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Obtain the skills and the knowledge needed by professional lifeguards to prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies at swimming pool facilities. This course includes CPR for the Professional Rescuer, First Aid, Preventing Disease Transmission and Lifeguard Training.
All participants must:
- Be at least 15 years of age before the last day of the course
- Bring a one-piece swimsuit, towel and goggles
- Pass the Lifeguard Training Pretest which includes:
- 300 yard continuous swim using front crawl and breaststroke
- Swim 20 yards using front crawl or breast stroke, surface dive and retrieve a 10 pound brick, return to surface and swim 20 yards back to the starting point with the brick.
Location: YWCA Avera Downtown Aquatic Center
Registration: Call the YWCA front desk at 605-336-3660
Fee: $135/Member or $145/Non-member (fee includes books)
2008 Certification Dates/Times:
April 4-6
April 18-20
May 23 from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm
May 27-30
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This class is a review of life guarding skills and an update of the new scills that the Rer Cross has added to life guarding. In this class you will need to complete a 300 yard swim, retrieve a diving brick, learn the newly added lifguard and first aid scills, and complete a written test. The lifeguard and first aid review and re-certification is valid for three years. Bring suit, towel and goggles!
Location: YWCA Avera Downtown Aquatic Center
Fee: $35/Member or $40/Non-member
No classes scheduled at this time.
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This will provide you with the new CPR-PR skills. The CPR-PR was newly upcated by the Red Cross this year. The CPR-PR review will renew your CPR-PR for one year.
Fee: $25/Member or $30/Non-member
Dates/Times:
Apr 6 1 pm - 5 pm
WSI (r-04)
Obtain the skills and knowledge needed to become a Red Cross swimming instructor. This course includes the Fundamentals of Instructor Training class needed to be an instructor.
All participants must:
- Bring a one piece swimsuit, towel and goggles
- Be at least 16 years old before the last day of the course
- Pass the WSI Pretest which includes:
1. Back float for one minute
2. Tread water for one minute
3. Front and back crawl, sidestroke, elementary backstroke, 50 yards
4. Butterfly, 10 yards
Location: YWCA Avera Downtown Aquatics Center
Fee: $165/Members or $175/Non-members
Dates/Times:
MAY 2007
May 10 8 am - 12 noon
Employment: As an instructor, you can teach Red Cross swim lessons. Contact Chad Thomsen at 336-3662, if interested in teaching at the YWCA.
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Are you interested in training young adults to become lifeguards? If you hold a current lifeguard certificate, contact Chad Thomsen at 336-3660, for more information.
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