Section 1: The Lifeguard, Swimming Pool & Supervision

Question 1

What does COSHH stand for?

Answer 1

Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health

Question 2

REACH stands for?

Answer 2

Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of chemicals

Question 3

PPE stands for?

Answer 3

Personal Protective Equipment

Question 4

Sign Colours meanings?

Answer 4

Red = Prohibiting a behaviour in or out of pool

Yellow = Warning

Blue = Mandatory

Green = Emergency Escape or First Aid

Question 5

What Does NOP Stand for?

Answer 5

Normal Operation Procedures

Question 6

EAP stands for?

Answer 6

Emergency Action Plan

Question 7

Why is teamwork essential in lifeguarding

Answer 7

To know that whatever action that you do as a lifeguard that you thought was right, you know that your team will have your back.

Question 8

How to deal with complains

Answer 8

Lifeguards must keep conversation to a minimum but if it can’t, pass the swimmer to a team on dry side

Question 9

What does PSOP stand for?

Answer 9

Pool Safety Operation Procedures

Question 10

What does the PSOP have

Answer 10

It has the NOP and EAP

Question 11

Examples of NOP content

Answer 11

• Pool measurements & Depth
• details of the alarm systems
• lactation if first aid equipment

Question 12

Examples of EAP content

Answer 12

• Violence
• discolouring of the pool
• overcrowding
• Blood spotted in pool area

Question 13

What is a hazard?

Answer 13

Something with potential to cause harm

Question 14

What is a risk?

Answer 14

How likely it is that harm will be caused

Question 15

Why can leisure pools be the hardest to keep swimmers safe?

Answer 15

Lots of blind spots (like lazy rivers and decorations) that hide the public and there would be a higher need for more lifeguards on pool duty to cover the spots

Question 16

What control can lifeguards do for non-swimmers?

Answer 16

Keeps them on the shallow end and make sure that if they’re really young, that they have a guardian with them

Question 17

Examples of high risk swimmers

Answer 17

Babies, old people, people who are in drugs or alcohol and pregnant women

Question 18

‘Managing Health and Safety in Swimming Pools’ recommends that children under ……. have to be supervised

Answer 18

8 Years Old

Question 19

Examples of Task and Activity Hazards that can occur in a swimming pool

Answer 19

• Dunking people in water / play fighting
• water games (ball games)
• running
• diving
• bombing

Question 20

Why is early intervention Important?

Answer 20

It can prevent an hazardous situation from being fatal if early action is performed correctly

Question 21

How can lifeguards communicate to staff and swimmers to prevent accidents?

Answer 21

Hand signals, blowing their whistle, talking directly or through walkie talkie (if it is for staff)

Question 22

Name the types of whistle blows and what are they used for

Answer 22

1 blow = get the attention of a swimmer

2 blows = request to talk to another. lifeguard

3 blows = lifeguard is entering pool to perform a rescue

Long Blow = everyone must e leave pools, for either for evacuation or because pool time is over

Question 23

What is the Natural Scan:20 scanning system?

Answer 23

Scan the area naturally and have to make sure to reach the part of the pool that’s the furthest in a maximum of 20 seconds

Question 24

What is a zone?

Answer 24

The area that the lifeguard must scan and keep safe

Question 25

What can lifeguards do to keep their assertiveness high?

Answer 25

• change their scanning patterns
• count the swimmers
• keep posture good

Question 26

Name possible blind spots

Answer 26

• Overcrowding
• Discoloured water
• obstacles / inflatables
• decorations
• pillars

Question 27

What are maximum user loads?

Answer 27

The maximum number of a certain action in the pools (eg, using floats)

Question 28

When should the panic alarm be triggered?

Answer 28

• When a rescue is to be performed
• Water is discoloured
• Very serious first aid needed
• Serious violence in the pool

Question 29

What training should be done when using technology?

Answer 29

• how to use them
• what the alarms sound like and where they’re located
• what action that needs to be done once the alarm is triggered
• what to do if the alarms fail, once triggered