The primary purpose of the American Red Cross Lifeguarding course is to provide entry-level lifeguard participants with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide professional-level care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) personnel take over.
Upcoming Course Dates
All classes are taught in a blended learning format with online pre-course work and in-person skill sessions.
April 1-5
1-6 p.m. all days
May 13-17
4-8 p.m. 5/13-5/16, 4-7 p.m. 5/17
May 28-31
1-6 p.m. all days
June 3-7
1-6 p.m. all days
Cost
JCC members: $225
Non-members: $275
For help setting up your account, follow the tutorials here.
For questions and more information, email Johnny Kimberlin or call at 502-238-2742.
Work at the Trager Family JCC after training and get 100% of your class fees returned!
Conditions apply.
Course Prerequisites
- Be at least 15 years old on or before the final scheduled session of the course.
- Student must demonstrate they can swim 300 yards continuously
- Skill Test 1:
- Swim 150m (6 lengths of the pool), freestyle or breaststroke, putting your face in the water to swim.
- You will then immediately tread water for 2 minutes, using your legs only and keeping your head out of the water.
- You will then immediately swim 50m (2 lengths of the pool).
- You may wear goggles for all of prerequisite
- Skill Test 2:
- You will swim 20 yards to the deep end of the pool where you will swim to the bottom to retrieve a 10lb brick.
- Once you retrieve the brick you will swim on your back to the shallow end, 20 yards, while holding the brick on your chest.
- You will then exit the water without using steps or a ladder.
- You will have 1 minute and 40 seconds to complete prerequisite 2.
- You are not allowed to wear goggles during prerequisite 2.
- Certification Requirements
- Attend the entire course and participate in all class sessions.
- Actively participate in all course activities, including assuming various roles during scenarios.
- Demonstrate competency in all required skills.
- Pass the final skills scenarios.
- Successfully pass final written exams with a minimum grade of 80%. If a participant fails to reach the minimum 80% on the final written exam, a retest is allowed using the other version of the exam, provided that the participant has passed the practical assessment.
- Blended Learning only: complete all eLearning modules.