Lifeguard Training Course

The Regional YMCA of Western Connecticut, Greenknoll Branch is offering American Red Cross programs designed to prepare individuals to become certified lifeguards in the pool and waterfront aquatic environments. This program is a combination of various aquatic and non- aquatic safety education courses.

This program consists of the following courses:
Lifeguard Training & First Aid
CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer
Waterfront Lifeguard Module
Each class will consist of classroom and pool time. For the water portion of the program participants need to bring a bathing suit, goggles, swim cap and towel. For the classroom portion, participants need the Class books (passed out first day) Pen, notebook.

Fees
Lifeguard Training Course - $375.00
This fee includes textbooks, certification cards, and individual pocket facemasks.
No program membership is required.


Prerequisites:
15 years of age prior to the last scheduled day of class.
Swim 550 yards (about 500 meters) continuously (NO STOPPING), using these strokes in
  the following order:
200 yards front crawl using rhythmic breathing and a stabilizing propellant kick;
200 yards breastroke using a pull, breathe, kick and glide sequence;
150 yards of either front crawl or breastroke or combination.
Starting in the water, swim 20 yards using front crawl or breastroke, surface dive 7 to 10
  feet, retrieve a 10-pound object, return to the surface, swim 20 yards back to the starting
  point with the object (in both hands and object on your chest) and exit the water without
  using a ladder or steps, within 1 minute, 40 seconds.
Swim 5 yards; submerge and retrieve three dive rings placed 5 yards apart in 4-7 feet of
water; resurface; and swim 5 yards to the side of the pool.

Requirements:
Each candidate needs to successfully pass/complete all of the following to be certified:
1. Written Test
2. Water Test
3. Mandatory Attendance (Student cannot miss any classes, there are No Makeups)