Lifeguard Training Classes | Eagle Pointe Recreation Complex

American Red Cross Lifeguard Training Course

Next class dates:
• TBD May 2023

Cost: $225*
*EPRC will pay for your Lifeguard Training class if you want to work for EPRC this summer. See the requirements below.
This class is an opportunity for young adults, 15 and up, to earn a Lifeguarding Certification. In this class you receive the Lifeguarding Manual, CPR face mask, Lifeguarding with Standard First Aid, CPR/AED for the Lifeguard, Blood borne Pathogens, and Emergency Oxygen Administration. This course is for experienced swimmers.

PRIOR OR CLASS:

You must show that you meet the prerequisites to a swim coach at Eagle Pointe prior to signing up for this class.
After passing prerequisites and paying for class in full, you will be emailed access to the home study materials.
After completing the online portion of the course, print the certificate of completion and bring it with you to class. (Or you can email the certificate to the class instructor if you do not have access to a printer.)
Attend all in-person sessions.

Click the button below to sign up. Please print the information form linked below and bring the signed permission slip along with a check / money order to the aquatics department.

After the swimming requirements are met and you've paid for your class, you will be issued your book and study materials. It is strongly recommended that you study the material and practice the prerequisites because you will have to swim them at the deep water pool to pass the course. Private Swim Instructors are available if you need help developing your swimming. Visit our Private Swim Lessons page for info & booking lessons.

Lifeguard Prerequisites

(Swimming Requirements)
Participants must prerequisite test out 1 week prior to class and have the online portion done before 1^st day.

Applicants Seeking EPRC Lifeguard Employment:

Swim 500 yards continuously, using these strokes in the following order:
- 200 yards of front crawl using rhythmic breathing and a stabilizing, propellant kick. Rhythmic breathing can be performed either by breathing to the side or to the front.
- 200 yards of breaststroke using a pull, breathe, kick and glide sequence.
- 100 yards of either the front crawl or breaststroke. The 100 yards may be a combination of front crawl and breaststroke.
Starting in the water, swim 20 yards using front crawl or breaststroke, surface dive 7–10 feet, retrieve a 10-pound object, return to the surface, swim 20 yards back to the starting point with the object and exit the water without using a ladder or steps, within 1:40.
You must tread water for 2 minutes using legs only.

$45 application fee due when prerequisites are passed

Bring this completed form and an application.

Swimmers not applying for an EPRC Job:

Swim 300 yards continuously, using these strokes in the following order:
- 100 yards of front crawl using rhythmic breathing and a stabilizing, propellant kick. Rhythmic breathing can be performed either by breathing to the side or to the front.
- 100 yards of breaststroke using a pull, breathe, kick and glide sequence.
- 100 yards of either the front crawl or breaststroke. The 100 yards may be a combination of front crawl and breaststroke.
Starting in the water, swim 20 yards using front crawl or breaststroke, surface dive 7–10 feet, retrieve a 10-pound object, return to the surface, swim 20 yards back to the starting point with the object and exit the water without using a ladder or steps, within 1:40.
You must tread water for 2 minutes using legs only.

Payment of $225 due when prerequisites are passed

Bring this completed form.

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