JUNIOR SKIPPER
Practical water safety experience
The Safe Boating Programme by Coastguard Education offers children hands-on boating and water safety experience, regardless of their confidence level. This initiative covers essential in-water survival techniques such as:
- Proper selection and fitting of lifejackets.
- The HELP and Huddle position, stressing the importance of keeping warm in the water.
- Rescue chains and how to stay and move together.
- How to exit and get back on board your boat
- Throw ropes and the importance of communication
The program is run in a pool and provides a fun, controlled, and safe environment for learning valuable boating skills.
OUTCOMES
Fitting a Lifejacket
Getting into the Water
Stepping into the Water
Floating in the Water & HELP
Huddle and Rescue Chain
Rescue Chain 2
Rescue Chain 3
Stepping into a boat safely
SCUBA Exit from a Boat
Overturning a boat
Getting back into a boat
Swimming into an Air Pocket
Bailing the Boat
Rescue Lines
SCENARIOS
Overloaded Boat
Oversized lifejacket
GIVE YOUR CHILD
PRACTICAL SKILLS
My daughter’s favourite activity is falling backwards off the boat. Using the boat is a highlight on each swimming season and translates to outside swimming lessons and into the real word.
– Rachel
My child loved the Safe Boating Programme! They learned so much about water safety and had fun doing it. They even taught me things about what to do in an emergency. Highly recommend!.“
– Paula
“Every child needs to take this programme. The skills that they learn are invaluable and they will have them for life. A well thought out and engaging programme that I highly recommend.“
– Jason
86,000
Children took part in the Safe Boating Programme last year
150+
Primary and Intermediate Schools took part
#250+
Instructors were trained and ran the programme
99%
Of children found the programme beneficial
READY TO UNLOCK
THE ADVENTURE?
Be safe around boats and on the water when you take the Junior Skipper Safe Boating Programme.
