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Qualifications of the Academy’s Director and Head Instructor |
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Licensed to Provide Training in Queensland on behalf of ALAQ |
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Contact Us PO Box 28, Coolangatta Qld 4225 0408 356 559 07 5534 1886 0418 780 311 (+61 408 356 559 +61 7 5534 1886 +61 418 780 311)
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Jamo Borthwick Current Qualifications · Level 2 Surfing Australia Surf Instructor · Level 2 Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) Surf (Board Paddling) Coach · Level 2 SLSA Surf (Ski) Coach · Level 2 SLSA Surf (Boaties) Coach · Level 3 Rowing Australia Rowing Coach · Level 1 SLSA Surf (Boardriding) Coach · Level 1 SLSA Surf (Beach) Coach · Level 1 Australian Track and Field Association Track and Field Coach · Certificate IV in Fitness – Personal Trainer · Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training – Fitness · Level 2 Coaching Principles · Level 2 APSI Ski Instructor (Snow) · Level 1 Australian Rugby Rugby Union Coach · Diploma of Remedial Massage · Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training – SLSA · Training Officers Certificate · SLSA Training Officer Surf Rescue · SLSA Training Officer Bronze Medallion · SLSA Training Officer Resuscitation · SLSA Assessor Bronze Medallion · SLSA Assessor Resuscitation · SLSA Training Officer for First Aid and Defibrillation (final stages of completion) · SLSA Assessor for First Aid and Defibrillation (nearly completed) · SLSA Facilitator · Train Small Groups · Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) · SLSA Bronze Medallion · SLSA Silver Medallion · Certificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue) competed Units · Administer Oxygen in an Emergency Situation · Operate a Semi Automatic Defibrillator in an Emergency Situation · Provide Emergency Care · Manage Injuries at an Emergency Incident · Certificate II in Emergency Medical Service First Response competed Units · Provide Basic Emergency Life Support · Perform CPR · Apply First Aid · SLSA Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management Award · SLSA Surf Rescue Certificate · Senior First Aid Certificate · Defibrillation Certificate · Advanced Resuscitation Certificate · Low Voltage / Switchboard Rescue · Fitness Leader · Fitness Instructor · Certificates of Attainment · Advanced Resistance Training · SwissBall Instructors Certificate · Advanced Aerobic Conditioning · Nutrition and Weight Management · Swedish Massage · Remedial Massage · Anatomy and Physiology · Deep Tissue Techniques (Sports Massage) Level 1 · Certificate of Attendance · Heart Zone Training Seminar · Advance Sports Conditioning and Core Stability · Bigger Stronger Faster – Rugby Union and Rugby League – Theory and Practical Components Experience · Director of Walkin’ on Water Surf School, Greenmount Beach Coolangatta. This is a licensed Surfing Australia, Surfing Queensland Surf School and a registered Surf School with the International Surfing Association and is the only fully licensed and registered surf school in Coolangatta. We teach, instruct and coach all levels of surfer from entry level to those more advance in group and private lessons · Director of the Academy of Surf. This business is focussed on Surf Club training and coaching in surf sports and surf education through SLSA qualifications. We train and assess lifeguards, lifesavers and the general public in aquatic safety, aquatic rescue and emergency care. We are a licensed provider of SLSA Courses on behalf of the Australian Lifesaving Academy – Queensland (ALAQ) in Queensland and also an international Provider of SLSA Training for International Life Saving Federation Qualification Training. We are currently in negotiations and talks to provide surf coaching, surf and aquatic rescue, safety and emergency care training in many countries including the Pacific Islands, the Middle East, Sri Lanka and Africa plus the potential of other opportunities arising in other countries including the UK, Europe and Asia · Head of the PNG Surfing Development Programs, in association with the Surfing Association of PNG Inc working in surf coaching, coach training and development, training of surf rescue and surf life saving techniques and developing, educating and training internationally recognised Surf Lifeguards · Head Coach for the Surfing Association of PNG · Head Coach of a local surfing squad and of the Currumbin Vikings SLSC Boardriders · Head Coach of Rainbow Bay Surf Life Saving Club · International Surfing Association course presenter of ISA Programs and Courses · Southern Cross University Lecturer in the School of Health and Human Sciences for Surfing Technology and Skills · QLD Coach at the Surfing Australia High Performance ‘MR’ Mark