Weekly Club Update 8-9-2022
Telephone: 0467 475 263 Postal Address: PO Box 49, San Remo, VIC, 3925 Web: www.woolamaibeach.org.au Email: secretary@woolamaibeach.asn.au
Weekly Club Update - 8-9-2022
Summary:
Memberships
Volunteering Opportunities:
Training Opportunities (SMAR)
2022/2023 Lifeguard applications (Closing soon!)
Bass Development Camp
U18 LSV Development Camp
LSV News
Memberships
Hello everyone.
The season is fast approaching and If you intend to be a part of Woolamai Beach SLSC this season, you MUST renew/pay your membership. For all new and returning members renewing and paying your membership is compulsory before participating at any club or state activity (i.e. new awards or skills maintenance).
The club website includes a range of step by step guides to help you with your memberships. You can find these at https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/ under the ‘Members’ Tab of the website.
Current (Returning) WBSLSC Members
To renew/pay your membership, please visit Members Area and follow the prompts.
More information can be found here - https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/renew
**Please Note: If you have forgotten your password, try to reset your password by clicking on ‘Forgotten username or password?’. If this doesn’t work, please contact membership@woolamaibeach.asn.au.
**DO NOT create a new account under any circumstance**
New WBSLSC Members
If you are wanting to participate in one of our programs as a new member, please follow the step by step instructions here - https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/join-us
Current Programs that are on offer this season include:
Nippers (5-12 years old) - https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/nippers
Surf Rescue Certificate (13-14 years old) - https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/src-course
Bronze Medallion Camp (15+ years old) - https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/bronze-medallion-camp
Adult Bronze Medallion Course (18+ years old) - https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/adult-bronze-medallion-course
**Please Note: If you’re participating in any of the above programs, you will not be required to pay a membership as they are included in the course fee.
Membership Fees
Membership Fees will remain the same as previous years. Please note: the system was updated over the last few months and will calculate the correct membership fee as per your DOB.
**As this is still fairly new, there may be errors when completing your membership. if that is the case, please contact membership@woolamaibeach.asn.au
To view the membership fees for the 2022/23 season, please click here - https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/membership-fees
Working With Children’s Check (WWCC)
Anyone over the age of 18 must have a valid Victorian WWCC to join the Club. This includes turning 18 during the season. If you applied for a WWCC for the first time, please send a copy of your card to membership@woolamaibeach.asn.au so it can be added to your profile.
Instructions on how to obtain a WWCC can be found here - https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/working-with-childrens-check
Terry Aslanidis - Manager of Memberships
E: membership@woolamaibeach.asn.au
Volunteering Opportunities
There are many opportunities available for members to apply in preparation for the upcoming season!
I’d encourage everyone to have a look through the following link to see what’s available!
Diversity committee (closing 15/9/22)
MPO (closing 15/9/22)
Communications roles
Lifesaving services roles (closing 3/9/22)
For more information and to apply, click here - https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/wbslsc-volunteering-opportunities
Training Opportunities
Silver Medallion Aquatic Rescue (SMAR) - EOI’s
The Silver Medallion Aquatic Rescue award provides participants with the awareness and knowledge, in order to be able to participate in basic lifesaving search and rescue operations. We are lucky enough to be able to run this course again after 2 years of lockdown.
This course is for members who are currently a part or wishing to be a part of the Woolamai Beach Incident Response Team. The emergency response team is a group of highly experienced and skilled clubbies who can be called upon to respond and assist in any coastal emergency in the Phillip Island and surrounding region at any time of the day!
Course Details: (An email with exact course information will be sent to successful applicants prior to the course)
Dates: Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th September 2022 (Grand Final Weekend)
Location: Woolamai Beach SLSC
For more information on the SMAR course please click here - https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/silver-medallion-aquatic-rescue
To be able to do this course, members must meet the minimum pre-requisites:
You must be a current financial member of Woolamai Beach SLSC
You must be at least 18 years of age
You must have at least 2 years of patrolling experience
You MUST hold the following SLSA awards
Current Bronze Medallion (BM)
Desirable Awards:
IRB Crew (IRBC)
IRB Drivers (IRBD)
First Aid (FA)
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques (ART)
To Express Interest, please click the link below. Expression of Interest will close 11th September 2022 (This Sunday)!
EOI Form: https://form.jotform.com/222080662296860
2022/2023 Lifeguard applications (Closing soon!)
Beach Lifeguard, RWC Operator, RPAS (Drone) Pilot, LSV Comms Operator Seasonal Recruitment
Recruitment for seasonal positions in the LSV Beach Lifeguard, RWC, RPAS (Drone) & LSV Comms services close strictly on Sunday 18 September. Interested persons should ensure that they apply prior to the closing date.
More information about these roles can be found HERE
The Bass District Development Camp is Back!
The Bass District Lifesaving Development Camp Management team are proudly planning to run yet another Development camp in the new year. We are hopeful with easing of restrictions that we may see a full capacity camp with little to no Covid interference.
These are just an expression’s of interest to initially gain a response from club members and get the ball rolling.
Expressions of interest will close on Friday the 23rd of September (Grand Final public holiday) so please spread the word.
About Dev Camp
For those unfamiliar, this camp is a week-long live in camp that is heavily scenario-based training. We offer ART, FA. IRBC and IRBD. We focus heavily on leadership and offer a lot of leadership knowledge, experience, and training. We are hoping to expand beyond the bass region this year and offer both candidate and leadership roles. We encourage everyone to partake. If any further questions – please contact the camp coordinator
Camp Expression of Interest (Candidate and Leader)
Campbell Smart
Bass District Lifesaving Development Camp Coordinator
MB: 0434 849 751
Email: Campbellsmart18@gmail.com
U18 Leadership and Development Extended to Sunday 11th September!
The U18 Leadership Development Camp is an opportunity for our youth members to develop and enhance their leadership and lifesaving skills, to support their progress through their lifesaving journey.
For more information on the program, key timings and camp fees, please click HERE
If you are interested in applying for this program, please contact memberdevelopment@woolamaibeach.asn.au for a written endorsement.
Applications close Sunday, 11th September 2022
Full Article - https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/weekly-updates/weekly-club-update-4-8-2022
Terry Aslanidis - Director of Member Development
E: memberdevelopment@woolamaibeach.asn.au
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