Please note the following positions are guidelines only. Please adapt the positions and their responsibilities to suit
your club’s needs. Your club may not require all of these roles or it may choose to have more. Remember it is
imperative that a Nipper Committee communicates effectively with your Life Saving Club’s committee. The nippers
program isn’t a separate club to the lifesaving club, but it is a program offered by your club to younger members
and their parents to develop water safety conscious children and future lifesavers.
Mentor Junior Coordinator
Role: To oversee and guide the Junior Coordinator to develop, coordinate and oversee the Surf Education
Program for the club.
Responsibilities:
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A person in this role has previously had experience running a Surf Education Program
To facilitate and guide the development of the Junior Coordinator in their first year in the role
To be an ongoing point of contact for advice and guidance on decision making for the Junior
Coordinator
To be a point of contact for parental enquiries during the running of the program, drawing on past
experience, allowing the Junior Coordinator to handle day to day activities
The Mentor Junior Coordinator is an especially important role in a new Junior Coordinators first year in
their new role, as having the mentor allows the co-ordinator to get their head around the day to day
nuts and bolts of the program and whilst the Mentor assists with background issues
Junior Coordinator
Role: The Junior Coordinator will develop, coordinate and oversee the Surf Education Program for the club and
such activities will be provided in an inclusive manner. The aim of the role is to develop future lifesavers in a
positive, enriching and nurturing environment.
Responsibilities:
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To deliver a Surf Education Program that will facilitate the transition of junior members into advanced
lifesaving and competition activities.
To conduct training sessions for nippers with an awareness of their skill levels, prevailing weather
conditions and achievable outcomes in a safe and welcoming environment
To coordinate volunteers to assist with the delivery of the Surf Education Program
To provide the programs volunteers with an introduction or induction and to provide on-going
instruction and access to surf education resources and materials
To liaise with parents of current and future Nippers
To be part of and liaise with the clubs committee
Communication with members, volunteers and sponsors and benefactors
Write the program including lesson plans for each session in each age group. These will need to be
tailored for each club according to the format of the program. The Surf Education Booklets are a great
start point but the Junior Co-ordinator will have to ensure that Nippers are getting a comprehensive
program that fits in the time frame.
Represent club on the Member and Leadership development Council
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Assistant Junior Coordinator
Role: To support and assist the Junior Coordinator to develop, coordinate and oversee the surf education
program for the club.
Responsibilities:
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Assist in the smooth operation of day to day operations of the program
Engage with parents of nippers in the program and potential nippers parents
Assist Age Managers with any issues that may arise during the program and ensure adequate water
safety numbers for age groups
Assist with setting up of beach, activities and equipment where necessary
Support and liaise with water safety team
Age Managers Coordinator
Role: To organise, instruct and develop new and existing Age Managers for your clubs Nippers program
Responsibilities:
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Support, liaise and assist Age Managers for each age group
Go through lesson plans and explain fundamental aims and objectives of each session
Whilst every Age Managers may not have all the skills and understandings in all areas of program
delivery, the Age Manager Coordinator will be able to seek out and utilise expertise from within their
Club to assist these Age Managers.
Conduct pre session Age Manager briefings to inform Age Managers of what is ahead for the day and
provide an opportunity for all to share and give feedback and trouble shoot how improvements can be
made.
Water Safety Coordinator
Role: The Water Safety Coordinator is responsible for the preparation and supervision of Nippers participating
in water events.
Responsibilities:
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Ensure regulations pertaining to nipper’s participation in water activities are met.
Refer to Water Safety Policy 1.1 for ratios
Organisation of parent and cadet/active Bronze Medallion or SRC award holders to fulfil Water Safety
roles.
Rostering of Water Safety across activities and age groups
Ensure water safety personnel fill in logs to record their hours of duty
Liaise, coordinate and support IRB personnel. This may also include the layout of buoys and cans for
water activities.
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Coaches/Activities Coordinator
Role: To encourage, guide and instruct participants with the technique and skills required to complete the
activity
Responsibilities:
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To encourage participants to ‘have a go’
To teach participants basic technique, skill or rules of activity
To ensure participants are in a safe learning environment
To equip coaches and activity hosts with the necessary information to conduct their sessions passing on
consistent fundamental teaching points for activities and required skills
Beach Manager
Role: To organise the beach setup with the group rostered for the day and liaise with different parties to ensure
equipment and areas are ready to go and operations run smoothly throughout program.
