Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU)

For personnel who will operate in the warm zone at a water rescue incident and personnel who will operate near water as part of their key job function, e.g., construction workers, EA water hydrometry staff etc. As such, it is not intended that they will enter the water, and a manual or auto inflation lifejacket is worn as PPE for accidental water entry only.

Contact hours

6 hours

Prerequisites

• Must be a confident swimmer.
• Minimum age: 18

Qualification valid for

3 years

Recertifies

Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU)

Recerted by

Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU)
Co-Worker Rescue from Water – Basic (CWRWB)
Co-Worker Rescue from Water – Basic and Moving (CWRWBM)

Taught by

Basic Water First Responder Instructor (BWFRI)
Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI)
Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)
Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)
Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)
Swiftwater Rescue – Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)
Instructor Water & Rope – Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)