Age Managers Course

The Age Manager Course has been designed to equip age managers with the skills and knowledge needed to successfully carry out their role. Below are the 3 steps to become an Age Manager, with the relevant resources needed for each step. Further information about the course and the role can be found on the SLS Hub.

STEP 1: Child Safe Awareness Training
A pre-requisite for the course is the Child Safe Awareness online course. This will take 20-45 minutes to complete and can be found on SLSA’s eLearning platform, accessible via the SLS Hub and is named ‘SLS – Child Safe Awareness’. Once completed, members can access the face to face or online theory course content.

STEP 2: Age Manager Training – Face to Face, Virtual or Online
Face-to-face is recommended and can be delivered by an Age Manager Mentor* at a club, branch or by SLSNSW, however the online theory course can be found on SLSA’s eLearning platform, accessible via the SLS Hub and is named ‘Age Manager’. Once members have completed this training, they will be awarded the ‘Age Manager’ award.

In NSW an Age Manager Mentor (AMM) is an age manager with at least 3 years’ experience who has been an active age manager within the past 5 years. The Age Manager Mentor Course in SurfGuard is not required within NSW.

Resources for virtual or face to face sessions:

SLSA Age Manager Assessment Portfolio – participant to complete pg 6–15
SLSA Age Managers Delivery & Assessment Guide and SLSA Age Managers PPT – used by AMM

NOTE The Age Manager no longer requires the third party ‘on the beach’ assessment paperwork, yet these practical mentoring sessions will remain and be coordinated at a club level. The removal of this administrative step does not remove the need for this practical and ongoing mentoring.

STEP 2A: Paperwork For virtual or face to face
Age Manager training, the completed Assessment Portfolio must be signed off by an Age Manager Mentor (or person delivering the training).

The club, branch or SLSNSW (whoever coordinated the training) will create and submit an Award Assessment Request in SurfGuard for ‘Age Manager’ award and retain the Assessment Portfolio(s) for a minimum of one season. They will then submit the following paperwork to branch within 14 days of signing:
- Certification Page and Third-Party Form (from the Age Manager Course Assessment Portfolio)
- Copy of sign on sheet from the face-to-face presentation if delivered by State / Branch or Club

Resources:
SLSA Age Manager Assessment Portfolio – pg 21 to be completed by participant.
Age Manager Sign Off and Support Checklist – used by AMM.

STEP 2B: Award Allocation
Once the branch has received the required paperwork, they will approve the Age Manager Course award in SurfGuard. Once approved, it will then be sent to SLSNSW for final allocation.

STEP 3: Skills Maintenance
Age Managers are required to complete an annual proficiency. A member is proficient upon:

• Having a current Child Safe Awareness Course AND
• Having a current the Age Manager Award AND
• On completion of watching the Age Manager Proficiency Video