Upon completion of Silver Stages 1, 2 and 3 Rookie Lifeguards should be able to:

• Swim continuously in clothing for 200m on your front and back

• Demonstrate a reaching rescue

• Throw a buoyant aid to a casualty 8m away

• Enter shallow water and wade to a casualty

• Using a throwing aid, instruct the casualty what to do

• Using a rigid aid instruct the casualty what to do

• The support position

• Tread water for 3 minutes

• Swimming, surface dives and object recovery

• Shallow turn and rescue an ‘unconscious casualty’

• Coil and throw a rope to a casualty 10m away and pull to the side in less than 45 seconds

• Enter deep water using a straddle jump

• Demonstrate a fall-in entry into clear deep water

• Swim 20m continuously with your head out of the water on your front