Approved Partner Program: Strengthening partnerships to save lives

Life Saving Victoria is pleased to introduce its upcoming Approved Partner Program – a new approach designed to better support, connect and grow our valued partners across the aquatic industry and community and education sectors.

Built around a shared purpose of saving lives and empowering communities to safely enjoy the water, this program is all about making delivering swimming and water safety activities easier, better, and more cost effective to be delivered by approved partners without compromising quality. The partner program is based around four delivery streams:

Training courses

Education programs

Professional development

Assessment services

The Approved Partner Program brings new and existing partnership models into one central streamlined model, enabling the partner to deliver activities locally, under a central partnership agreement leveraging LSV’s water safety expertise and support resources. The model is intended to:

Increase access to locally delivered swimming and water safety activities

Provide improved processes and increased support for delivery personnel

Deliver a higher quality and seamless experience for end users/participants

Reduce administrative activities at all touch points

Whether you’re an existing partner or considering working with LSV in the future, the Approved Partner Program opens the door to a broader range of opportunities. Partners will have improved access to deliver accredited training activities. A more aligned approach will make it easier to navigate requirements and grow your training footprint.

Training courses – Cardiopulmonary resus (CPR), Basic emergency life support, Provide first aid, First aid in education setting, Advanced first aid, Advanced resus, Advanced resus/ first aid, Aquatic technical operator, Pool lifeguard, Pool bronze medallion, Swimming teacher, Teacher of infant and toddler, Teacher of people with a disability, Hydrotherapy award, Aquatic inflatable.

From schools to community settings, the program will also provide increasing opportunities to deliver water safety education programs across pools, inland waterways and coastal environments. The program supports partners to play a stronger role in reaching communities where it matters most.

Education program – Dry Rescue, Wade Rescue, Accompanied Rescue, Bronze Star, Bronze Medallion, Bronze Cross, Award of Merit, Award of Distinction, Resuscitation, Emergency Life Support, LEP at the beach, river and lake, LEP in the classroom, Bush Nippers, Grey medallion.

Additionally, as ongoing learning is increasingly critical in our sector, partners will benefit from access to deliver professional development, across recognised campaigns and emerging risks.These activities support and empower staff to stay current, build confidence and strengthen the quality of delivery across all activities and service delivery.

Professional development – Watch Around Water (Induction), SwimSafe (Induction), Swim and survive (Induction), In-service training (Pool lifeguard), In-service training (Swim teacher), Managing psychosocial risk, Conflict management.

Partners will also be able to tap into LSV’s assessment services, including risk assessments, safety planning and facility reviews – supporting safer, more compliant aquatic environments.

Assessment services – Pool safety assessment, Aquatic inflatable safety assessment, Mystery guest visit, Pool signage assessment.

The Approved Partner Program represents an important step toward a more connected, capable and collaborative aquatic industry.

We’re excited about the opportunities it creates – not just for LSV, but for every organisation and individual working to improve water safety outcomes across the state.

Approved Partner Program brochure

More information will be shared soon, including how to get involved please email ais@lsv.com.au