Fife Council's Community Use Schools offer a number of NPLQ Pool Lifeguard courses throughout the year.

The Pool lifeguard award is a nationally recognised qualification that all Pool Lifeguards are required to hold in order to gain Lifeguarding employment.

The components of the course include the following:-
UNIT 1  -  The Principles of Lifesaving and swimming Pool Supervision
UNIT 2  -  The Application of Supervision and Rescue in a Swimming Pool

This course costs £220.00 and is approved for Individual Learning Account (ILA) funding. Through Skills Development Scotland, you may be eligible to apply for an Individual Learning Account giving you up to £200 to spend on learning or training. ILAs are for people who are 16 or over and living in Scotland. You must have an income of £22,000 a year or less, or be on benefits to be eligible.
If you are not in education, do not have a degree or above and are not taking part in a National Training Programme (Modern Apprenticeship, Get Ready for Work or Training for Work) you can apply for an ILA. For more information or to request an application pack, please visit www.myworldofwork.co.uk or call the helpline on 0800 917 8000.

To book a place at one of our Pool Lifeguard courses, please contact the appropriate Community Use School.

The NPLQ Course has been recently updated to provide students with Version 8 of the qualification.