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 Industry Leaders launch new guidance on swimming pool supervision technology for UK swimming pool operators Swimming Pool Technology continues to evolve with over 250 centres now utilising various technology systems to enhance safety and support in operational challenges. Guidance initially created in 2023 and updated in 2024 has been revised for 2025 with a relaunch to meet the industry’s needs. The updated edition of The UK Swimming Pool Guidance for Automated Monitoring and Detection Systems was developed with the support of CIMSPA, RLSS UK, Swim England and ukactive. The comprehensive guidance covers both lifeguarded and non-lifeguarded swimming pools, offering essential advice on the selection, installation, operation and training requirements associated with automated monitoring and detection systems, ae well as outlining key performance and design criteria that pool operators should consider when selecting and managing these systems. Jo Talbot, Commercial Director, RLSS UK said: “Swimming pool supervision technology is advancing all the time. The updated guidance helps operators adapt to new technologies, ensuring safer swimming environments for everyone. Embracing new technology can help improve safety outcomes while supporting operational challenges and efficiencies.” The guidance was unveiled at an industry launch event hosted at The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Centre in Rugby, where pool operators, architects, safety professionals and key industry partners came together to learn about the updated guidance. Attendees had the opportunity watch live demonstrations and engage with the UK’s leading pool supervision technology suppliers - Lynxight, Poolview, AngelEye and Poséidon by Maytronics. GLL were delighted to host the recent launch of the latest industry guidance for Automated Monitoring and Detection Systems at the Queens Diamond Jubilee Centre. Alan Ritchie National Pools and Water Safety Manager, GLL, said: “With over 50 professionals from our industry attending the event we hope to continue to pull together making pools safer for everyone. The demonstrations of GLL’s latest Lynxight system showcased the benefits of technology and our team’s positive attitude towards it. GLL continues to work with and develop technology to make our pools safer whilst ensuring staffing models are reflective of the swimmer need in the water.” The working group will formally review the guidance every year in collaboration with CIMSPA, RLSS UK, Swim England, ukactive as well as independent swimming pool experts to ensure it reflects the latest technological advancements and industry best practice. Tara Dillon, CEO, CIMSPA, said: “The work that RLSS UK has been driving with facilities operators to explore how technology can be effectively used to support our highly skilled lifeguard professionals, is to be congratulated. Through collaboration, this work is demonstrating how safety can be further enhanced through the deployment of technology to help lifeguards who use their expert training to ensure that the public can enjoy and benefit from aquatic activity.” Richard Lamburn, Swim England’s Head of Facilities, said: “Swimming is the largest participation sport in the UK and it’s imperative that people can enjoy the water in the safest possible environment. Swimming pool supervision technology is advancing at great pace and the updated guidance for 2025 will assist operators to meet their needs. We look forward to continuing to work with RLSS UK, CIMSPA and ukactive to evolve the guidance as the technology develops yet further.” Paul Crane, Risk & Standards Manager at ukactive, the UK’s trade body for the physical activity sector, said: “ukactive and representatives from our Standards & Legislation committee have collaborated closely with RLSS UK and its partners to develop this guidance that supports our members and their staff to ensure high levels of safety in the nation’s swimming pools. This guidance reflects the advancements in digital technology that are taking place across the physical activity sector and supports operators to utilise these properly to further improve safety measures for customers using their swimming pools and facilities.” View the Guidance More information about pool technology Manage Cookie Preferences