American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification Class (ages 15 and up) / April 12 - 14 / 3 Lesson Days

Prerequisites Candidates should be able to:

Swim 300 yards continuously using breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates may swim using front crawl aka free style, breaststroke, or a combination of both techniques.

Swim 20 yards, surface dive to 8 feet, retrieve and surface with a 10-pound object, return to the starting point, keeping your face out of the water the entire time you are swimming back, place object on side of pool and get out of pool and onto deck in less than 1 minute and 40 seconds.

Tread water for 2 minutes without stopping, using legs only maintaining a vertical position in the water and keeping the head above the surface of the water the entire time.