Take your lifesaving skills to new heights as a crew member of Surf Life Saving Queensland’s Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service.
SLSQ’s Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service is manned by both fulltime and volunteer crew members. This structure ensures a rich blend of experience across the service, while also providing a clear pathway for volunteer surf lifesavers to up-skill and transfer their patrol experience from the beach to the sky. Helicopter crew members are highly trained, qualified and motivated members of the surf lifesaving movement. Helicopter crew can be both part-time or fulltime, depending on the requirements of the service and the individual.
Crew members actively and regularly participate in helicopter patrols along South East Queensland’s coastline, monitoring for swimmers in distress and/or other incidents unfolding on the beach. All crew members are proficient in surf jump/static line and basic down-the-wire hoist operations. This ensures they play a key role in helicopter rescues, entering the water to directly assist swimmers in need.
Anyone applying for a casual crew position, as an aircrew person or rescue crew person with the helicopter service must:
The crew fitness test applies to all helicopter crew personnel (except pilots and specialist crew where the role does not require them to enter the water).
Crew fitness testing requirements include:
Testing is undertaken on initial application and at least one test every six (6) months (individual crew members may be tested at any time) or after a serious illness or injury has occurred.
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