This award has 2 elements

1. Torpedo Buoy
2. Bends, Hitches and Throw Bags

The aim of this award is to give the student the knowledge to use Equipment safely during rescue and safe storage.

Torpedo Buoy

This award has the following elements

1. Describe What a Torpedo buoy is and why it's important to lifeguards
2. Demonstrate a Reach rescue
3. Demonstrate a Throw Rescue
4. Demonstrate how to wear the torpedo buoy harness
5. Enter the water with a torpedo buoy using a slide in entry, a straddle entry, and a run and swim entry
6. Discuss which method you use for a short and a long swim with a torpedo buoy
7. Swim 50 meters with a torpedo buoy, take off the harness and offer the buoy to a casualty as a floating aid. Perform a swim with an Aid rescue (accompanied) over 25 meters
8. Demonstrate a swim with an aid rescue (Non-Contact) for 50 meters, perform a back-off and take up the stand-off position
9. Put the casualty in the support position
10. Turn an unconscious casualty face up and clip the torpedo buoy around them. Tow the unconscious casualty for 50 meters
11. Demonstrate Rescue Breathing while wading

Bends, Hitches and Throw Bags

This award has the following elements

1. Demonstrate how to tie a reef knot, a bow-line, and anchor hitch, a sheet bend, a round turn and two half hitches and explain what each is used for.
2. Describe how to maintain lines or ropes after use
3. Demonstrate how to coil a rope and discuss when you would coil a rope
4. Describe what a throw bag is, why it is useful and where it is used
5. Demonstrate Throw rescues and re-pack the throw bag each time
6. Explain why you would use a throw bag in windy conditions