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Lifeguard Certification Course

Become a certified lifeguard!

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Get signed up for this class through Sports, Fitness and Aquatics to become a certified lifeguard! This course is designed for individuals who want to lifeguard in a pool setting.

Additional Information:

  • Participants must be at least 16 by the last day of the course
  • The course includes:
    • A swimming pre-test* the first day of class
    • Rescue skills for shallow and deep water
    • Spinal injury management skills
    • CPR skills
    • AED skills
    • First aid skills
    • Written test
    • In water skills test
  • At the completion of the course, participants will be certified in Lifeguard Training, CPR for the Professional Rescuer, AED for adult and child, and First Aid
  • Participants should be prepared to enter the water at lifeguard classes
  • You will need to bring:
    • A writing instrument
    • Swim suit
    • Towel
    • Food/beverage (optional)
    • Proof of age (birth certificate, drivers license, permit, etc)

* Swimming Pre-Test Consists of:

  • 300yd swim (100yds front crawl, 100yds breaststroke, 100yds of either stroke) - not timed
  • Do a 20yd swim retrieve a 10lb brick at a 7-10 feet depth, return to the starting point with the brick and exit the pool without any aide within 1 minute and 40 seconds

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Cost

$75.00

Registration Information

Show up first day of the course and register after they past the pre-test.