Lifeguard Exam RLSS Questions and Answers
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Higher risk swimmers ✔️✔️Show offs/unaccompanied children/ children with armbands/weak
swimmers/vulnerable swimmers
Common tasks ✔️✔️gala set up/cleaning/setting up inflatable/disabled hoist
Activity hazards ✔️✔️Self appointed teacher/hyperventilating/play fighting/running on
poolside/gymnastics/bombing/boisterous games
specialist equipment ✔️✔️fins/snorkels/masks/rubber rings/buoyancy aids/inflatables/mats
Specialist activities ✔️✔️canoeing/sub aqua sessions/swimming lessons/water polo/lane
swimming/
Managing health and safety in swimming pools suggests that children under the age of ? should
be supervised ✔️✔️8
DEFINE Supervision ✔️✔️Directing the activity to take more control of the way a pool user
behaves
DEFINE Intervention ✔️✔️Taking action due to what you see
DEFINE Observation ✔️✔️Watching the activities without taking any direct action
, Examples of early intervention ✔️✔️Asking a swimmer to follow direction of lane rope
swimming signs/stopping a weak swimmer from moving to deep end/taking immediate action if
you see a swimmer with a concerned facial expression by asking them whats wrong
10:20 scanning system ✔️✔️10 seconds - Scan supervision zone
20 seconds - reacting to incident
Programmed sessions ✔️✔️(Have fewer risks due to control and structured nature of activity)
swimming lessons, aqua aerobics/swimming coaching
unprogrammed sessions ✔️✔️Play session/general swimming open to public
Scanning ✔️✔️Sweeping action
DEFINE Zone ✔️✔️A designated area in the pool for a lifeguard to scan
Lifeguards should use all senses ✔️✔️Smell for alcohol/smoke/chemicals
Listen for cries/calls for help/signals from other lifeguards
Benefits of a high chair ✔️✔️Wide view/less reflection and glare/more visible to pool
users/clear view of bottom of the pool/distances you from noise and distractions
Who is the pool operator? ✔️✔️Your employer
What affects lifeguards visibility? ✔️✔️glare/reflection/blind spots/poor
lighting/turbulence/water clarity
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Higher risk swimmers ✔️✔️Show offs/unaccompanied children/ children with armbands/weak
swimmers/vulnerable swimmers
Common tasks ✔️✔️gala set up/cleaning/setting up inflatable/disabled hoist
Activity hazards ✔️✔️Self appointed teacher/hyperventilating/play fighting/running on
poolside/gymnastics/bombing/boisterous games
specialist equipment ✔️✔️fins/snorkels/masks/rubber rings/buoyancy aids/inflatables/mats
Specialist activities ✔️✔️canoeing/sub aqua sessions/swimming lessons/water polo/lane
swimming/
Managing health and safety in swimming pools suggests that children under the age of ? should
be supervised ✔️✔️8
DEFINE Supervision ✔️✔️Directing the activity to take more control of the way a pool user
behaves
DEFINE Intervention ✔️✔️Taking action due to what you see
DEFINE Observation ✔️✔️Watching the activities without taking any direct action
, Examples of early intervention ✔️✔️Asking a swimmer to follow direction of lane rope
swimming signs/stopping a weak swimmer from moving to deep end/taking immediate action if
you see a swimmer with a concerned facial expression by asking them whats wrong
10:20 scanning system ✔️✔️10 seconds - Scan supervision zone
20 seconds - reacting to incident
Programmed sessions ✔️✔️(Have fewer risks due to control and structured nature of activity)
swimming lessons, aqua aerobics/swimming coaching
unprogrammed sessions ✔️✔️Play session/general swimming open to public
Scanning ✔️✔️Sweeping action
DEFINE Zone ✔️✔️A designated area in the pool for a lifeguard to scan
Lifeguards should use all senses ✔️✔️Smell for alcohol/smoke/chemicals
Listen for cries/calls for help/signals from other lifeguards
Benefits of a high chair ✔️✔️Wide view/less reflection and glare/more visible to pool
users/clear view of bottom of the pool/distances you from noise and distractions
Who is the pool operator? ✔️✔️Your employer
What affects lifeguards visibility? ✔️✔️glare/reflection/blind spots/poor
lighting/turbulence/water clarity
