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Life Saving Programme
This is the end of the pathway rather than the start of it. Lifesaving awards are for swimmers who are already strong in the water and want to become the person who can help someone who is not.
It is also the practical route for anyone who needs a recognised qualification — lifeguarding, water sports CCAs, or coaching itself.
First trial lesson from $30+ (45 minutes) · No commitment
This is for you if any of these sound familiar
- You are a strong swimmer working toward Singapore Lifesaving Society certification
- You need a qualification for lifeguarding or a poolside role
- Your child has finished SwimSafer Gold and wants a genuine next rung
- You are a parent or coach who wants real rescue skill rather than a theory refresher
What the awards cover
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The award pathway
Bronze Medallion, Bronze Cross and Award of Merit, following the Singapore Lifesaving Society syllabus. Each one builds on the last in both swimming standard and rescue responsibility.
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Rescue technique
Approach and assessment, non-contact rescues first, contact tows, and defence and release — because a panicking casualty is genuinely dangerous to the rescuer.
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Casualty handling
Getting someone out of the water and what happens in the first minutes on land. Every coach on our team holds current CPR and AED certification.
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Swimming under fatigue
Rescues do not happen when you are fresh. A large part of the training is holding technique and judgement when you are already tired.
How long it really takes
- Prerequisite
- Comfortable swimming 200 m continuously before you start
- Not there yet?
- That is a Learn to Swim or Stroke Correction conversation first — we will be straight with you about the gap
- Course length
- Depends heavily on your starting fitness and which award you are going for. Message us and we will give you a real answer rather than a brochure one
When this is the wrong programme
This is not a beginner course and we will not pretend otherwise. If you cannot yet swim 200 m without stopping, the honest thing is to build that first — you will get more from the award, and you will pass it.
Format & class size
Small group or 1-on-1, depending on the award and where your swimming currently sits. WhatsApp us with your current 200 m time and the award you are aiming at.
Life Saving Programme questions, answered honestly
How is this different from SwimSafer Gold?
SwimSafer is about saving yourself — self-rescue, survival, staying calm and afloat until help arrives. Lifesaving awards are about saving someone else, which is a genuinely different skill and carries a different risk to you.
Do I need this to teach swimming?
Coaching accreditation in Singapore expects a current lifesaving qualification alongside instructor certification and CPR/AED — which is why every coach on our team holds one.
What age can my child start?
It is driven by swimming standard rather than birthday. If they can hold 200 m comfortably and take instruction seriously, they are a candidate. Send us their age and current distance and we will tell you honestly.
More general questions — fees, pools, wet weather — are answered on the main FAQ.
Not quite the right fit?
Learn to Swim
For complete beginners. We start with bubbles, floating, and gliding — then progress to breaststroke and front crawl. Designed for nervous learners.
Read more →Survival Swimming
SwimSafer Bronze, Silver, Gold awards. Treading water, sidestroke, survival backstroke — real-world skills that save lives.
Read more →Stroke Correction
For swimmers whose strokes feel wrong. We fix freestyle rhythm, breaststroke timing, backstroke, butterfly. Popular with triathletes.
Read more →Not sure if this is the right programme?
Message me the age, the current level and what you're hoping for. I'll tell you which programme fits — including if the answer is none of them.
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