Lifeguarding

Are you 15 or older and looking for a great summer job or a challenging career? American Red Cross Lifeguarding is the best place to start! Lifeguarding can put you on the path to exciting opportunities. You could be part of a team that saves a life!

Colleges and employers look for applicants who can deal effectively with people, who have a take charge attitude and who are willing to work to develop new skills.

Prerequisites:

Minimum age 15
Swim 300 yards continuously
Starting in the water, swim 20 yards using front crawl or breaststroke, surface dive 7-10 feet, retrieve a 10 pound object, return to the surface, swim 20 yards back to the starting point with the object and exit the water without using a ladder or steps, within 1 minute, 40 seconds.

Additional Waterfront Prerequisites:

Swim 550 yards (about 500 meters) continuously.
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.

What You Will Learn

American Red Cross lifeguard training is both challenging and rewarding. Through classroom and hands-on practice, you'll:

Understand the value of behaving in a professional manner.
Learn how to identify behaviors of a swimmer, distressed swimmer and an active or possible drowning victim.
Understand the components of an emergency action plan and how to activate it.
Understand the general procedures for an emergency occurring in the water or on land.
Demonstrate how to perform equipment-based rescues.
Learn how to provide first aid and how to care for breathing and cardiac emergencies.
Learn how to recognize and care for possible head, neck or back injuries.

Additional Waterfront Learning Objectives

Describe conditions that affect surveillance at a waterfront.
Describe and demonstrate how to perform the skills used in special rescue situations, such as missing person procedures and cold-water rescue.
Demonstrate how to perform water-specific rescue skills for a waterfront facility.

Additional Waterpark Learning Objectives

Understand the conditions that affect surveillance at a waterpark.
Understand and be able to explain safety rules and considerations at waterparks.
Demonstrate how to perform specific water rescue skills for a waterpark facility.

Enroll today for American Red Cross Lifeguarding at an aquatics facility near you. Course lengths vary from 30 to 37 hours and options include:

Lifeguarding - for lifeguards working at traditional pools. Course length is 31.25 hours, including precourse session.
Waterfront Lifeguarding - for lifeguards at non-surf, open-water environments such as lakes and rivers, as well as traditional pools. Course length is37 hours, including the precourse session.
Waterpark Lifeguarding - for lifeguards at waterparks, multi-attraction facilities and traditional pools. Course length is 33.25 hours, including the precourse session.
Shallow Water Attendant - for lifeguards that will work only in areas with water attractions up to four feet deep. Course length 30.5 hours, including the precourse session.

Additional course options found at your local aquatic facility include:

GuardStart: Lifeguarding Tomorrow (for those 11-14 years old)
Lifeguard Management (designed for aquatic managers and lifeguard supervisors)

Certification Requirements:

Attend and participate in all course sessions;
Successfully perform all required skills;
Successfully complete three final skill scenarios; and
Pass the written exam with a score of 80 percent or better on each section

Certificate Issued and Validity Period:

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive a Lifeguard Training and First Aid Certificate, valid for 3 years and a CPR & AED for the Professional Rescuer Certificate, valid for 1 year.

For more information, please call our Lifeguard Hotline: (262) 970-7443.

Milwaukee

LeClub Sports Club, 2001 W. Good Hope Rd., Glendale

To register, call (414) 352-4900 x184 or e-mail geno.kloiber@ourclub.com.

Fri. March 12, 2010 6:00pm-9:00pm
Sat. March 13, 2010 Noon-6:30pm
Sun. March 14, 2010 9:00am-4:00pm
Fri. March 19, 2010 6:00pm-9:00pm
Sat. March 20, 2010 9:00pm-6:00pm
Sun. March 21, 2010 9:00am-1:00pm

LeClub Sports Club, 2001 W. Good Hope Rd., Glendale

To register, call (414) 352-4900 x184 or email geno.kloiber@ourclub.com.

Sat. April 17, 2010 12:00pm-7:30pm
Sat. April 24, 2010 12:00pm-6:30pm
Sat. May 1, 2010 12:00pm-6:30pm
Sat. May 8, 2010 12:00pm-6:30pm
Sat. May 15, 2010 12:00pm-6:30pm

Nicolet Recreation Dept., 6701 N. Jean Nicolet Rd., Glendale

To register, call (414) 351-7566.

Mon. April 5, 2010 7:30am-3:30pm
Tues. April 6, 2010 7:30am-3:30pm
Wed. April 7, 2010 7:30am-3:30pm
Thurs. April 8, 2010 7:30am-3:30pm
Fri. April 9, 2010 7:30am-3:30pm

Nicolet Recreation Dept. 6701 N. Jean Nicolet Rd., Glendale

To register, call (414) 351-7566.

Mon. Aug. 23, 2010 7:30am-3:30pm
Tues. Aug. 24, 2010 7:30am-3:30pm
Thurs. Aug. 26, 2010 7:30am-3:30pm
Fri. Aug. 27, 2010 7:30am-3:30pm

South Division High School, 1515 W. Lapham Blvd., Milwaukee

To register, go to www.MilwaukeeRecreation.net

Mon. April 5, 2010 8:30am-4:45pm
Tues. April 6, 2010 8:30am-4:45pm
Wed. April 7, 2010 8:30am-4:45pm
Thurs. April 8, 2010 8:30am-4:45pm
Fri. April 9, 2010 8:30am-4:45pm

UW Milwaukee Klotsche Center, 34409 N. Downer Ave.

To register, call (414) 229-5209.

Mon. March 22, 2010 8:00am-5:00pm
Tues. March 23, 2010 8:00am-5:00pm
Wed. March 24, 2010 8:00am-5:00pm
Thurs. March 25, 2010 8:00am-5:00pm
Fri. March 26, 2010 8:00am-5:00pm

West Suburban Branch YMCA, 2420 N. 124th St., Wauwatosa

To register, call (414) 454-4647.

Sat. March 27, 2010 1:00pm
Mon. April 5, 2010 8:00am-4:00pm
Tues. April 6, 2010 8:00am-4:00pm
Wed. April 7, 2010 8:00am-4:00pm
Thurs. April 8, 2010 8:00am-4:00pm
Fri. April 9, 2010 8:00am-4:00pm

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