Water Safety Education
Water Safety & Aquatic Awareness Workshop Programme
Facilitator
A. SSA CORPORATE IMAGE
1. Public presentation standard
2. Government profile in SSA programme
3. Municipal Partnership
4. Community Responsibility
5. Volunteers status as ‘Swimming Ambassadors
B. PERSONAL PRESENTATION
1. Dress Code
2. Walk the Talk – Role Model
3. Meeting Principals & ‘selling’ the LTS programme
4. Making appointments to do presentations to Educators & Learners
5. Punctuality and timing in each class
C. MONITORING & EVALUATION TOOLS
1. Directory of schools & contact details for your area
2. Schedule of appointments and follow-up visits
3. Presentation Report Forms for each school with Principal & School details
and Educators comments
4. Submit all details & reports to Local LTS Co-ordinator/PLO
5. Forward all of the above to LTS Manager, Swimming South Africa
D. WATER SAFETY EDUCATION
1. Understanding drowning: water filling-up in lungs
2. Understanding peoples love for water & the fun of swimming
3. Presentation Skills: Voice; language; position; use of poster
4. Information accuracy & understanding, “Why?”
5. Know the Water Safety Code; found in the Instructor’s Handbook
E. AQUATIC AWARENESS
1. Pool rules & conditions
2. Rural swimming rules & conditions
3. Ocean swimming rules & conditions
4. LTS rules and conditions for Instructors (SSA qualification; registration
& safety)
5. Five Aquatic Disciplines: Swimming; Diving; Synchro’; Water Polo; Open
Water Swimming; rules and conditions for participating.
CONCLUSION
Group work and presentations on each aspect that has been covered. Try to
engage each person with the opportunity to make a two/three minute
Presentation to ‘break the ice’ of standing and talking in front of others.
Learn to Swim Program Standards
The Water Safety Education program is funded by the Department of Water
Affairs & Forestry. We therefore need to improve on delivery and reporting
standards. This process also needs to be uniform throughout the country. I
therefore appeal to you to take special note of the attachments that outline
training of volunteers and reporting on schools visited.
A programme outline is attached for the training of Community Volunteers
with presentation skills and Water Safety knowledge.
The strategy as agreed at our annual workshop dictates:
1. that we recruit unemployed youth and train them with presentation skills.
2. that the trained Presenters visit schools and report to the PLO.
3. that the Provincial Liaison Officer of SSA manage this process with
follow-up calls to schools to establish whether the Principal & Staff are
happy.
4. the Volunteer be kitted with corporate gear for easy identification on
arrival at the school.
The following documents will complete the report to SSA & DWAF:
1. Attendance Register of Volunteers who attend the TrainingWorkshop
2. Official SSA Report form submitted after a school visit
3. Number of posters handed out at each school
4. Report any radio; TV or media interviews that you may have had.
There can be no compromise on recruiting, training and reporting
standards. All interventions and co-ordination of this programme is
management by the SSA Provincial Liaison Officer in each Province.
» Water Safety Education Presenters’
Training Workshop
» Water Safety Hints
» Water Safety Education School Report
Water Safety Education and Aquatic Awareness
Water Safety Volunteer's Registration Form
Guidelines for Swimming and Water Safety Education
Instructor of Swimming Water Safety Main Course
Water
Safety Rules (Hints)