Bronze Course Information & Instructions
Congratulations for enrolling for the Umina SLSC Bronze Medallion Course
To help you achieve your Bronze Medallion/Certificate II Public Safety (Aquatic rescue) and prepare for the course, please see below information and instruction guidelines.
Get to know your trainers.
Damon Somerfield
Director of Education
Jarryd Edmonds
Deputy Director of Education
Matt Fearnley
Trainer
Pam Edmonds
Trainer
Mike Begg
Trainer
Online Course Component
Before your first day of the course, you will need to complete your online learning component. The course trainer will ask to view your online assessment certificate so they can mark you off as complete.
Step 1. Login to SLS Members Portal.
(Click here if you need to create your own account. If you have forgotten your username and password, click here to receive them via email or text)
Step 2. Login SLSA eLearning portal
(You must be logged into the SLS Members Portal for this to open)
Follow the below screenshot instructions to add this course to “My Training”
For easier access, download the SLSA eLearning Applications from device application store.
Step 3. Complete all modules
(Modules vary in time however each can take between 10 - 20 minutes)
Step 4. Complete the Bronze Medallion Theory Assessments
Weekly Course Breakdown
| Theory | Practical | |
| Week 1 | Intro to SLSA; Safety & Wellbeing; Online setup, Surf Awareness, Signals | Beach Orientation & surf Awareness; Gear Induction; Surf Skills Induction (wading, porpoising, body surfing), Tube rescues Carries, RSR |
| Week 2 | Human Body, Signals, DRSABCD, 1 Person CPR, | Signals, Board & Tube Rescues, Block & Release, RSR |
| Week 3 | Signals, Full CPR & Defib | Signals, 2 People CPR, Board, Spinals, Tubes/Blocks & Releases, conscious rescues, RSR |
| Week 4 | Signals, Defibrillation, Oxygen Awareness, 3/4 Person CPR, | Signals, Board rescues, Tube Rescues into 2 person CPR & DRSABCD |
| Week 5 | ART Theory and Practical | Swim, Board, Unconscious rescues & carries |
| First Aid | SLS NSW Academy - First Aid Course HLTAID011 | |
| Week 6 | Patrol Ops, Comms, Full CPR | Spinal retrievals water and dry |
| Week 7 | Revisions, Scenarios, Full CPR/ART & Radios | Full water skills |
| Week 8 | Part A Signals, 2mins CPR, Manakins - Personal Assessment, Team works oxygen & radio, verbal first aid theory, | Part B Assessment water, Tubes rescue, board rescue, swim 200m, RSR 8 mins, spinals |