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American Red Cross (ARC) Lifeguard Training Course

Learn the latest skills and techniques of water rescues in courses taught by certified ARC instructors following the ARC curriculum. This ARC lifeguarding course will provide necessary minimum skills to serve as a non-surf lifeguard. Other areas that lifeguarding will cover are:

  • Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

  • CPR For Lifeguards

  • Preventing Disease Transmission (PDT)

  • First Aid

  • Bloodborne Pathogens Training

Prerequisites:

  • Must be at least 15 years old

  • Must swim 300 yards continuously using front crawl with rhythmic breathing for 100 yards, breaststroke for 100 yards, and 100 yards of either front crawl with rhythmic breathing or breaststroke.

  • Swim 20 yards using front crawl or breaststroke, surface dive to a depth of 8 ft, retrieve a 10 lb brick, return to the surface and swim 20 yards back to the starting point with the brick and exit the water in 1 minute and 40 seconds.

Costs

Cost for students/members is $75 and $90 for non-members.


Course Length: 31 hours

There is an additional Red Cross Fee: for books, a pocket mask, and a first aid kit. Books must be picked up at the Red Cross prior to the first day of class.


Session One: Registration deadline is February 10th.

February 15 - March 3, 2010

6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Febreuary 20, 2010

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Saturday


Session Two: Registration deadline is March 24th.

March 30 - April 15, 2010

6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

April 10, 2010

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Saturday


Location

Counsilman/Billingsley Aquatic Center at the SRSC


Registration

Sign up at Member Services at SRSC 115 or HPER Wildermuth


American Red Cross (ARC) Lifeguard Training Challenge

Already know lifeguarding skills and confident in your abilities but need recertification? Without taking the lifeguard training course, perform all the ARC Lifeguarding skills correctly in a session supervised by a certified instructor and receive your certification. Testing sessions are from 5:30-10 p.m. at the Counsilman/Billingsley Aquatic Center at the SRSC.

Register by August 29 for the September 3 challenge and register by September 4 for the September 9 challenge.

Register by March 27 for the Thursday, April 1 challenge and register by April 21 for the Monday, April 26 challenge.


Prerequisites

Current or recently expired certification from the ARC * Must be able to demonstrate all major skills in lifeguarding, CPR, First Aid and need a current or recently expired lifeguarding certification from the ARC.


Costs (non-refundable)

$42 - Lifeguarding, CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer and First-Aid certification

$20 - CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer only


ARC Fundamentals of Instruction (FIT) Course

This course is a prerequisite for Lifeguard Instructor and Water Safety Instructor and will be taught at the beginning of these courses. Separate registration is required if FIT course has never been completed. Presentation of FIT certification required if previously completed. The fee is $20.


Lifeguard Instructor Training (LGI)

Guidelines and techniques for teaching lifeguarding are taught in this noncredit ARC class. Participants will be certified in Lifeguard Instruction.


Prerequisite

Candidates for the class are required to be currently certified ARC Lifeguards.


Costs

Cost for students/members is $150 and $185 for non-members.


Course Length

Registration deadline is January 27

February 1-11, 2010

5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Monday - Thursday

February 6

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Saturday


Location

Counsilman/Billingsley Aquatic Center at the SRSC


Registration

Sign up at Member Services at SRSC 115 or HPER Wildermuth.


Water Safety Instructor (WSI) Class

Prerequisites:

  • Must be at least 16 years of age, be able to demonstrate ability to swim 25 yards of front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, and sidestroke, and 15 yards of butterfly

  • Should be able to maintain position for 1 minute on back and tread water in deep water.

Cost

Cost for students/members is $150 and $185 for non-members.


Course Length: 35 hours

Registration deadline is February 17

February 22 - March 4, 2010

5:30 - 9:30 PM

Monday-Thursday

February 27

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Saturday


Location:


Counsilman/Billingsley Aquatic Center at the SRSC Registration: Sign up at Member Services at HPER Wildermuth or SRSC 115.