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Aquatics Trail Badge
| Req. | Sub. | Description: | Trail Life Handbook
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Trail Life Handbook
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| 1. | Participate in a Safe Aquatics Method orientation and fulfill the following requirements pursuant to the Safe Aquatics Method. | pg. 130 | pg. 106 | ||
| 2. | Complete the Swimming Competency Test at the Swimmer level. | Test Requirements: | |||
| 3. | Demonstrate how to properly put on a personal flotation device (PFD), and while wearing the PFD do the following: | ||||
| a. | Jump feet first into deep water and swim 25 yards. |
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| b. | Demonstrate the heat escape lessening posture (HELP) cold-water survival technique. | ||||
| c. | With a group, demonstrate the Huddle cold-water survival technique. | ||||
| 4. | Demonstrate the following reach and throw rescues: | ||||
| a. | Several reach assists including arm, leg, and towel reaches without entering the water and pole or shepherd's crook. | pg. 131 | |||
| b. | Throwing a rescue tube or ring buoy to someone at least 25 feet out in the water. | ||||
| 5. | After ensuring the safety of the swimming area, in deep water, do the following: | ||||
| a. | Tread water for 3 minutes | ||||
| b. | Survival float on your stomach for 3 minutes | ||||
| c. | Float on your back for 2 minutes | ||||
| d. | Demonstrate a feet-first surface dive | ||||
| e. | Demonstrate a head-first surface dive, and recover a diving ring or some other object from the pool bottom. | ||||
| 6. | While wearing shoes, long pants, and a long-sleeve shirt over your swimsuit, jump into deep water. |
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| a. | While treading water, remove the shoes and pants |
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| b. | Inflate your shirt and float long enough to prepare your pants | ||||
| c. | Inflate your pants and use them to float for one minute | ||||
| 7. | Demonstrate that you can continuously swim 200 yards without stopping to rest. While doing so: | ||||
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Use at least three of the following five strokes: sidestroke, front crawl, backstroke, elementary backstroke, and breaststroke. | pg. 132 | |||
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Swim each of the three selected strokes for at least 50 yards. |
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| 8. | Participate in a skill orientation and open activity for three of the following aquatics activities: Group water game, swim race, diving, snorkeling, Red Cross Jr. Lifeguard, Scuba, Stand-up paddle boarding, Boardsailing, Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Sailing, Peddle boats, Water skiing, Wake boarding, or an alternate water activity approved by your Unit Leader. |
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