Water Safety Advice For Your BusinessWelcome to our online area dedicated to supporting businesses with water safety advice and support services, including bespoke training, consultancy, qualifications, equipment, and collaborative opportunities. As a charity, our primary interest lies in water safety. Our services offer impartial, honest, cost-effective solutions that best suit your water safety needs and help create a safer environment. PLUS, 100% of all profits from our business support services go into helping us educate more people on how to enjoy water safely. Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is proud to be the UK and Ireland's industry leader in water-related safety qualifications and training for aquatic, open water, and beach operators and be recognised worldwide as an expert in lifeguarding and water safety. We work with an impressive list of national leisure operators and partners - from hotels, spas, and competition pools to leisure centres, aqua parks and open water venues. We have also supported many businesses and landowners in meeting their responsibilities to water safety. Our trusted brand gives peace of mind to businesses and the millions of people who access the facilities and sites we support. Qualifications and Awards Water safety training is essential for any business with employees working on, in, or near water. Every year, we certify more than 60,000 regulated qualifications and non-regulated vocational training awards, including First Aid Essentials and more lifeguards qualify with RLSS UK than any other awarding body! Bespoke Training We support many large organisations and businesses with more bespoke training needs - including the cruise and holiday industries. We can adapt 'off the shelf' RLSS UK qualifications and awards to provide a solution or create new, bespoke training products or packages tailored to your business. Consultancy We are experts at delivering clear and practical consultancy support to any business, organisation or individual with liabilities to visitors and staff around water. Our consultancy work is varied, and we cover a wide range of locations across the UK. For example, in 2023, we completed projects including water safety risk assessments for indoor pools and open water venues, local authorities and private landowners who own/manage bodies of water, as well as water safety audits on the coast. RLSS UK Shop We are also at the forefront of supporting companies in manufacturing and distributing innovative and compliant lifesaving equipment, and the RLSS UK Shop offers official uniforms and training, first aid, and safety equipment for the leisure industry and beyond.To find out how we can help your business, contact us at [email protected]. Trusted by 1,000s of customers such as... < Open Water Services Consultancy Training & Qualifications Lifeguard NWSMP DEFRA First Aid at Work Aqua Parks Essential Water Safety Guidance Swimming Pool Services Consultancy Training & Qualifications Lifeguard First Aid Trainer Assessor Pool Management NRASTC Pool Technology Essential Guidance Hotels and Spa Pools Industry Qualifications Why Choose Us Regulated Qualifications For Your Staff For Your Customers Bespoke Training Deliver our Qualifications Partners Become an Approved Training Centre / Provider Become a Commercial Partner Become a Water Safety Partner RLSS UK Advisors RLSS UK updates First Aid Essentials to offer new commercial opportunities for operators The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has launched its new-look first aid qualifications to help leisure operators unlock training and commercial opportunities. Supported by medical experts from the RLSS UK’s Clinical Governance Group, the First Aid Essentials suite supports Approved Training Centres and Providers in training their internal teams while meeting the increasing demand for first aid skills among broader businesses and organisations. This provides a great commercial income opportunity. Nick Glazier, RLSS UK’s Interim Commercial Director, says: “RLSS UK has built a strong reputation and trust through our lifesaving and lifeguard qualifications, so it makes perfect sense for operators already working with us to choose our first aid offerings. The consistent language and approach simplify the learner journey, while operators benefit from reduced admin and lower costs by not having to manage multiple awarding organisations. We have received excellent feedback from trainers and candidates about the new first aid qualifications. It’s a win-win for everyone!” Maximising opportunities for operators Demand for first aid training is increasing across various sectors, presenting new commercial opportunities for operators. Rhian MacFarlane, Training Officer for Pembrokeshire Leisure and RLSS UK National Trainer Assessor, delivers RLSS UK first aid courses from Haverfordwest Leisure Centre. She says: “High-profile incidents, like footballers collapsing on the pitch, have sparked interest in learning first aid skills. Our first aid courses have grown significantly through word of mouth, becoming a lucrative part of our business. “We were already running RLSS UK’s National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) courses, so it was a natural step to offer their first aid courses. As an RLSS UK Approved Training Centre, we deliver courses at our leisure centre and in the community for various organisations, from education and social care to public transport. Running courses in-house means we can be more adaptable than private companies; clients really appreciate that we schedule courses quickly to meet their needs.” What’s new in First Aid Essentials? Designed with leisure centre and swimming pool operators, the broader physical activity providers and the general public in mind, the updated First Aid Essentials suite of qualifications includes many new features to ensure both trainers and candidates enjoy an engaging, practical, and effective learning experience, including: Refreshed candidate manuals Modernised PowerPoint presentations, new images, and videos for more impactful learning New marketing assets and delivery toolkits Updated digital resources to reduce the need for printing A dedicated webpage for the First Aid Essentials suite Leaders in first aid training RLSS UK works with a panel of advisors and a Clinical Governance Group to ensure its qualifications remain industry-leading. It also works with respected organisations such as the Resuscitation Council UK, the First Aid Quality Partnership Group, the First Aid Awarding Organisation Forum, and the European Research Council. These relationships guarantee that courses meet the highest standards, are widely recognised as best practices, and are fully ratified. Like RLSS UK’s NPLQ, the First Aid Essentials qualifications are Level 3 courses. Candidates can earn eight UCAS Tariff points to support their university or further education applications. Candidates can also combine points by completing multiple first aid courses. RLSS UK’s First Aid Essentials suite includes the following courses: Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) First Aid at Work (FAW) First Aid at Work (FAW) Requalification Emergency Paediatric First Aid (EPFA) Paediatric First Aid (PFA) Combined Emergency First Aid at Work/Emergency Paediatric First Aid (EFAW/EPFA) Combined First Aid at Work and Paediatric First Aid (FAW/PFA) Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Anaphylaxis Management RLSS UK First Aid courses Offering RLSS UK First Aid training at your venue Manage Cookie Preferences