Port Blair, July 4: The Department of Tourism is promoting safe tourism in A & N Islands. Life Guarding is an important pillar of coastal tourism. In order to have efficient life guards, Department of Tourism in association with National Institute of Water Sports, Goa will organize a certification course -Surf Life Guard Technique – Silver (SLST-S) at ITF ground, VIP Road, Port Blair, during fourth week of July 2016.
All interested candidate are advised to get their names registered by July 18 upto 5 pm, Mr Sree Prakash, Sr. Investigator, Planning Section, Tourism Department (contact phone number 03192-230239), alongwith documents like medical fitness certificate duly issued by a registered medical practitioner, date of Birth certificate, Photo ID-Aadhar card / Election card / Islander card, 04 nos. of p/p size photographs and complete address, with contact phone no. / mobile no.
The candidate should have completed 18 years of age at the time of admission to the course. A fitness – cum swimming proficiency test (200 m run on Beach followed by 100 m swimming, followed by 200 m run on beach, in 8 mints) of all registered candidates, will be convened, for which the dates and venue will be published separately. On completion of fitness cum swimming proficiency test, the successful candidates would be eligible to attend the courses mentioned above. The duration, of the certificate course will be 12 days with fee of Rs 12000/- which has to be deposited in advance by way of demand draft in favor of National Institute of Water Sports, payable at Panaji after qualifying fitness cum swimming proficiency Test and fees once deposited shall not be refunded.
Only successful candidates would be given certificates & licenses, as the case may be. As per the Rules, trainees failing to meet stipulated standards would have to appear again for Re-test at a location as decided by the NIWS, within 03 months from the last day of the said course. The licenses & certificates are valid for 02 years and shall have to be renewed within stipulated period for further use.
