Japanese instructors here to teach ultimate life saving techniques

Sri Lanka Life Saving (SLLS) will host a ‘Modern Water Survival and Floating Training’ campaign with the collaboration of the Japan Society of Water Rescue & Survival Research (UITEMATE). The programme is expected to benefit instructors currently attached to SLLS. Its main objective is to update, refresh and educate lifeguards on modern lifesaving methods and also share practical methods of water survival and floating in line with international life saving and water safety standards.

The first batch for the instructor course for 120 SLLS active instructors will be on March 4 from 9am-4pm at Mt Lavinia Beach

The training will be conducted by eight Japanese trainers sanctioned by the Nagaoka University of Technology. The first batch for the instructor course for 120 SLLS active instructors will be on March 4 from 9am-4pm at Mt Lavinia Beach. The second is scheduled for March 5 from 9am-11.30am and is a special programme for schoolchildren. This session will be held at the Sri Lanka Police Swimming Pool with support from the Sri Lanka Police Life Saving Team. The last, also a special programme for schoolchildren, is scheduled for March 6 from 2pm-6pm 
at Bentota.