Lifeguard Training Courses

Course length:  Approximately 28 hours

Prerequisites:

Minimum age 15

Able to swim 500 yards continuously, using the following strokes in order:

• Front crawl using rhythmic breathing (200 yards)
• Breaststroke (100 yards)
• Either front crawl using rhythmic breathing or breaststroke (200 yards)

Swim 20 yards using front crawl or breaststroke, surface dive to a depth of 7-10 feet, retrieve a 10 pound object, return to surface, and swim 20 yards back to the starting point with the object