BSA Lifeguard
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- BSA Lifeguard
The National Council has made major revisions to the BSA Lifeguard program. The revisions have made it increasingly difficult to meet all the needs in a single course of reasonable duration. The primary purpose is no longer to give units the skills necessary to conduct safe swimming and boating activities. The two Aquatics Supervision Awards in Swimming and Water Rescue and Paddle Craft Safety are designed to meet that need. The revised BSA Lifeguard program now focuses on the need to provide BSA-operated facilities, such as summer camps, with training that meets the requirements of government agencies for professional lifeguards at regulated swimming activities. BSA Lifeguard will not be offered at camp in 2009.
- Aquatics Supervision Award: Swimming and Water Rescue
and Aquatics Supervision Award: Paddle Craft Safety
These two hands-on courses provide older Scouts and unit leaders in-depth training in Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat principles along with basic swimming, boating and rescue skills. A Scout must be at least 16 years old to work on the Aquatics Supervision Awards.
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