Lifeguard Training: 15 years and older

The purose of the Lifeguarding course is to provide entry-level lifeguarding participants with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) personnel take over.

Prerequisites

Participants must be at least 15 years of age and be able to swim 300 yards continuously using the front crawl and breaststroke. Also they must be able to swim 20 yards using a front crawl stroke or breaststroke and surface dive to 7-10 ft and retrieve a 10 lb object and surface and return to the start.

Certification Requirements

  • Attend and participate in all class sessions
  • Demonstrate competency in all required skills and activities
  • Demonstrate competency in all required final rescue skill scenarios
  • Pass both the Section 1-CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer and First Aid and Section 2- Lifeguarding Skills final written exams with minimum grades of 80 percent.

Certificate Issued and Validity Period

American Red Cross certificate for Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED: 2 years
 Lifeguard Training Schedule (Link to additional information)
For more information email rhonda.blank@uncp.edu or call 910.775.4629

Cost

$200

Why Choose Us?

Why lifeguarding?

We use the new American Red Cross Lifeguad Course. It is a blended course, both online at home, and that the pool with the instructors.
Why take a lifeguarding course with us?
  • Our Program is the most convenient way to become a lifeguard.
  • We have the most options in the area.
  • If your schedule changes, you can switch to one of our other open courses at no cost.
  • We have tons of training equipment. In most lifeguarding courses you spend a good portion of the class waiting around for your turn to train on different kinds of rescue equipment. This can shorten our course by HOURS!
  • You have access to the instructor by email, phones, and text. You can ask questions ahead of time, voice your concerns and get coaching.
  • We waste no time in our courses, they are fast-paced. We know how you value your time. You will never wait for your instructors to prepare. Transitions are fast, and we streamline all aspects of the course.
  • We have small instructor to student ratios. This is one of the ways we keep our quality so high. If you don't understand a skill or concept, an instructor will work with you one on one until you succeed.
  • Many lifeguarding courses are taught by people who only teach one course every other year or so. Our head instructors are highly trained experts in lifeguarding.
  • Our candidates have very high success rates in our programs. However, if you don't pass your lifeguarding course with us you have options you won't have in other courses. Because we offer so many classes, you can jump into another for the segment(s) you need more help with and take the test again at no additional cost.
For more information email rhonda.blank@uncp.edu.