Duration: 36 hours

Fee: Call facility for details

Purpose:
To train instructor candidates to teach basic-level Lifeguarding, Waterfront Lifeguarding, Waterpark Lifeguarding and Shallow Water Attendant (all including first aid), Lifeguard Management, CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, Administering Emergency Oxygen, Bloodborne Pathogens Training: Preventing Disease Transmission and Basic Water Rescue courses. Instructor candidates also will become familiar with GuardStart: Lifeguarding Tomorrow and the Water Safety presentations.

Learning Objectives:

• Expand on information from the American Red Cross Fundamentals of Instructor Training (FIT) course to teach the courses and presentations in the Lifeguarding program;
• Demonstrate the characteristics required of an American Red Cross representative and role model;
• Monitor participants' practice and provide corrective feedback and encouragement consistent with the critical skill performance steps;
• Teach courses in a manner that helps participants stay engaged in the learning process;
• Plan, organize, and conduct the courses and presentations in the Lifeguarding Program in accordance with the requirements of the specific course or presentation they will be teaching, and evaluate participants;
• Demonstrate skills at an appropriate level of performance;
• Maintain complete and accurate records and reports; 
• Ensure participants' health and safety during training.
   

Prerequisites:

• Be at least 17 years of age by the last scheduled session of the instructor course;
• Possess a Fundamentals of Instructor Training (FIT) certificate issued in the last year or possess a current Health and Safety Services Instructor Authorization Certificate;
• Successfully complete the precourse session.  This includes passing the precourse written exam with a score of 80 percent or higher for each of the three sections and demonstrating competency in the precourse skills and scenarios evaluation.
  

Certification Requirements:

• Successfully complete the precourse session;
• Attend and actively participate in all course sessions;
• Successfully complete class activities, including the required practice-teaching assignments;
• Score at least of 80 percent on the basic-level Administering Emergency Oxygen final written exam and the Lifeguarding Instructor Course final written exam.
• Complete the Bloodborne Pathogens Training: Preventing Disease Transmission Instructor Self-Study/Pre-Test.
  

Certificates Issued & Validity Period:

Lifeguarding Instructor: Authorization is for 2 calendar years. All authorizations expire on December 31st. Initial authorization may be for less or more time depending on when training is completed.

Course Sections
 

Dane County

Dodge County

Jefferson County

Kenosha County

Milwaukee County

Ozaukee County

Racine County

Walworth County

Washington County

Waukesha County