Endorsed Training Directory

Training as a Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) Lifeguard means you are joining a community of lifesavers across the UK and the world. As part of this community, you have opportunities to save lives and enhance them by helping and educating people to enjoy water safely.
When you achieve the NPLQ, you advocate for safe swimming wherever you are. In your swimming pool at work, in a school delivering a water safety assembly, or even at the end of a night out when you’re making sure your mates avoid waterways and get home safely. The RLSS UK is a charity committed to enhancing communities in the UK and Ireland,
so everyone can safely enjoy being in, on or near water – because every life is worth saving.
The NPLQ was first developed in 1990 but has its roots back to 1891 when the charity was founded with a mission -to introduce lifesaving skills into swimming pools to prevent drowning.
Over 130 years later, the charity continues to develop the NPLQ to be at the forefront of the high standards required in modern pools. The latest version, NPLQ Gen 10, has been further developed with the industry, consulting with thousands of pool lifeguards, lifeguard trainers, pool managers and experts to ensure it produces some of the best pool lifeguards in the world. The NPLQ is the most recognised swimming pool lifeguard qualification in the UK and Ireland and is awarded to over 35,000 people annually.
Becoming a pool lifeguard opens several paths with RLSS UK, where you can develop your knowledge and expand opportunities, from pool management training to teaching children essential water safety skills with Rookie Lifeguard, or you may want to consider becoming a lifeguard Trainer or a Community Lifesaving Instructor to impart essential water safety education or even train as an Open Water or Beach Lifeguard.
Whatever path you take, as an RLSS UK Lifeguard with an NPLQ, you will always be part of an extensive community of lifeguards, trainers, volunteers, fundraisers, and others, all with the same aim – to ensure everyone can safely enjoy being in, on or near water.