A SPORTSG PROGRAMME

STAGE 3

Personal and stroke development. 50 metres.

SwimSafer Stage 3 is the third of 6 stages in Singapore's national water safety programme. Stride entry, sculling, swimming through underwater hoops, and putting on a PFD in the water and swimming with it. The stage-end target is 50 metres of continuous swimming.

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Personal & Stroke Development Skills

What students demonstrate

Stage 3 develops personal survival and stroke skills. Four strokes are introduced: front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and survival backstroke.

KEY MILESTONES
  • 25m

    Front crawl

  • 25m

    Backstroke

  • 25m

    Breaststroke

  • 25m

    Survival backstroke

  • 50sec

    Scull, float or tread

  • 50m

    Swim with PFD (clothed)

Clothing for assessment. Assessed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt. Students swim 25 metres and fit a PFD while clothed, simulating falling into the water and needing to stay afloat weighed down by wet clothes.

On assessment day. A green swimming cap is issued to all Stage 3 participants when they arrive at the Centralised Assessment Centre.

To pass. The practical has to be 100% competent: every skill below must be shown. The online theory quiz needs 90% (see the SwimSafer theory test guide). The e-certificate is issued on CAMS once both are passed. Re-attempt rules are in the CAMS handbook.

Entries & Exits

  1. Stride / straddle entry.

Sculling & Body Orientation

  1. Scull headfirst on back, 5m.
  2. Scull, float or tread for 50 sec.

Underwater Skills

  1. In at least 1.2m deep water, swim through hoops on pool bottom for 2m.

Movement / Swimming / Strokes

  1. Swim 50m continuously: 25m front crawl and 25m backstroke.
  2. Swim 25m breaststroke and 25m survival backstroke.

Survival & Activity Skills

What you wear & carry

Swimwear T-shirt Shorts PFD Goggles
  1. Scull, float or tread water for 50 sec.
  2. Clothed: swim 25m using survival backstroke or survival breaststroke to a PFD, face clear of the water. Correctly fit a PFD in water, swim 50m with PFD, then climb out of the water.

Knowledge

  1. Principles of Personal Safety and Survival.
  2. Environmental Awareness.
  3. Health Awareness.
  4. Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques.
  5. Rescues.

Watch the official demonstration

A SportSG SwimSafer 2.0 video showing every Stage 3 criterion performed correctly. Hosted on YouTube.

SwimSafer 2.0 - Stage 3 demonstration SportSG

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Stage 4 Bronze

Continue to the next stage's test criteria and milestones.

Stage 4 Bronze