International Licensing
The world leading Water Skills for Life programme is now available for international licensing and delivery.
Become an international partner to deliver the Water Skills for Life programme in your country. Our experts and programme assets are customisable to suit your specific needs, languages and styling.
Water Skills for Life International Delivery License Inclusions.
Water Skills for Life is made up of seven competency areas that contains 27 core skills, establishing broad fundamental competencies for life-long water safety.
Children are taught Water Skills for Life at their school, either by their schoolteacher or swim teacher at a community pool.
The Water Skills for Life programme helps build the capabilities of the swim teachers and schools to help them deliver water skills learning experiences for students across a broad and diverse range of abilities, ages, and cultures.
About Water Skills for Life
5 Years in the making
Water Skills for Life was developed by Water Safety New Zealand to set the national standard for aquatic education in New Zealand primary schools. It is linked into the national education curriculum and gives children the skills and knowledge they need to assess risks and make smart decisions around water.
The programme was designed by internationally renowned drowning intervention experts in collaboration with teachers, swim schools and other key life-saving services. Taking over 5 years and $500,000 to develop. Water Skills for Life is the most effective youth water survival skills training programme in the world.
Programme Development
International Delivery License
Region Specific Content
Work in collaboration with our programme developers to adapt the any of the 27 core skills to your regions specific requirements.
Brand Assets
Custom Water Skills for Life brand pack exclusive to your region. Including website and brand assets.
E-Learning Platform
Redeveloped e-learning course video content produced in your language for exclusive use.
Complete Solution
The International License includes all of the assets, content, materials and training required to successfully deliver the Water Skills for Life programme in your region.
Water Skills for Life Database
Access to Water Skills for Life database to capture and track user data.
Get started with Water Skills for Life International Licensing.
Students are given key learning messaging such as do not go swimming alone and swim between the flags to more complex knowledge such as recognising and responding to an emergency and making safe decisions for different situations. The key learning outcome for students is to have knowledge of the risks and how to minimise them so they can enjoy the water safely in the future.
Water safety
and awareness
01
In this competency, students will learn how to safely enter the water, test for depth, and other entry and exit methods such as slide entry, stride entry, and compact jump. The key learning outcome for students is the ability to select the correct entry method for the activity they are performing and understand the best ways to get themselves out of the water safely.
Getting in and
out of the water
02
In this competency, students will learn how to submerge to different depths, open their eyes under the water and move through it while submerged. The key learning outcome for students is to become comfortable being under the water, control their breathing and perform simple tasks such as picking up an object from the pool floor. Learning how to control their breathing and stay calm while submerged will help students enjoy the water for the rest of their lives.
Submersion
03
Students are given key learning messaging such as do not go swimming alone and swim between the flags to more complex knowledge such as recognising and responding to an emergency and making safe decisions for different situations. The key learning outcome for students is to have knowledge of the risks and how to minimise them so they can enjoy the water safely in the future.
Personal buoyancy
04
In this competency, students will learn how their body composition floats and how they can move their bodies to float in different positions and move from one orientation to another. By doing so, students will be able to rotate from one floating position to another without assistance and be able to roll from their front to their back in shallow and deep water.
Orientation
05
Students will learn how to signal for help, perform reach and throw rescues while considering their safety and understand how to help someone in trouble in the water. The key learning outcome is that the students can recognise an emergency and react appropriately to the situation they are faced with but must put their safety first.
Safety of self and others
06
In this competency, students will learn how to move through the water, from basic kicking techniques to more advanced survival and non-survival strokes. Moving through the water allows the students to move effectively and efficiently whilst extending the students to further distances, enabling stamina and water endurance growth.
Propulsion
07
Our Competencies
Water Skills for Life International Delivery Sample License Inclusions.
New Zealand Logo Example
Brand and visual identity developed by Auckland based agency reflecting your countries specific design styling, language and culture.
New Zealand E-Learning Example
E-learning software that guides teachers and students through the videos, skills and questions needed to achieve each competency.
New Zealand Website Example
Our designers and developers will work with you to develop a fully customised, interactive and adaptive platform.
New Zealand Documents Example
Full set of physical posters and documents including everything teachers and students will need to progress through Water Skills for Life.
New Zealand Video Example
Full library of videos showcasing every skill and competency to achieve Water Skills for Life. Including gallery of still imagery.
New Zealand Poster Example
Advertising assets with branding and content to promote Water Skills for Life in your community.