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SwimSafer Certification

SwimSafer is Singapore's mandatory national water safety program, developed by SportSG to teach water safety and swimming skills through six progressive stages.

Stage 1Stage 2Stage 3Stage 4Stage 5Stage 6

Intermediate Personal Survival & Stroke Refinement Skills

The basics of diving will be covered. At higher levels, the development of personal survival knowledge and rescue techniques will also continue. In order to finish stage 5, children will need to exhibit effective stroke techniques.
Intermediate Personal Survival & Stroke Refinement Skills

Clothing Requirement

In order to replicate the increased weight and limitations of regular clothing in actual water situations, participants in Stage 5 dress in long pants and a t-shirt. By increasing the drag and resistance that students encounter while swimming and practicing survival skills, this stage aims to push them.

Activities like swimming through hoops, treading water, and surface diving are made more difficult by the heavier clothes. Participants have a better understanding of the physical strain of swimming while wearing garments and how to modify their swimming technique to save energy thanks to this added challenge. This phase equips them to deal with unforeseen water crises under more challenging and practical circumstances.

Test Criteria

Entries & Exits

  • Dive entry (crouching).

Sculling & Body Orientation

  • Backward somersault in the water.
  • Scull, float or tread whilst putting on a PFD in water.

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

  • 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.

Survival & Activity Skills

  • Dressed in swimwear, long pants and t-shirt demonstrate:
  • 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 Heat Escape Lessening Posture (H.E.L.P.) technique for 30 sec.
  • Then swim 25m with PFD and climb out of the water.

Rescue Skills

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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