Expertise
Safety in swimming pools. UK and Ireland. Drowning accidents & wet leisure incident investigation. Lifeguard and Lifeguard qualification standards. Automated drowning detection systems and CCTV. Sauna and spa safety. Sldie safety. Criminal and civil cases. Sports centre, hotel, health club, waterpark health and safety. HSG179 / CEN 15288 / ISO 20380. Management systems.

Formal qualifications
2017 IOC Level 7 Diploma in Professional Consulting.
2017 NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management.
2018 NEBOSH National Diploma in Environmental Management.
2015 NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety Management.
2015 NEBOSH Certificate in Environmental Management
2013 NEBOSH Certificate in Health and Safety
2014 LLM International Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation - University of Warwick.
2013 LLB - University of Warwick.

Currently completing
2017 – 2019 MSc in Strategic Quality Management - University of Portsmouth.
2018 – 2020 BPTC-LLM Bar Professional Training Course – The University of Law.
2018 – 2021 PhD in Sport Regulation - Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Additional vocational qualifications
2008-date RLSS / IQL National Pool Lifeguard Qualification
2010 RLSS / IQL National Pool Management Qualification.
2015 RLSS / IQL National Pool Management Qualification Tutor.
2013-date RLSS / IQL National Trainer Assessor for Lifeguard Training.
2017 WMS Level 4 Legionella Management and Assessment.
2017 Highfield Level 4 Food Safety Management.
2018 ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 Lead Auditor.
2018 ISO 9001/ 14001 / 27500 / 31000 / 37001 / 41000 / 45001 BSI Consultant and Tutor.

Expert history
2019 PI case (catastrophic injury) UK/Spain.
2019 Manslaughter drowning case for HSENI and Police.
2018 PI case (minor injury) – initial advice only, no report required.

Selected Safety Publications
2019 SLS Level 4 Certificate in Pool Risk Management.
2019 ICSA Level 7 Risk Management Exam (November 2019 sitting)
2018 RLSS / IQL National Pool Management Qualification (Ireland)
2017 RLSS / IQL National Pool Supervisor Qualification (scoping draft).

About
1. Dan Jacklin is a legal researcher, consultant and expert witness in the field of leisure, swimming pools and pool safety. He is the only registered pool safety expert with the Expert Witness Institute and is also registered with Expert Witness Register, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers Expert Register and Law Society Expert Register. He has conducted cases as an expert mainly in the criminal arena but is able to conduct PI and other civil work if required. He attends CPD with the EWI regularly.
2. He sits as part of the pool expert ISO group SW/136/8/3 group which looks after ISO 20380:2017, EN 17232, EN 13451-1, ISO CEN 15288:2018 and associated committees for pool safety standards. He has conducted several literature and policy reviews for industry bodies and stakeholders. He specialises in policy work with industry bodies.
3. He is currently a commercial leisure safety expert for RLSS / IQL which is the UK’s National Drowning Prevention Charity which awards 96% of all lifeguard qualifications and 98% of all lifeguard trainer qualifications in the UK.
4. Dan has also supported the development of the National Pool Management Qualification, equivalent Supervisor qualification (NPSQ), the Irish NPMQ, as well as future qualifications due for release in the coming years. He has authored over 15 Ofqual registered qualifications in the area of leisure, health and safety. He has also authored a Level 4 Certificate in Pool Safety Management for publication in 2019. He has worked in Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales on pool safety.
5. In 2017/2019, he ran the UK’s largest training organisation for pool lifeguard trainer assessors (by number of courses run). He has been a National Trainer Assessor of Lifeguard Trainers since 2012 and a qualified lifeguard since 2008.

Memberships
2017-date EWI (Expert) / 2018-date IOC (Fellow) / 2018-date CMI (Chartered Manager) / 2018-date IIRSM (Specialist Fellow) / 2018-date OSHCR (Registered Consultant) / 2010-date IOSH (Graduate) / 2008-date RLSS (Member) / 2018-date, IEMA (Chartered Environmentalist / Member)