YMCA LIFEGUARD TRAINING

BUILD CONFIDENCE, SAVE A LIFE

Sign up for Lifeguard Training at Lake Highlands Family YMCA

Register at the Front Desk and receive the LG Candidate Welcome Letter.
Complete the first page of the letter and hand it to the Membership staff.
Complete page 5 and bring to the training. If you're a minor, you must also bring page 6 with your parent's signature.
Read the welcome letter thoroughly and understand the pre-reqs, expectations, and requirements to successfully pass the class.
You may start on the LG online training immediately. Make sure to print out all 9 certifications of completion as instructed in the welcome letter.
The link for the CPR online training will be sent a week prior to the first training day. Print out the certificate of completion as instructed in the letter.

NEXT COURSE:

April 10th -14th
Wednesday-Friday 4:30-9p, Saturday-Sunday 8-4 pm
Held at Lake Highlands Family YMCA

May 8th -19th

Wed-Fri 4:30-9pm, Saturday-Sunday 8:00-4:00p

Location: TBD

Cost: $150 – members or $200 – nonmembers

Course Includes:

Prerequisites:

Must be at least 16 years old
Able to swim 100 yd in 2 min
Tread water for 2 min using legs only
Surface dive to depth of 10 feet and swim 15 ft underwater
Complete a 200 yd swim consisting of Front Crawl, Breaststroke, sidestroke and Elementary Backstroke w/ hands on chest
Sprint 60 ft, perform head first surface dive to retrieve object 10 ft deep, tread water for 1 min w/o hands, return object to depth of 10 ft, swim remainder of pool length, exit pool and perform 100 chest compressions on a mannequin.

Additional Assignments:

ASHI e-learning:

All ASHI e-learning must be complete by the first day of class. Y Lifeguard e-learning must be completed by assigned dates.

Participants must attend classes in the registered session – no make up times are available.

*Classes will be offered seasonally based on hiring needs