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Lifesaving in water – theory part
How to complete this course.
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You are now logged in to our digital lifesaving course. This theory part must be completed in its entirety before you can participate in our pool training with final lifesaving exam. You will have access to the online course for 6 months from the time you start, and the practical part must be taken within 6 months of completing the online course.
Take the confirmation of the completed theory part when you get to the practical part. Include a printout or visible on your mobile phone. Without confirmation, you are not allowed to participate in the practical part.
When you start a module, it must be watched in its entirety before you can access the Quiz. You will not be able to proceed to the next part of the course until you have watched the entire video.
The quiz must also be answered before you can move on. If you have answered the question incorrectly, you will be told what the correct answer is in the answer key. Make a note of this before you move on. If you are still unsure after the quiz, you can watch the video again as many times as you like.
When you have finished the entire course, watched all the chapters and answered the quizzes, press "Click here to end this section" . Your diploma for completed theory will then appear, and you should bring this with you when you attend the practical training in the pool. You can either print the diploma, or take a picture of it with your mobile phone and bring it with you.
Validity:
After completing the theory part and passing the lifesaving test, you will receive your personal certificate of competence. This is valid for 12 months. You can then refresh the certificate twice, after 12 months and after 24 months. After the 2nd refresher expires, you must complete the full lifesaving course again.
The refresher course consists of taking and passing the pool lifesaving test again. You must carry your certificate of competency with you on all activities in or near water, and if you are going to participate in a refresher course.
Limitations:
If you take the lifesaving test and pass the diving section to a certain depth, you will not be allowed to be responsible for others in a pool with a greater maximum depth than the depth to which you have passed the lifesaving test. If you have taken the diving test to, for example, 2.5 meters, you cannot take those you are responsible for into a pool with, for example, 4 meters deep.
Outdoors
If you want to take the lifesaving test so that you are allowed to go on trips in or near water, there is no depth restriction. Here it is sufficient if you take the lifesaving test with a diving depth of, for example, 2 meters. What you need to show is that you have diving technique.
Temperature
For your own safety, you should also know what it's like to swim in water that has a similar temperature to the water where you're hiking that day. This means that in late autumn, anyone who will be responsible for others in - or near - water should take an acclimatization bath so that their body knows how it reacts to cold water. This is so that you don't have a problem yourself if you have to go into the water to help someone else.
First aid course
We emphasize that this is a life-saving course, not a first aid course. If you work with or have responsibility for children, you must, in accordance with the "Regulations on Environmental Health Protection in Kindergartens and Schools, etc. Section 15" , have first aid training. All serious players recommend courses at least every two years to stay up to date. You can find information about our first aid courses on our website.
Course overview: forstehjelperen.no
During the lifesaving course, you will demonstrate, among other things, that you know how to perform CPR on children and adults in connection with taking the lifesaving test. You will be able to repeat CPR with us before the lifesaving test.
When kindergartens, schools and activity schools are responsible for swimming or bathing, or have children/youth near water, there must be adults with an approved lifesaving course present. Groups of children should never be larger than a maximum of 15 per supervisor and the person in charge must be good at swimming, diving - and must know how to do lifesaving.
Source: Regulations to the Education Act Section 12-1
Source: Regulations on environmental health protection in kindergartens and schools etc. § 15