Responsibilities:
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Designate beach areas
Lay out boards and other equipment
Ensure beach is cleared during pack up
Organise the repair and replacement of broken equipment. This may require liaising with the Junior
Coordinator and club committee
Fundraising Coordinator
Role: To develop and coordinate all fundraising activities run by the junior section
Responsibilities:
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Advertise fundraising activities to be undertaken during the Nipper program and ensure adequate
helpers to run the activity E.g. BBQ, raffle ticket sellers
Organise certificates of thanks to sponsors and supporters of Nipper program
Organise banking of monies from fundraising activities
Sponsorship Coordinator
Role: To develop and manage all sponsorship and grant applications relevant to the clubs nippers program,
under direction from the Junior Coordinator and club committee.
Responsibilities:
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Working with the clubs sponsorship coordinator, plan and produce a sponsorship package specifically
for the Nippers Program
Approach specific companies or organisations with the Sponsorship package to try to gain their support
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Youth/Cadet Coordinator
Role: Encourage and recruit cadet aged members to be more involved in the club with the aim of retaining them
as members.
Responsibilities:
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Advertise to target age group all youth activities at club e.g., water safety, YIPs Program (think of best
method of communication. e.g. social media and communicate massages, so that it is appealing to that
demographic)
Design activities to encourage retention of this age group.
Advertise via club newsletter, social media and club notice boards all leadership opportunities and
camps at club and state level.
Junior Competition Team manager
Role: The Junior Competition Manager has overall responsibility for the club’s junior competition team
Responsibilities:
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Recruit volunteers as coaches, age area managers for carnivals and officials
Organise and promote competition training to nippers in the Surf Education Program
Ensure members competing hold the required awards and proficiencies
Review and implement Life Saving Victoria directives and club requirements for carnivals.eg. register
participants and officials on the competition management system
Organise equipment, officials and helpers for carnival
Attend competition
Nippers Surfguard Administrator
Role: To organise all administrative aspects and complete documentation required by LSV associated with the
Nipper program
Responsibilities:
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Enter all Preliminary and Competition Evaluation proficiencies and Surf Education Awards into
Surfguard as per the Junior Evaluation and Surf Education Requirements as directed by assessments
To enter competitors into carnivals via the LSV online entry system. This may also be the Competition
Managers role, or a shared responsibility.
Assist Junior Coordinator with communication to volunteers and members of the Nippers Program
Complete LSV documentation as required
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Age Managers
Role:
An Age Manager plays a fundamental role within the Nippers program and is responsible for the care, safety,
well-being and development of the junior lifesaver.
Responsibilities:
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Ensure safety and well-being of group
Take responsibility for the education of the group using SLSA surf education program and resources
Establish, coordinate and report all operational aspects relating to the age group to the Age Manager
Coordinator
Be a positive role model
Be willing to further their knowledge of life saving
Complete Age Managers course
Plan creative, educational and fun lessons
Assistant Age Managers
Role: To provide support to the Age manager
Responsibilities:
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Assist the Age Manager in the implementation of the education program for the age group.
Be aware of children’s capabilities within the age group and cater for them and make water safety
aware of any special needs.
BBQ Team
Role: The coordinate and organise the daily Nippers Barbeque for participants, supporters and families.
Responsibilities:
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Ensure barbeques are in working order
Purchase required food and drink amounts
Set up and clean-up of barbeque equipment and area
Supervise and support rostered helpers
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Social Events
Role: Organise social functions during season to create an inclusive and welcoming culture
Responsibilities:
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Liaise with committee regarding events and work with the fundraising coordinator
Recruit helpers
Coordinate event particulars
Examples of events may be:
o Movie night
o Presentation event
o Christmas barbeque
o Parents verses nippers event
First Aid Officer
Role: To ensure there are qualified personnel attending the Nipper session to provide basic first aid should the
need arise.
Responsibilities:
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Ensure a First Aid station is set up and equipped and all know its location. (This may be the first aid
room in the clubhouse)
To provide basic first aid when required
To coordinate further first aid and services where required
To clean up station and report any damaged or low stock levels to the Club’s First Aid Officer following
each session
To ensure the First Aid log is filled in correctly with relevant information
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