HEALTH AND SAFETY CLASSES

Super Splasher Aquatics offers complete Lifeguarding, CPR/First Aid and Babysitting w/ Pediatric CPR classes conducted by our American Red Cross certified instructors.

​LIFEGUARDING​

Interested in a great summer job or challenging career as a professional lifeguard? Through videos, group discussion and hands-on practice, you’ll learn teamwork, rescue and surveillance skills, First Aid and CPR/AED and other skills you need to work as a professional lifeguard. We offer courses tailored to waterparks and waterfronts. Also available in online/onsite blended learning format.

• 2 year First Aid and CPR/AED certifications
  
• 2 year Lifeguarding certification
  
• Course length: 26 – 40 hours
  
• Online/onsite format: 27 hours
  
• NOTE:  Shallow Water Lifeguarding Couse is designed to guard at pools that are 5ft deep.  You MAY NOT work at a deeper pool with this certification

Prerequisites:

• Must be 15 years or older on or before the final session of this course. Proof of age is required. It must be in the form of a Learner's Permit, Drivers License, Military ID or a Birth Certificate. Bring ID with you to the pre-course or first class.
• Swim 300 yards continuously demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing (swimming with face in-water required). Students may swim using the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both but swimming on the back or side is not allowed. Swim goggles MAY be used.
• Tread water for 2 minutes using only the legs. Students should place their hands under the armpits.
  
• Complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds.
  
• Starting in the water, swim 20 yards. The face may be in or out of the water. Swim goggles are NOT allowed.
  
• Surface dive, feet-first or head-first, to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object.
  
• Return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point with both hands holding the object and keeping the face at or near the surface so they are able to get a breath. Students should not swim the distance under water.
  
• Exit the water without using a ladder or steps.

Topics Include:

• Injury prevention and facility safety​
  
• Patron surveillance
  
• Rescue skills
  
• Victim assessment
  
• First Aid
  
• CPR/AED
  
• Care for head, neck and spinal injuries