Gwilym's Adventure Blog

This week I have been working in Swanage running a RLSS Beach Lifeguard Trainer Assessor course for a small group of 4 candidates.  

  Today started with facilitating a Beach Lifeguard exam before ending up have a Coasteering session to a bit of CPD for a group of Outdoor Instructors from Swanage. All 3 who were being examined passed. Well Done Off to a yacht for the night

This weekend I have been in Porthcawl with members of Newton Lifeguard Club finishing off their Beach Lifeguard Trainer Assessor's  course that we started in November 2019.  We had completed a couple of weekends before Covid hit and this was the first time that we could all get back together to finish the course

Today I was staying very local and working down at Greatwood Camp putting a number of their staff through the RLSS Emergency Response course for their very chilly pool (hence the wetsuits)

 This week I have been down in Swanage at Cumulus Outdoors running a RLSS Beach Lifeguard Course for a number of their staff. 4 candidates took and passed the assessment at the end of the week and the others will be taking theirs in a few weeks time

3 new Beach Lifeguard Trainer Assessors were produced this weekend at Brean Sands. It was a little chilly in the sea but all 3 did well and are looking forward to running their own courses in the near future. I have two of these courses on the go at the moment with the second one due next weekend.

This week I have been at Quantock Lodge running a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification for Wet and High Adventures Ltd. A busy week with pool based and classroom based sessions covering everything from First Aid, Water Rescue, Legal Knowledge and Observation skills All 6 candidates (plus myself) who took the exam passed. Tomorrow morning I will assessing another group of candidates and then time for a day off on Sunday. Can't wait!

This weekend I have been back in Porthcawl running the second part of a split RLSS Beach Lifeguard Trainer Assessor course for 6 candidates. We were warm inside and at the pool but getting psyched for a bracing dip during part 3 which will be in March

This week I have been at Adventure Activities base on the Isle of Wight working for Wet and High Adventures Ltd running a National Beach Lifeguard Qualification for some of their staff We had mainly sunny days but the water was still very cold and sub 10 degrees which made the open water sessions a little challenging at times. Good efforts from all candidates and all those who took the exam passed and there were some very impressive swim times in the pool.

This week I have mainly been running a RLSS Pool Lifeguard Trainer Assessor course with Crys at Quantock Lodge . With 6 candidates keen to improve their training and assessing skills we have happily sent them off this afternoon into the real world to prepare to run their first Pool Lifeguard Course. I say mainly, as on Thursday I had to go to Bristol and complete an induction so I can run the new Indoor Climbing Assistant Award coming in January 2019.

Today I was down at Dawlish Warren mentoring a new Trainer Assessor and conducting some Quality Assurance on a RLSS National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualification . In simpler terms this would be described as getting very wet on the beach whist watching some people get battered in the sea.

Since Monday I have been in Coral Bay, Cyprus on behalf of Wet and High Adventures researching venues for  RLSS National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Course . Crys and I have been looking at accommodation options, beaches, training venues and of course checking out the food. 21" Chicken kebab was pretty impressive. We have most days managed to find time to go turtling. We have a couple of days left before we head back to the UK. We have now set a course date of 14th - 21st Oct 2019 and all the details are here

This weekend I have been at Q uantock Lodge running a NRASTC  (National Rescue Award for Swim Teaches and Coaches) for Wet and High Adventures who are a RLSS Approved Training Provider. Well done to all 7 candidates who passed following an independent assessment by Andy and Andy.