Child Safety

This Guideline provides practical guidance for owners or operators of aquatic facilities in relation to measures needed to protect children and young people from abuse and/or related harm relating to aquatic facility operations.

Training & Qualifications

This Guideline provides practical guidance for owners or operators of aquatic facilities in relation to the qualifications, skills and training needed for staff for entry into employment in the aquatic industry.

Aquatic Supervision

This guideline is associated with safely supervising patrons at your aquatic facility.

Aquatic Signage

This guideline contains practical and technical guidance on the location, content and type of safety education signage associated with aquatic facilities.

Asset Management

This guideline provides practical guidance on the management of assets at an aquatic facility such as buildings, plant and equipment.

Emergency Planning

This guideline provides practical guidance in planning for emergencies at an aquatic facility.

Facility Design

This guideline provides practical guidance on the safe design of structures built around swimming pools.

Incident Management

This guideline provides practical guidance on how to appropriately respond to an incident at your facility, both immediately and in the long term.

Managing COVID-19 Risk

This guideline details additional precautions that should be undertaken in order to manage the risks associated with COVID-19.

Risk Management

This guideline provides practical guidance on how to manage the risks within an aquatic environment.

Safety Equipment

This guideline provides practical guidance on the type, quantity and location of safety equipment needed within an aquatic environment.

Safe Design

This guideline provides practical guidance on the safe design of swimming pools and other bodies of water.

Swimming Pool Design

This guideline provides practical guidance on the safe design of swimming pools and other bodies of water designed for human activity.

Swimming, Water Safety and Aquatic Exercise Programs

This guideline provides practical guidance for owners or operators of aquatic facilities on the safe management of swimming, water safety and aquatic exercise programs within an aquatic environment.

GSPO Archive

This additional resource provides access to superseded versions of the Guidelines.

National Policy

This document is not a guideline, instead is Royal Life Saving’s commitment to the development and maintenance of the Guidelines for Safe Pool Operations.

Events and Webinars

RLSSA select webinar and event recordings will be available here.

Additional Resources

This additional resource provides all of the secondary documentation related to the Guidelines.

NAIC and RLS Position Statements

Find NAIC and/or RLS peak authority position statements on given issues here.

Advocacy Report - Value of the Aquatic Industry

This resource will assist aquatic industry in advocating the social, health and economic benefits of aquatic facilities.

Account Management