LIFEGUARD TRAINING CLASS

The American Red Cross Lifeguarding course is designed to provide entry-level lifeguards with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize, and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide care until EMS personnel arrive. The American Red Cross Lifeguard Training course is the most widely recognized and accepted lifeguard certification across the continental United States. Upon successful completion, participants receive Certiontifica cards in: Lifeguarding with CPR/AED/First Aid for the Professional Rescuer valid for 2 years.

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Course Overview

• Duration:  28 hours (includes online and in-person learning)

• Format: Blended learning (6.5 hours online + 21.5 hours of in-person training)

• Class Schedule: Thursday 5pm to 7pm; Saturday and Sunday 8am to 6:30pm

  (Must attend all three sessions for entirety)

• Certification Validity: 2 years

• Certifying Body: American Red Cross

• Minimum Age: 15 years old by the last class session

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Pre-Course Swim Test Requirements

• Participants must pass a mandatory swim test at the start of the course:

      150-yard continuous swim using front crawl (freestyle) and/or breaststroke followed by 2-minute tread using legs only followed by        50-yard continues swim

Timed brick test:

• Swim 20 yards

• Surface dive 7–10 feet to retrieve a 10-lb object

• Return to surface and swim back to starting point holding object with both hands (in under 1 minute, 40 seconds)

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Failure to pass the swim test results in removal from the course. We do offer Free pre-course training prior to any course.

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What to Bring to Class

   Please bring a modest bathing suit, towel, dry clothes, snacks, drinks, and goggles (optional). Students will be required to

   submerge without goggles so consider bringing a second pair of contact lenses if you wear them. Student will be given 1/2 hour

   for lunch and can either bring lunch, buy lunch at the concession stand, or go off campus to get lunch.​

 

Cost: $225