2 Supervisory personnelA council should consider as a minimum standard of training for senior pool attendants, shift supervisors andother supervisory personnel a current Pool Lifeguard Certificate from The Royal Life Saving Society of Australiaor an equivalent award recognised by the Aquatic and Recreation Institute. The certificate/award should specifythe type of equipment the holder has been trained on and the depth of the pool where the holder was examined.This is in addition to the minimum standards for Pool Attendant/Lifeguard (see 5.1.1).5.1.3 Pool/centre managerThe position of pool/centre manager requires expertise in a range of areas such as:ØØØØØØØmaintenance of water quality, including testing, chemical treatment, disease controlvision of emergency life saving servicesplant operation and maintenancemanagement, including business operation, human resource management and public relationsawareness of the Occupational Health and Safety Actrisk managementsafe chemical handlingThe council should consider as a minimum standard of training for pool/centre managers the SwimmingPool Operations Certificate II and Aquatic Facility Manager Certificate IV or an equivalent award recognisedby the Aquatic and Recreation Institute.5.1.4 Learn-to-swim teaching staffPractice Note 15: Water SafetyA critical factor affecting water safety is the swimming and water safety skills of patrons. It is important,then, that personnel teaching learn-to-swim programs are appropriately trained. A council should consideras a minimum standard of training for learn-to-swim teaching staff the following qualifications:Ø general - the AUSTSWIM Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety certificateØ specialist areas:- the AUSTSWIM Teacher of Infant Aquatics certificate- the AUSTSWIM Teacher of People with Disabilities certificateor an equivalent award recognised by the Aquatic and Recreation Institute.8