Have you ever considered becoming a lifeguard?

If so, there’s never been a better time to take one of our lifeguarding certification classes offered at the YMCA. Becoming a lifeguard can not only open the door to new job opportunities, but it provides essential safety education that’s focused on preventing accidents in and around the water—and that’s good for everyone. YMCA and American Red Cross courses are designed to provide the participants with the knowledge and skills needed to be a lifeguard.

This course provides entry-level lifeguard participants with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatics emergencies and to provide care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) personnel take over.

Upcoming Lifeguard Training

Become a lifeguard, or if you have been expired longer than 30 days. This is a blended learning program with both online and instructor led components. Participants required to register 2 weeks before the course starts in order to complete the online portion before the instructor led portion begins.

100% attendance required. Find more details at www.siymca.org.

Instructor Led Courses schedule: Check out the Program Guide

Prevent, Recognize and Respond!

• In order to participate in the American Red Cross Re-certification Course, you must already be certified as a lifeguard.  If your certification has expired, you must be within on month of expiration in order to participate in a re-cert course. If you have been expired longer than one month, you will need to participate in and pay for the full course again.
• A re-certification course consists of performing all the in-water rescue skills, CPR/First Aid skills and completing the required written exams with an 80% or better. It is possible for the course to be completed in one day, however, the schedule may be divided up over the course of numerous days. This will be determined by the instructor.
• Each participant must have 100% participation in order to complete. Missing a scheduled day of class will not be permitted as it can cause disruption for the rest of the participants, and it may not be possible to make up what was missed.

Upcoming Re-certification Course

RE-CERTIFICATIONS

For those already certified as an ARC Lifeguard but soon to expire. Review in-water skills and First Aid/CPR/AED skills, then take written exam.

Schedule: Please check out the Program Guide