Workplaces who need to verify swimming ability of staff or volunteers, particularly as part of pre-entry recruit requirements, our CorePass® Competent Swimmer aims to provide a global benchmark for swimmer competency.
Based on an analysis of pre-entry swim tests used by public safety agencies around the world, the IPSQA CorePass® Competent Swimmer provides a credible standard to ensure personnel can demonstrate basic swimming skills.
This skills only test is comprised of:
- Swimming 200m in less than 5 minutes in swimming apparel with no additional buoyancy aids
- Treading water for 2 minutes in swimming apparel with no additional buoyancy aids
- Duck diving to 1.5 to 2m in depth to retrieve a 1 kg weight
Graduates of this ticket receive a certificate that includes a wallet card with QR code, making verification easy. The CorePass® Competent Swimmer is valid for 12 months.
Our CorePass® scheme is different from our other certifications (such as CertPubS®, DefraQual®, ProQual, WorkQual etc), as it does not use the ISO17024:2012 standard. This means the assessor can also be the candidate’s instructor and a lighter level of quality assurance applies. Assessment is still robust with the Accredited Testing Provider still required to ensure assessment tools used are compliant and that evidence is retained for external audit and moderation.
As CorePass® Competent Swimmer is not a lifesaving or rescue certification, candidates seeking certification for such roles IPSQA offers a range of other certification products including:
- IPSQA CorePass® Lifesaving Bronze Medallion
- IPSQA CorePass® First Aid I-IV (Basic to Advanced)
- IPSQA CorePass® Flood Worker Safety
- IPSQA CorePass® DEFRA Module 1 Water & Flood Awareness
- IPSQA DefraQual® Modules 2-5 + Team Commander (Water & Flood Rescue)
- IPSQA Certificates in Public Safety (Swiftwater Responder & Swiftwater Technician)
- IPSQA ProQual NFPA1006 Surface Water Rescue (Operations & Technician Level)
Contact us or your local Accredited Testing Centre for further information.