Training Program

Lifeguarding

This American Red Cross course provides training in water surveillance, recognition and rescue techniques, First Aid, CPR/AED for the professional rescuer, and Bloodborne Pathogens: Preventing Disease Transmission.  Candidates for this program need to meet these requirements in order to take this course:

·         Fifteen years old on or before the last day of the course

·         Successfully complete a 300 yard (12 lengths) continuous swim performing 100 yards of front crawl stroke (showing a stabilizing propellant kick and rhythmic breathing), followed by 100 yards of breaststroke (showing proper timing, pull and breathe – kick and glide), and finishing with 100 yards front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of the two strokes.

·         Starting in the water, swim 20 yards (front crawl or breaststroke), surface dive to bottom of the pool and retrieve a 10-pound object. With both hands on the object return to the surface, swim to the starting point and then place the object on the deck, climbing out without using a ladder or stairs in 1 minute and 40 seconds.

Water Safety Instructor

This American Red Cross course trains instructor candidates to teach water safety, including the Basic Water Rescue course, six levels of the Learn to Swim and Parent and Child Aquatics.  All candidates for this program need to meet these prerequisites of the course:

·         Sixteen years old on or before the last day of the course

·         Swim 25 yards of front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, and sidestroke with Level Five proficiency or better

·         Swim 15 yards of butterfly with Level Five proficiency or better

·         Maintain position on your back for one minute in deep water (floating or sculling)

·         Tread water for one minute