American Red Cross Lifeguarding

Lifeguarding class will run June 5th – June 7th.

June 5th – 4:30pm-8:30pm

June 6th – 8am-8pm

June 7th  – 8am-8pm

This is a Blended learning class. You will have to complete an online portion prior to attending the class. You must be physically present all 3 days for the in person portion.

Lifeguarding (Including Deep Water) Recertification Course

The primary purpose of a recertification course is to give participants who are currently certified American Red Cross Lifeguarding (Including Deep Water) the opportunity to review the course knowledge and skills within a formal course setting to maintain their American Red Cross Lifeguarding (including Deep Water) certification.

Course Prerequisites
To participate in the Lifeguarding (Including Deep Water) Recertification course, participants must:

• Hold a current certification, or expired by no more than 30 days, in American Red Cross
  Lifeguarding that included training in deep water 7 feet or deeper.
• Successfully complete the two prerequisite swimming skills evaluations:

Prerequisite 1: Complete a swim-tread-swim sequence without stopping to rest:

• Jump into the water and totally submerge, resurface then swim 150 yards using the
  front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both. (Swimming on the back or side is not permitted. Swim goggles are allowed)
• Maintain position at the surface of the water for 2 minutes by treading water using only the legs
• Swim 50 yards using the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both

Prerequisite 2: Complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds:

• Starting in the water, swim 20 yards. (The face may be in or out of the water. Swim
  goggles are not allowed).
• Submerge to a depth of 7 – 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object.
• Return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point,
  holding the object at the surface with both hands and keeping the face out at or near the surface.
• Exit the water without using a ladder or steps.

This is a Blended Learning Course. There will be online content assigned that must be completed prior to attending the course.

The online session for the Lifeguarding Recertification course has 16 modules and takes
approximately 6 hours to complete all modules of the online session. Each individual module takes approximately 15 – 30 minutes to complete. Each module of the recertification version of the course begins with a pre-assessment. Participants can completely test out of a module, test out of specific learning objectives within the module, or be required to complete the entire module. Therefore, the time needed to complete the online coursework may vary.

Course Options:

March 21st at 9am