Bronze Medallion Camp

“Gain your Bronze Medallion, make lifelong friendships, and serve our community. Learn critical skills in lifesaving, surf awareness, first aid, health, fitness, leadership, and contribute to our community. ”

Our Bronze Medallion Camp course provides participants with the skills and knowledge of patrolling and surf awareness in order to be able to participate in lifesaving operations. Bronze Camp is a week long course where candidates stay at Woolamai Beach Surf Life Saving Club learning first aid and surf awareness skills. The Bronze Medallion Award is the minimum standard to become a qualified lifesaver.

After this course, you can go on to qualify to pilot a rescue jetski, inflatable rescue boats, rescue helicopter crew, professional lifeguard, specialist first aid, rescue coordination and more! Compete around Australia in surf swimming, board and ski paddling, beach running and surf boat rowing.

Adult Bronze Course

Designed to be flexible for adults with commitments such as family, WBSLSC offer an Adult Bronze Medallion Course run over 2 consecutive weekends. For more information on this course, please click here - https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/adult-bronze-medallion-course

+ Course Details

Course dates: Sunday 10th December - Sunday 17th December 2023
Location: Woolamai Beach SLSC
Cost: $475

Course is held over 1 week, with assessments on the final day
Participants will reside, train and be evaluated at Woolamai Beach Surf Life Saving Club clubhouse, end of Woolamai Beach Road, Cape Woolamai, Phillip Island
Course cost includes use of facilities, camp food, training, evaluation, season membership and commemorative course shirt
Not included: bathers, wetsuit, fins
Bring: bathers, wetsuit, surf fins, sunscreen
Participants will have an opportunity to purchase specialist surf fins at a discount thanks to Island Surf (budget approximately $60)

+ Pre-requisites

You must be at least 15 years of age on the date of final assessment. 13-14 year olds can register for our Surf Rescue Certificate course
You must be able to swim 400m in under 9 minutes in a pool of at least 25m in length, or over a measured open water course, prior to undertaking any water training or assessment activities
Qualifying swim to be held at a Melbourne eastern suburb and Wonthaggi pool. Dates TBC

+ Course Outcomes

Contribute to the management of work health and safety (WHS)
Follow workplace procedures for hazard identification and risk control
Describe surfing and environmental conditions and hazards
Recognise appropriate beach types, conditions and areas in the surfzone for bathing
Demonstrate surf skills
Explain the functions of various systems in the human body
Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques
Perform basic resuscitation techniques (oxygen therapy, defibrillation)
Identify basic patient management techniques
Communicate in the workplace
Perform radio communications using approved SLSA radios
Perform patient approaches, support and escapes aided by equipment on a conscious and an unconscious patient
Identify people in distress in an aquatic environment
Perform surf skills
Perform patient retrieval and support unaided by equipment
Set up a patrol and describe your role on patrol
Demonstrate standard patrol practices
Work as part of a team
Improve fitness

+ Qualifications

SLSA Award: Bronze Medallion

+ Skills Maintenance

The Bronze Medallion Award is the key award to become a Surf Lifesaver in Australia and must be re-qualified every year at a Skills Maintenance day run by:
- Woolamai Beach SLSC
- Another Lifesaving Club
- Lifesaving Victoria
To learn more about how to requalfy this award, please click Here

Questions? Contact woolamaibronzecamp@gmail.com