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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