North River Lifeguard, CPR & First Aid

LIFEGUARD CERTIFICATION CLASSES

Get trained to save lives! The North River Family YMCA offers a variety of certification courses, from Lifeguarding to CPR/First Aid/AED/O2.  Check out our schedules to see if our offerings meet your needs.

Member Cost:                       $225             
Non-Member Cost:               $275

Blended Learning Course (online work required prior to in-person work).

In-person class times are:
 

              
PREREQUISITES

Complete a swim-tread-swim sequence without stopping to rest.

• Jump into the water and totally submerge, resurface, then swim 150 yards using front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination of both (swimming on the back or side is not allowed. Goggles are permitted).
• Maintain position at the surface of the water for 2 minutes by treading water using only the legs.
• Swim 50 yards using the front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination of both.

Complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds. 

• Starting in the water, swim 20 yards (face in or out of the water, goggles are NOT allowed).
• Surface dive to a depth of 7-10ft to retrieve a 10lb object, return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point, holding the object at the surface with both hands and keeping the face out at or near the surface.
• Exit water without using ladder or steps.
• 15 years of age (proof of age will be required).

LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR/INSTRUCTOR TRAINER RECERTIFICATION COURSE

The purpose of the Lifeguard Instructor and Trainer Recertification course:

1. Practice, improve, and polish the lifeguarding skills to ensure instructors and instructor trainers can perform the lifeguarding skills as well as be able to recognize correct and incorrect skill performance. 
    
2. Ensure the consistency of the Red Cross program skills and knowledge across the instructors and instructor trainers through feedback and evaluation from the practicing Lifeguard Instructor Trainers. Instructor trainers should be able to provide global reminders about each skill set and then conduct practice in a drill format, staggering the participants with all the instructors/instructor trainers participating. Instructor trainers must be in a position to see all participants, provide global and individual feedback, repeating skills as necessary to polish skill performance.

Candidates must have current Red Cross lifeguard instructor certificate or one expired by no more than one (1) year prior to the last day of class. 

Member Cost:                       $75              
Non-Member Cost:               $75

Saturday, November 22

• 9:00am - 6:00 pm

Sunday, November 23rd (optional basic-level lifeguarding recertification available)

• 9:00am - 2:00pm

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For questions or more information, contact Allison Dupree, Aquatics Director.