Education and training play an important role in helping to build the capacity and sustainability of Surf Life Saving They equip community members with valuable lifesaving knowledge and skills to create great Australians and build better communities.
It is important for all Club Management Team members to promote education at your SLSC as most often an SLS course lead by your SLSC’s community or member education team is a person’s first exposure to the culture. It is their expectations of your SLSC that determines if they will become a member or continue to engage in more advanced training in future.
There are several different education training and education options and pathways that members of SLSCs and/or your local community may choose to follow.
Member Education
Member education impacts every member of your SLSC, and it is what they often remember most as they start their member journey within the SLS organisation. As a volunteer workplace, all members of an SLSC must be professionally trained, qualified and prepared to perform the duties that their volunteer role requires of them.