30/08/2025
Today our Duty Officers gathered at Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club for their Pre Season Briefing 2025/26
Across our coastline, Surf Life Saving Sydney continues to adapt and evolve in response to emerging challenges, embracing diversity and inclusion as central strengths. Our members not only save lives but also educate, connect, and protect our communities, by the community, for the community, and that is something we are deeply proud of.
Surf Life Saving Sydney respects and acknowledges the traditional custodians across all the lands on which we live, work and patrol, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Background Image credit: 'Eora Dreaming' depicts the community of the fifteen Surf Life Saving Clubs throughout Sydney, stretching from North Bondi south to Burning Palms in the Royal National Park - Artist 'Billy Reynolds', proud Dharawal and Yuin man.
Our Duty Officers are highly experienced lifesavers who are trained and skilled in the coordination of responses to serious incidents – both during patrol hours and after-hours as required.
We have Duty Officers covering four key areas within Sydney Branch, being Waverley (North Bondi, Bondi, Tamarama + Bronte), Randwick (Clovelly, Coogee, Maroubra + South Maroubra), Sutherland (Wanda, Elouera, North Cronulla + Cronulla) and RNP (Garie, Era + Burning Palms). Plus their coverage includes areas outside of our Surf Club catchments, such as rock pools, unpatrolled beaches and fishing hotspots.
Our Duty Officers are proficient Bronze Medallion holders (Cert II Public Safety Aquatic Rescue) as well as being an ART and First Aid award holder. They’ve also obtained their Silver Medallion Beach Management Award (or the new Silver Medallion Patrol Captain Award). Plus we then provide further training to ensure they are job ready to respond to any issue.
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Circular 05/25-26 : SLSS Pre-season Briefing 25-26
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Circular 34/24-25: Duty Officer EOIs Season 25-26
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Circular 11/24-25: SLSS Duty Officers and Call Signs Season 24-25
Become a Duty Officer
We’re always on the look out for enthusiastic members to join our Duty Officer cohort. If you’re keen to join a passionate team of community minded members, just reach out and we’ll talk you through the steps you need to take to become our newest Duty Officer.
We’ll post the link below for those keen to join, once it’s released for the season.
Duty Officer SLS Sydney Standard Operating Procedures
Media and Social Media
SOP on protocols for media engagement
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SOP on the command and control structure of the Duty Officer Team
Duty Officer SLSNSW Standard Operating Procedures
Many of the tasks that our Rescue Services team undertake are common across the state. As such, SLSNSW have created a series of Standard Operating Procedures that apply to all support services. This includes our fantastic Duty Officers.
Find the SOPs for Public Safety on the link below.
Duty Officer Code of Conduct
SLSNSW has created a Duty Officer Code of Conduct to ensure that all our Duty Officers know what is expected of them whilst they are on duty particularly as they are providing leadership and support to lifesaving personnel and representing Surf Life Saving to external agencies/emergency services.
See the Code of Conduct below for more details.
Duty Officer News
05/07/2025
Lifesaving Excellence
Honouring our Rescue Services Winners, John Restuccia, Charlie Hort, Brett Jamieson and Marie Bowen
30/05/2025
Surf Life Saving Sydney is seeking Expressions of Interest for Duty Officer positions to be appointed in the Sutherland Shire / Royal National Park Operational Areas for season 2025/26.
31/08/2024
The Sydney Branch Duty Officer gathered today for their professional development updates in preparation for the new season.
26/06/2024
Expressions of Interest are now open for our 2024-25 season for Duty Officer positions
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Last updated: August 29, 2025