Lifeguarding prepares you to do the job of a swimming pool lifeguard by giving you the following certificate: Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED (valid for 2 years). Other Lifeguarding courses include Shallow Water Lifeguarding, Waterfront Skills, and Waterpark Skills.
REQUIREMENTS: For Lifeguarding and Waterpark Skills, be at least 15 years old; able to swim 300 yards continuously using the front crawl or breaststroke; able to tread water 2 minutes using legs only; and able to retrieve a 10-lb object from 7-10 feet and swim with it for 20 yards using legs only in 100 seconds or less. (For Waterpark Skills, the participant must also hold a current Red Cross Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED certificate.)
For Shallow Water Lifeguarding, be at least 15 years old, able to swim a 100 yards, able to tread water 2 minutes (legs only), and able to retrieve a 10-lb object in shallow water and walk it back to the starting point in 50 seconds or less.
For Waterfront Skills, be at least 15 years old, hold a current Red Cross Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED certificate, able to swim 550 yards, able to tread water for 2 minutes (legs only), able to retrieve a 10-lb object from 7-10 feet and swim with it (legs only) for 20 yards in 100 seconds or less, and able to swim underwater for 15 yards underwater and retrieve 3 objects.
OPTIONS: Lifeguarding and Shallow-Water Lifeguarding have a Blended Learning and Review Course options. These options shorten the in-class portions of the course.
SCHEDULED CLASSES: No classes are scheduled at this time! To be notified of our next scheduled class, go here.
To set up an American Red Cross Lifeguarding, Shallow Water Lifeguarding, Waterfront Skills, or Waterpark Skills course at your facility, have at least 3 people and fill out the following form:
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