Certification Courses

LIFEGUARD, WATERPARK, AND ADMINISTERING EMERGENCY OXYGEN

Candidates successfully completing the class will be certified in Lifeguarding, Standard First Aid, and CPR for the Professional Rescuer with add-on modules of Waterpark and Administering Emergency Oxygen certifications. Must attend all classes. 

• Age: 15+
• Prerequisites: Must be able to complete a swim-tread-swim sequence successfully: Swim 150 yards continuously using front crawl or breaststroke. After swimming 150 yards, tread for 2 minutes without the use of arms/hands. After maintaining position at the water’s surface for 2 minutes, swim 50 more yards. Must be able to swim 20 yards, submerge and retrieve a 10lb brick, return to the surface, and swim 20 yards back to the starting point within 1 minute and 40 seconds. Lower prerequisites can be applied to Shallow Water Lifeguards.
  

LIFEGUARD, WATERPARK, AND ADMINISTERING EMERGENCY OXYGEN REVIEW

Candidates completing the class will be certified in Lifeguarding, Standard First Aid, and CPR for the Professional Rescuer. Must attend all classes. 

• Location: Aquatic Complex, 4420 Burns Road
  
• Learning Objectives: Recognize specific characteristic behaviors of distressed swimmers and active and passive drowning victims; recognize aquatic emergencies and act promptly and appropriately; perform equipment-based rescue skills and techniques used by professional lifeguards; recognize and care for possible spinal cord injuries; learn to provide first aid and CPR.
• Prerequisites: Must be a currently certified American Red Cross Lifeguard or within the 30-day grace period of expiration. Must be able to complete all prerequisites of a Lifeguard upon arrival on the first day of class.

LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR

This class is for certified lifeguards seeking advanced training to train prospective lifeguards. Must hold a current American Red Cross Lifeguard certification. Must attend all classes. 

• Age: 17+
• Location: Aquatic Complex, 4420 Burns Road

WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR

American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Course prepares you to teach people of all ages and abilities to swim and be safe in, on, and around water. Must attend all classes. 

• Prerequisite: 25-yard front crawl, backcrawl, breaststroke, sidestroke, elementary backstroke, 15 yards butterfly, 1-minute tread, and back float. All strokes must be performed at a Level 4 skill level.
• Age: 15+
• Location: Aquatic Complex, 4420 Burns Road