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Sliver Award

Fundamentals of diving will be introduced. Development of personal survival knowledge will continue with a situational context of swimming quickly away from a sinking boat. Students will be required to demonstrate efficient stroke techniques by swimming a variety of strokes over 200 metres within a given time frame.

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Takeaways

Entries and Exits

  • Dive entry (crouching) 

Sculling & Body Orientation

  • Backward somersault in the water 

  • Scull, float or tread whilst putting on a PFD in water (incorporated in Survival & Activity Skills) 

Underwater Skills

  • In at least 1.4m deep water, perform feet-first surface dive, swim through hoops on pool bottom for 3m 

Movement / Swimming / Strokes

      Swim: ​

  • 50m Front Crawl (within 1:30 min) 

  • 50m Breaststroke (within 1:50 min) 

  • 50m Backstroke (within 1:40 min) 

  • 25m Survival Backstroke 

  • 25m Sidestroke 

  • Dolphin kick 10m on front 

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Survival & Activity Skills

Dressed in swimwear, long pants and t-shirt demonstrate the following sequence: ​

  • Enter deep water using a straddle jump 

  • Perform a backward somersault 

  • Submerge using feet, first surface dive. 

  • Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 3m and resurface

  • Swim 45m quickly using front crawl 

  • Wave and call for help (rescuer to throw PFD) 

  • Retrieve a PFD in water and fit it while treading water 

  • Demonstrate the Heat Escape Lessening Posture (H.E.L.P.) technique for 30 sec 

  • Then swim 25m with PFD and climb out of the water 

Rescue

  • Throw a PFD to a partner 3m away and instruct the partner to kick to the edge 

Knowledge

  • Principles of Personal Safety and Survival.

  • Environmental Awareness.

  • Health Awareness.

  • Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques.

  • Rescues.

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