Life gaurd test Flashcards

Question

What does PROACTIVE SUPERVISING look like?

Answer 1

* POSITIONING – PUT YOURSELF IN THE AREA WHERE YOU HAVE THE BEST VISIBILITY * PATROLLING – WALK AROUND THE AREA YOU ARE SUPERVISING TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE GETTING EVERY ANGLE * PREVENTATIVE INTERVENTION - GETTING INVOLVED BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS

Answer 2

OUR RATIO IS 2 LIFEGUARD’S TO THE FIRST 80 CUSTOMERS THEN 1 LIFEGUARD TO EACH 80 ONGOING.

Answer 3

NEED TO BE ACTIVELY SUPERVISED BY A CAREGIVER 16 YEARS OR OVER

Answer 4

ALL CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE NEED TO BE WITHIN ARMS REACH OF A CAREGIVER 16 YEARS OR OVER AT ALL TIMES

Answer 5

AN AREA OF THE POOL THAT CANNOT BE SEEN BECAUSE OF FACTORS SPECIFIC TO THE WATER, POOL DESIGN OR HUMAN BEHAVIOUR – LETS GO FOR A WALK !!

Answer 6

Enforces the rules for the council pools. They come round and check. PoolSafe ® The PoolSafe Quality Management Scheme carries out independent assessments of public pools to ensure that their operations and facilities are safe. These assessments also look at supervision.

Answer 7

You are qualified as a pool lifeguard – valid for 2 years

Answer 8

For your re-registration to be approved, your assessor will look at how you have engaged in regular training to ensure your skills remain current. You must be working in an aquatic facility to be eligible for re-registration

Answer 9

* a whistle * Bum bag with first aid gear (a sterile dressing in a waterproof pack, disposable gloves, a resuscitation mask) * a radio. * Water bottle * Hat

Answer 10

Phone, wear jewellery, wallet

Answer 11

Under the Health and Safety at Work 2015, you have to report all notifiable events formally to WorkSafe. What is WorkSafe? WorkSafe New Zealand (WorkSafe) is responsible for overseeing work health and safety and the Health and Safety at Work Act. WorkSafe’s role includes: * monitoring and enforcing compliance with work health and safety legislation * providing guidance, advice and information on work health and safety * helping build co-operative and consultative relationships between people who have health and safety duties and the people to whom they owe those duties and their representatives * collecting, analysing and publishing statistics and other information relating to work health and safety.

Answer 12

The new Act introduces new responsibilities for managing work-related risks that could cause injury, illness or even death. Everyone has a role to play and the Act makes those roles and responsibilities clear. Under the Act, all notifiable events should be recorded and/or reported, both within your workplace’s safety management system and formally to WorkSafe.

Answer 13

The Vulnerable Children Act 2014 restricts people who have convictions for certain offences from working in roles where they deal with children. As a pool lifeguard you may be working with children, so part of your employment process will involve a police check.

Answer 14

ladder climbing (leg movements that look like the person is climbing a ladder) face turned towards safety or land for possible help vertical position with head back mouth disappearing below the surface no call for help – hair might be over their face or eyes arm is out to the side or slightly to the front movement decreasing, head getting lower into the water can only maintain movement for 20-60 seconds.

Answer 15

* a heart attack * a stroke * hyperventilation * a blow or knock to the head * very cold water * excessive alcohol * passing out from playing ‘who can hold their breath the longest’ * shallow water blackout.

Answer 16

There are four key elements of effective supervision: 1. knowing your area of responsibility 2. appropriate positioning and patrolling 3. preventative intervention 4. recognising the signs of people in difficulty.

Answer 17

Movement around poolside makes best use of your frontal and peripheral (sideways or ‘out the corner of your eye’) vision. Poolside patrolling should include the water immediately alongside the pool edge, an area often missed.

Answer 18

* communicate with customers * avoid possible dead water areas * provide support to other lifeguards when needed * identify and deal with incidents faster.

Answer 19

Use frontal vision to fix on a point and peripheral vision to maintain a general awareness of your surroundings. Good scanning skills allow you to look long enough to be able to determine what is happening. You shouldn’t spend too long looking at one point so that you become less aware of other customers in your coverage area.

Answer 20

Every 15 minutes or so

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