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Training & Certification
International Students Support Center of New York is American Red Cross authorized provider and is pleased to offer work/travel program participants the following lifeguarding training and certifications:
Purpose: To teach participants the knowledge and skills needed to prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies. The course content and activities prepare participants to recognize and respond quickly and effectively to emergencies and prevent drowning and injuries.
Prerequisites:
- Minimum age of 18 years
- Swim 300 yards continuously
- Starting in the water, swim 20 yards using front crawl or breaststroke, surface dive 7-10 feet, retrieve a 10-pound object, return to the surface using a ladder or steps, within 1 minute, 40 seconds
Learning objectives:
- Understand the value of behaving in a professional manner
- Learn how to identify behaviors of a swimmer, distressed swimmer and an active or passive drowning victim
- Understand the components of an emergency action plan and how to activate it
- Understand the general procedures for an emergency occurring in the water or on land
- Demonstrate how to perform equipment-based rescues
- Learn how to provide first aid and how to care for breathing and cardiac emergencies
- Learn how to recognize and care for possible head, neck or back injuries
Length: 31 hours, 15 minutes (including the precourse session)
Certification requirements:
- Attend all class sessions
- Demonstrate competency in all required skills and activities
- Demonstrate competency in the three final skill scenarios
- Correctly answer at least 80 percent of the questions in the three sections of the final written exam
Certificate issued and validity period:
Lifeguarding/First Aid: 3 years
CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer: 1 year
Participant materials: All materials are provided free of charge
Purpose: To teach participants the knowledge and skills needed to prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies both in pool and at a waterfront environment. The course content and activities prepare participants to recognize and respond quickly and effectively to emergencies and prevent drowning and injuries.
Prerequisites:
Minimum age of 18 years
- Swim 550 years (about 500 meters) continuously
- Starting in the water, swim 20 yards using front crawl or breaststroke, surface dive 7-10 feet, retrieve a 10-pound object, return to the surface, swim 20 yards back to the starting point with the object and exit the water without using a ladder or steps, within 1 minute, 40 seconds
- Swim 5 yards, submerge and retrieve three dive rings placed 5 yards apart in 4-7 feet of water, resurface and swim 5 yards to the side of the pool
Learning objectives:
- Understand the value of behaving in a professional manner
- Learn how to identify behaviors of a swimmer, distressed swimmer and an active or passive drowning victim
- Describe conditions that affect surveillance at a waterfront
- Understand the components of an emergency action plan and how to activate it
- Understand the general procedures for an emergency occurring in the water or on land
- Demonstrate how to perform equipment-based rescues
- Describe and demonstrate how to perform the skills used in special rescue situations, such as missing person procedures and cold-water rescue
- Demonstrate how to perform water-specific rescue skills for a waterfront facility
- Learn how to provide first aid and how to care for breathing and cardiac emergencies
- Learn how to recognize and care for possible head, neck of back injuries
Length: 37 hours (including precourse session)
Certification requirements:
- Attend all class sessions
- Demonstrate competency in all required skills and activities
- Demonstrate competency in the three final skill scenarios
- Correctly answer at least 80 percent of the questions in the three sections of the final written exam
Certificate issued and validity period:
Lifeguarding/Waterfron/First Aid: 3 years
CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer: 1 year
Participant materials: All materials are provided free of charge
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