TAF Re-endorsement

Each year, all Trainers, Assessors and Facilitators (TAF) must update their Training Officer and Assessor awards to continue operating in these roles. This process ensures that not only are all TAF are undertaking Personal Development, but you also meet the TAE and Surf Award requirements.

Ideally, this is completed at the start of the season, but it must be done before 31 Dec each year so that you can carry on training and assessing into the new year without interruption. After 31 Dec, if you do not re-endorse, you should not be involved with training or assessing.

What you Need to do

Below is a recommended sequence for you to complete the re-endorsement process, but steps can be done in any order.

What happens after you submit your form?

After you submit your form, the Member Education team will check the following before approving:

  • Your National Police Check and Working with Children Checks are current in Surf Guard

  • Your CPR (12 months) and First Aid (three years) qualifications are current.

    Tip: You can check your units’ expiry date on your SLS Hub dashboard.

  • You have completed the TAF Code of Conduct for this season

If any of these items are not valid, Member Education will contact you directly to discuss.

Please allow 7–14 working days for the Member Education team to process your form.

The deadline is 31 December.

We recommend starting early to allow time to resolve any outstanding requirements before the deadline. If your re-endorsement is not completed by this date, you must not undertake training or assessment activities until your TAF status is renewed.

FAQs

  • If you attended the conference for the full two days, you do not need to complete the eLearning and have been allocated the TAF Pre-season Face-to-Face, with the proficiency date of 31/12/2027. You will already have component marked as complete in your profile and can immediately submit your form.

    I only attend Saturday, what do I need to do?

    You will need to catch up on what was presented on the Sunday. The link will be sent to you directly.

    I didn’t attend, what do I need to do the eLearning?

    Yes, you will need to log into the SLS Hub/eLearning and access this year’s TAF Re-Endorsement eLearning.

  • If you became a trainer before 30th June of this year, then YES, you need to undertake the TAF Re-Endorsement process.

    If you became a trainer after 1st July, you do not need to submit the TAF Re-Endorsement form. However, it is highly recommend that you complete the TAF PD eLearning, as it will give you a good understanding of the requirements of the season and it will meet your TAE PD requirements.

  • The eLearning and the Re-endorsement form are all accessible via the SLS Hub.

    The Code of Conduct is accessible at the end of the eLearning or via this link.

    For detailed instructions, please refer to the TAF RE-Endorsement Detail Support Guide.

  • If an injury, pregnancy or other physical or mental health limitation prevents you from completing Skills Maintenance, you may be eligible for a TAF Exception.

    This allows BM-endorsed TAFs to continue delivering training and assessment for dry components only, while they are unable to meet the full Bronze Medallion proficiency requirements.

    For more information and access the application forms, please review the TAF Exceptions Process Guide

  • Did you re-endorse last year?

    If not, you will need to still need to complete the TAF PD and complete the Code of Conduct form. Once you have, please let the Member Ed team know and they will manage your re-endorsement manually.

    Have you completed the SLSSA – TAF Professional Development eLearning or attended the conference?

    Once you have completed one of these prerequisites, you will be allocated an award - TAF Pre-season Face-to-Face or the TAF Pre-season Online, which gives you access to the form.

    Are you still in your Trainer/Admin profile in eLearning?

    Remember, to access the eLearning, you need to switch your profile over the standard member profile so that you can access the required eLearning.

  • Yes, if you have met all requirements for one TAF award, but not all, you can submit your form multiple times for your various TAF awards.

  • Yes, you can but only if they meet the prerequisites requirements of having completed the online eLearning or attended the conference. Be mindful, if you do, your TAF member may not be aware of any outstanding issues, unless you communicate to them about it.

  • If your Provide First Aid or CPR units aren’t appearing as current but you’ve completed recent training with us, please get in touch. Our team will be happy to review and update your status. As Surf Guard does not automatically sync with SLSSA commercial courses, some updates need to be completed manually and may occasionally be overlooked.

  • Yes, however, Member Ed Staff may hold off from processing your form until the required updates are received.

  • After submitting your Online TAF Re-endorsement Form, please allow 7-14 working days for the SLSSA Member Education Team to process your TAF re-endorsement. We will endeavour to process these quickly, however at times there may be a delay.

  • Speak to your SLSC Chief Instructor if you require assistance submitting the form online, as they can submit it on your behalf or the Member Ed staff.

  • In most cases, this is because they haven’t been endorsed for the new calendar year. They have either not submitted the form or there has been a hold up in the processing of their form. Ie Provide First Aid is out of date; they are waiting for an updated Working with Children Check.

    If they haven’t submitted the form, as a Chief Instructor, you can either promoted them to submit the form or complete on their behalf.

    If we are waiting for a requirement to be provided, they can’t be leading any training or conducting any assessments until this is processed.