New Water Safety Guide

Don’t let your Scouts take the plunge without reading and referencing the new leaders’ guide to BSA aquatics.

"Aquatics Supervision: A Leader’s Guide to Youth Swimming and Boating Activities", serves as an invaluable resource for learning the roles and responsibilities of council aquatics committees, provides support to unit leaders so they have the training and resources necessary to supervise swimming and boating activities, and gives direction for dispensing special aquatics awards such as Snorkeling BSA and Boardsailing BSA.

Approved by the national Health and Safety Committee and BSA’s national Program Committee, the eight-hour courses include “Swimming and Water Rescue”; teaching prevention, recognition, and response to water-related emergencies; and “Paddle Craft Safety,” offering assessment tools for individuals supervising canoe or kayak float trips.

The guide, BSA No. 34346, also instructs volunteers who are trained by other agencies, including the American Red Cross and the American Canoe Association, in appropriate Scouting protocols and programs.