SwimSafer Stage 1

Stage 1 Practical Test Sequence

Swim: Incorporated in Sequence 1ASequence 1A: (with or w/o goggles)

• Enter the water with slide-in entry
• Swim on the back 5m (alternating arms & legs or simultaneous arms and legs)
• Submerge head in water, open eyes, blow bubbles and identify object on pool floor (w/o
  goggles)
• Perform a front float for 5 seconds and stand to recover
• Then perform a back float for 5 seconds and stand to recover
• Swim 10m (alternating arm and leg action on front or simultaneous arm and leg action on
  front)
• Signal distress and call for help (w/o goggles)
• Grasp the float and float for 10 seconds (w/o goggles)
• Then move (with the float) to the pool’s edge and
• Exit safely from pool (either by ladder or pool’s edge)

Sequence 1B: (w/o goggles)

Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate:

• Correctly fit a PFD (assistance allowed)
• Jump in with PFD to water and float for 30 seconds, and then climb out of the water