Lifeguarding Instructor
Purpose: To train instructor
candidates to teach basic-level Lifeguarding,
Waterfront Lifeguarding, Waterpark
Lifeguarding and Shallow Water Attendant (all
including first aid), Lifeguard Management, CPR/AED for the Professional
Rescuer, Administering Emergency Oxygen, Bloodborne Pathogens Training: Preventing Disease
Transmission and Basic Water Rescue courses. Instructor candidates also will
become familiar with GuardStart: Lifeguarding Tomorrow and the Water Safety
presentations.
 Prerequisites:
- Be at least 17
years of age on or before the last scheduled day of the instructor
course.
- Possess a Fundamentals
of Instructor Training Certificate issued within the last year or
possess a current national Health and Safety Services Instructor
Authorization Certificate.
- Successfully
complete the precourse session. This includes
passing the precourse written exam with a
score of 80 percent or higher for each of the three sections and
demonstrating competency in the precourse
skills scenarios evaluation.
Learning
Objectives:
- Expand on
information from the American Red Cross Fundamentals of Instructor
Training (FIT) course to teach the courses and presentations in the Lifeguarding program.
- Demonstrates
the characteristics required of an American Red Cross representative and
role model.
- Teach courses
in a manner that helps participants stay engaged in the learning
process.
- Ensure
participants' health and safety during training.
- Demonstrate
skills at an appropriate level of performance.
- Maintain
complete and accurate records and reports.
- Plan, organize
and conduct the course and presentations in the Lifeguarding
program in accordance with the requirements of the specific course or
presentation they will be teaching, and evaluate participants.
- Monitor
participants' practice and provide corrective feedback and encouragement
consistent with the critical skill performance steps.
Certification
Requirements:
- Successfully
complete the precourse session. Attend and
actively participate in all course sessions.
- Successfully
complete class activities, including the required practice-teaching
assignments.
- Complete the Bloodborne Pathogens Training: Preventing Disease
Transmission Instructor Self-Study/Pre-Test.
- Score at least
80 percent on the basic-level Administering Emergency Oxygen final
written exam.
- Score at least
80 percent on the Lifeguarding Instructor
Course final written exam.
Certificate
Issued and Validity Period: Lifeguarding
Instructor: Authorization is for 2 calendar years. All authorizations
expire on December 31 of each year. Initial authorization may be for less or
more time depending on when training is completed.
Classes to be an
American Red Cross water safety (lifeguard) instructor are offered in the
spring. Please contact our office (contact information at bottom of this
page) in March or April for scheduling and registration information.
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