Check eligibility
Your national qualification must appear on your National Lifesaving Organisation’s equivalency table to be convertible.
Check eligibilityInternational Certification
How equivalency works
National certificates from courses approved as complying with ILS educational standards can be converted to ILS International Certificates.
Open the table
Find your country/region and organisation in the dropdown below and open its current equivalency table to confirm the corresponding ILS certificate.
Apply nationally
Contact your National Lifesaving Organisation to apply for an ILS International Certificate.
Apply through your organisation
ILS does not handle individual applications. Your National Lifesaving Organisation must submit your application.
Contact your member organisationRead in one direction
The tables are interpreted only from a national certificate to its ILS International Certificate, not in the reverse direction.
Your organisation is not mentioned?
If your organisation or award is not listed, there is currently no ILS International Equivalency for it. Please contact the relevant organisation for information about the international validity of its national awards.
Full Member Organisations not currently participating
Bahrain, Bangladesh, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Chile, China, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Estonia, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Indonesia, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Senegal, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and USA.