Defender Aquatics

AMERICAN RED CROSS LIFEGUARDING RECERTIFICATION COURSE - BLENDED LEARNING (LG Recert)

Online Component Required?

Yes. This class is taught in a blended learning format and the assigned online session must be completed prior to the instructor-led session. The online session includes skill lessons and skills demonstration videos and features adaptive learning, in which participants can test out of the online content they already know, allowing each participant a tailored individual experience and ensuring all learners enter the instructor-led session with the knowledge they need to be successful.  The online session for the course takes up to 2 hours, 30 minutes to complete.

Purpose/Overview:

The Lifeguarding Recertification course is designed to refresh your knowledge and skills. Upon successful completion, you will renew your certification for another two years. The instructor-led classroom session takes approximately 8 hours to complete.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Age Requirement: Must be a minimum of 15 years old
• Certification Requirement: Current American Red Cross Lifeguarding certification (...or certification expired by no more than 30 days)

Pre-course Session Swimming Assessment/Skills Evaluation: (Failure to pass pre-course assessment will prevent continuation in the course.)

• Swim-Tread-Swim: Swim 150 yards (front crawl/breaststroke), tread water for 2 minutes (legs only), then swim 50 yards (front crawl/breaststroke).
• Brick Dive: Swim 20 yards, dive 7–10 feet to retrieve a 10-lb brick, and swim it back to the starting side within 1 minute, 40 seconds.
  

Requirements for Certification:

• Must attend all class dates
• Must successfully demonstrate all rescue skills and scenarios in the water and on land 
• Must pass the written test with a minimum 80% score to become certified. 

Certification(s) Earned and Validity Period(s):

• Successful participants will earn recertification in American Red Cross Lifeguarding / CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers / First Aid, which is valid for 2 years from the course completion date.
• Please be aware that most departments of health only recognize the first year of your CPR certification and require that you recertify every year.