Richards U16s Camp in 2009 and 2010 · Queensland Coach for the Surfing Australia High Performance U16 Mark Richards Surf Camp in 2009 which is the elite Surfing Australia Camp for the top 24 U16 Surfers from around Australia · Coached with Phil McNamara, the Surfing Queensland High Performance coach with his various squads and athletes · Head Coach of Brunswick SLSC 2008/09 ~ primarily devoted to building the Club and training program beginning with the Juniors, which resulted in training numbers and competitor numbers ballooning from previous tiny numbers to having a regular training crew of around 40 members and gaining extremely successful results in a single season of training · Head Coach of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta SLSC from 2006 – May 2008. This involved overseeing the whole Clubs program including the Junior Activities programs but the major time was spent implementing and building a board paddling, ski paddling, iron training and surf boat program. · Queensland Coach at the combined Gold Coast and Hunter High Performance Team Camp in 2007/08 (SLSA) · Together with SLSQ, initiated and was the coach of the Gold Coast Junior Elite Development Squad in 2007/08 · Coached a number of Super Surf Camps with SLSA’s National High Performance Team Head Coach, Brett Dowker, through the 2007/08 Season · Proprietor of Hyperform ~ a sports coaching and personal training business. This included having the lease of an exclusive Private School gym where components of the lease included general supervision, basic maintenance and repair of equipment and strength and conditioning programmes being written, instructed and implemented for the students. It also included Fitness Testing and Assessment of athletes, for an Anti Aging Medical Clinic and the general public. · Facilitate, Train, Present and Assess Surf Rescue Certificate and Bronze Medallion / Certificate II In Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) Courses to the Public, School and University groups as well as the Surf Club Community · Facilitate, Train, Present and Assess Surf Rescue Certificate and Bronze Medallion / Certificate II In Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) Courses to the Currumbin Surf Club and other Surf Club Members · Co-Presented First Aid, Advanced Resuscitation and Defibrillation Courses within SLSQ Point Danger Branch · Former Head Coach of a masters rowing club which included World Masters Championship medallists including gold medals · Former Head Coach of a Schoolboy Track and Field Team · Former Head Coach of a Schoolboy Junior Rowing Boat Shed (quads, doubles and single sculls) and coach of 1st, 2nd and 3rd IVs in Senior Shed · Former Strength and Conditioning Trainer for the elite squad of the Eastern Edge Swim Club. Following my work with these swimmers, we had athletes swimming in National Age Finals, becoming National Age medallists, breaking State records and making National Age Touring teams · Former Presenter to NSW Swimming State Age Development Squad – I ran and presented sessions focusing on explosive power and strength for swimmers in the Development Squad but also for other Club and State coaches to watch, get some ideas to use in their own training and conditioning of their own athletes and squad members. · Former Presenter of the Fitness and Conditioning Component for NSW Netball at their coach and referees camps and courses for netball specific fitness · Training of various sports athletes to achieve a higher performance in their chosen sport in pursuit of specific goals and targets – this included soccer players, rugby union players, sprinters and middle distance runners and tri-athletes. I have also trained and provided a former Nutri Grain Iron Woman competitor strength training programmes as well as a former Australian Olympic swimmer and SLSA Aussie finalists · Personal training of numerous clients. Some of these were purely for the health and fitness benefits of greater cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength, others for fat loss and others for general training · Coaching various school sports to high school students including track and field (mainly sprints and hurdles but included all the track disciplines ~ this of course involved the programming of training sessions) rugby union (including the U16As of an exclusive Private school), rowing, resistance training, cardiovascular training and conditioning, general health and fitness programmes and basketball · Ski Instructor (Snow) in Ellmau, Austria and Thredbo, Australia · Former competitive track and field athlete, training with the some of the most elite high performance coaches in Australia and being a member of the top hurdling training group at the time with Olympian, Paralympian and Commonwealth Games Representatives and coached by the Elite High Performance Australian Coach |
