scoutldr 732 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat training now are available online. I have not taken them both to completion, but allegedly a course completion certificate will print out at the end. Both are accessible from the same link. See at: http://www.scouting.org/pubs/aquatics Link to post Share on other sites
scoutldr 732 Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 I was having my feelings hurt...I posted this 24 hrs ago and it says "Read 0 times". Don't people like me??? Then I noticed that ALL the threads now say "Read 0 times"...even the ones with a whole string of replies. Anyway, here it is for another 24 hrs. Link to post Share on other sites
WDleader 10 Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 I have taken both the classroom version, and the new online version, and they are pretty close to the same in content. It would be nice if the BSA would put more of this training online, BUT with the ability to report this to the local council. Robert DeWitt WEBELOS II Den Leader WEBELOS to Scout Chair Ogeechee District Georgia Carolina Council Link to post Share on other sites
bucabaker 10 Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Thanks for posting this. It saved me two hours of driving to renew my Safe Swim Defense certificate later this month. Link to post Share on other sites
Joni4TA 10 Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Thank you, this link is really cool. I had no idea. At first I was eye-brow up thinking, "How in the heck can you get THAT training online!?!?!" But it wasn't the "Aquatics" I was thinking of. Safe Swim and Safety Afloat is a doable online training! Thanks again! Link to post Share on other sites
scoutldr 732 Posted February 27, 2005 Author Share Posted February 27, 2005 Test bump. Link to post Share on other sites
Its Me 10 Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 BSA should offer more training like that. I like the fact that at the end I was able to print out a document stating that I have completed the training. The only draw back is that I doubt that this information will be sent to my home council. Link to post Share on other sites
frank10 12 Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Better than I expected. At first I was thinking that we'd be better off if they left this one up to the traditional teaching method but... 1) on line was interesting 2) traditional method for me is at camp while wishing I was somewhere else doing my "job". Under those conditions you can imagin my mind was never 100% on the class. Link to post Share on other sites
Torveaux 10 Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Warning: Make sure the computer you use is connected to a printer in some fashion. I was not and printed to file, but cannot get the files to print (USB printer issue). No big deal to take it again, just a heads up. Link to post Share on other sites
NIscouter 10 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Just wanted to bump this up again. I just completed both the Safe Swim and Safety Afloat training and am set for 2 years. One question - does it need to be forwarded to the council for any reason or is completing it and getting the "card" sufficient? Link to post Share on other sites
EagleInKY 14 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 I did it last week as well, and have forwarded it to the other leaders in my troop. My understanding is that you only have to have the card. The council doesn't track this. Link to post Share on other sites
NIscouter 10 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 I gave a copy of the documents to the leaders last night at our troop meeting. Now to convince the rest of the adults to do the training. Link to post Share on other sites
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