STAGE 3
Personal survival. 50 metres.
Principles of personal survival and basic rescue skills are introduced. The stage-end target is 50 metres of continuous swimming.
Personal & Stroke Development Skills
What students demonstrate
Stage 3 adds personal survival and basic rescue. Four strokes are introduced: front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and survival backstroke.
- 25m
Front crawl
- 25m
Backstroke
- 25m
Breaststroke
- 25m
Survival backstroke
- 50sec
Scull, float or tread
- 50m
Swim with PFD (clothed)
Clothing for assessment. Assessed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt. Students swim 25 metres and fit a PFD while clothed, simulating falling into the water and needing to stay afloat weighed down by wet clothes.
On assessment day. A green swimming cap is issued to all Stage 3 participants when they arrive at the Centralised Assessment Centre.
Entries & Exits
- Stride / straddle entry.
Sculling & Body Orientation
- Scull headfirst on back, 5m.
- Scull, float or tread for 50 sec.
Underwater Skills
- Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 2m.
Movement / Swimming / Strokes
- Swim 50m continuously: 25m front crawl and 25m backstroke.
- Swim 25m breaststroke and 25m survival backstroke.
Survival & Activity Skills
What you wear & carry
Swimwear T-shirt Shorts PFD Goggles
- Scull, float or tread water for 50 sec.
- Clothed: swim 25m using survival backstroke or survival breaststroke to a PFD. Correctly fit a PFD in water, swim 50m 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 3 criteria performed correctly.
VIDEO PLACEHOLDER
Stage 3 demonstration. Coming soon.
Self-hosted MP4 loop. 10–30 seconds, muted, autoplay, no third-party branding. Drop the file into /public/videos/stage-3.mp4 and add videoSrc to the stage data file.