Age Manager

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about the role

The Age Manager has one of the most important jobs in Surf Life Saving – Age Managers are responsible for the caring and nurturing of our future surf lifesavers. The role of an Age Manager is to both develop our Junior Activities members into surf lifesavers and to provide a supportive environment in which they can learn and grow.

Age Managers are:

Responsible for the care, safety, wellbeing and development of the Junior Activities members
Responsible for facilitating the development of surf lifesaving skills (movement skills, surf awareness, etc.) and personal skills (e.g. confidence, teamwork, leadership)
Fundamental in the delivery of a learning program that encourages and develops young surf lifesavers
Responsible to seek out and utilise expertise from within your club for the delivery of programs

Since 31 December 2010 all persons responsible for a Junior Activities age group must hold an Age Managers Accreditation.

At a minimum all age managers must meet the below prerequisites.

Age Managers must:

➢ Be a Current Financial Member

➢ Minimum 16 years of age or 18 years for U6 & U7 age groups

➢ Hold valid Working with Children Blue Card (over 18 years)

➢ Complete Child Youth Risk Management Strategies Training (CYRMS)

➢ Complete Child Safe Awareness Course (All members must complete CYRMS & CSA)

➢ Hold current a Bronze, SRC, or Observers Certificate

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Age manager Course

The Junior Activities Age Managers Course has been developed to provide Age Managers with a program where they develop a greater knowledge about how Surf Life Saving operates, the factors influencing the growth and learning of young people, and the components that should be delivered to Junior Activities members.

It is hoped that once Age Managers have developed this knowledge, all Junior Activities members can experience a consistent program across Queensland and provide a holistic learning opportunity.

The course will cover topics including:

Introduction into Surf Life Saving
Role of the Age Manager
Creating a Safe Environment
How Children Learn and Grow
Junior Development Program
SLSA Junior Development Resource Kit
Programming a Nipper Season

The age managers course has been updated and now sits on SLSQ's Axcelerate platform. All new and renewing age managers must complete via Axcelerate. This can be accessed via the members portal eLearning

Age Manager Uniform

Observers Award

The Observers Award is available to members who would like to be an Age Manager, however aren’t confident enough to complete a Surf Rescue Certificate or a Bronze Medallion. The Observers Award course takes no more than 2 hours to complete and aims to provide the members with knowledge of the surf and beach environment in order for them to adequately teach the Junior Activities Members throughout the season.

The Observers Award covers learning criteria such as:

Rip identification
Wave types
Signals
Beach types
Scanning techniques
Identify a person in distress.

Age Manager Assistant

SLSA has recently re-introduced the Age Manager Assistant Award. In order to become an Age Manager Assistant members must:

- Complete Child Safe Awareness

- Complete Child Youth & Risk Management Strategies

- Be a minimum of 13 years of age

- Hold a valid Blue Card if over 18 years of age

- Complete the Age Manager Online Theory in the SLSA Members Area

Upon completion of the all of the above, the club must raise a Form14 & submit to branch along with a copy of the Age Manager Online Theory Certificate of Completion.

Clubs wishing to utilise a registrar to sign nippers in and out using the nipper app, must get the registrar to complete the above in order to gain access to the nipper app.

See position description below

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Junior Activities lanyards

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Age Manager Assistant description