Stage 6 (Gold) - Practical

Stage 6 (Gold) - Practical

Objective of Stage 6 (Gold):

Students will be required to perform a variety of strokes with efficiency over 400 metres within a given time frame for each stroke. Personal survival skills like making use of clothing to make a personal floatation device and swimming with them, putting on a life jacket in water, and demonstrating the Heat Escape Lessening Posture technique will be taught.

What do I need to know for the online theory quiz? 

Refer to this link.

How the practical test is conducted ? 

Category
Stage 6 (Gold)
Swim

Swim (use standing dive entry for FR, BR):

  • 100m front crawl (within 3:00 min) 
  • 100m breaststroke (within 4:00 min) 
  • 100 m backstroke (within 3:20 min) 
  • 50m survival backstroke 
  • 50m sidestroke
  • 15m butterfly 

*For Swim and breakdown of item in Gold sequence, do refer to this YouTube playlist.

Gold Sequence (w/o goggles)

Dressed in swimwear, long pants and t-shirt demonstrate the following sequence: 

  • Enter deep water using a compact jump
  • Perform a headfirst surface dive to a depth of at least 1.8m (and perform ear equalisation, if necessary)
  • Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 5m and resurface
  • Swim 45m quickly using front crawl
  • Then, swim slowly for a further 50m using any preferred survival swim stroke
  • Then, remove pants in deep water and make a float with it while treading water within 5 min
  • Demonstrate Heat Escape Lessening Posture (H.E.L.P.) technique with the self-made float for 1 min
  • Then swim 25m with the self-made float and climb out of the water