STAGE 2
Fundamental water skills. 25 metres.
Unassisted entries, sculling, feet-first surface dives and safety skills. The stage-end target is 25 metres of continuous swimming.
Fundamental Water Skills
What students demonstrate
Stage 2 develops fundamental water skills. Students learn sculling, the PFD (personal flotation device), and basic survival techniques.
- 25m
Continuous movement on front
- 30sec
Scull, float or tread
- 25m
Swim with PFD after clothed entry
Clothing for assessment. Assessed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt. Students swim 15 metres clothed to experience how garments impede movement and flotation.
On assessment day. A orange swimming cap is issued to all Stage 2 participants when they arrive at the Centralised Assessment Centre.
Entries & Exits
- Step-in entry.
Sculling & Body Orientation
- Front float (mushroom or jellyfish), 10 sec.
- Swim 5m on front, rollover.
- Back float, 10 sec.
- Swim 5m on back.
- Scull, float or tread for 30 sec.
Underwater Skills
- Search for and recover an object in chest-deep (student's) water.
Movement / Swimming / Strokes
- Movement on front 25m (alternating arms & legs and/or simultaneous arms and legs).
- Movement on back 15m (alternating arms & legs and/or simultaneous arms and legs).
Survival & Activity Skills
What you wear & carry
Swimwear T-shirt Shorts PFD Goggles
- Scull, float or tread for 30 seconds.
- Clothed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt: swim 15m using any survival stroke.
- Swim to pool edge and climb out.
- Put on an appropriately sized PFD and jump into water (at least 1.4m deep).
- Swim 25m with PFD, then climb out of the water.
Knowledge
- Principles of Personal Safety and Survival.
- Environmental Awareness.
- Health Awareness.
- Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques.
- Rescues.
Watch: the skill in action
A short, muted loop showing Stage 2 criteria performed correctly.
VIDEO PLACEHOLDER
Stage 2 demonstration. Coming soon.
Self-hosted MP4 loop. 10–30 seconds, muted, autoplay, no third-party branding. Drop the file into /public/videos/stage-2.mp4 and add videoSrc to the stage data file.