New Memberships

New BCU Memberships have started. There are now adult, young person (18-22), youth (under 18) and family memberships. Please start to use the new membershp form.

4 Star Training Prerequisite

Candidates must hold the 3 Star Sea (or old 4 Star Sea) award in order for an official 4 Star Sea Training program. It's the responsibility of the Course Provider to check on each student before they sign up for a 4 Star Sea Training program. Candidates only need to have 3 Star skills for the other disciplines.

Updated Coaching Documents

Updated version of the list of BCU Courses that update a Coach. Changes are:

• Lifeguard Assessor has been removed from the list as it no longer exists as a qualification
• Lifeguard Coach Level 3, 4, and 5 has been added
• Level 3 Core added
• Level 3 Discipline Specific Training added
• Level 3 Assessment added
• BCU or HN Assessment Moderation events added

BCU Staffing Ratio’s document has the following changes;

• The names of the BCU Foundation and Intermediate Modules has been corrected
• The name of the BCU Discipline Support Modules has been corrected
• The minimum number of candidates for the Discipline Support Modules has been established as 4