Water Safety Instructor Course


If you are at least 16 years old and a proficient swimmer, you can become an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor. This approximately 30-hour course will help you:
• Teach skills that may save a life.
• Gain terrific work experience as an aquatics professional.
• Earn money or join a volunteer team while you help people learn valuable skills.
                  • Learn organizational and presentation skills that will help you in any career.
                  • Make a difference in peoples lives.
Whether you want to splash around with kids and teach them to swim, help children and adults refine their strokes or teach diving safety techniques, you can do it as an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor.
PREREQUISITES:
                  • Minimum age of 16.
                  • Fundamentals of Instructor Training Course (F.I.T.).
                  • Demonstrate swimming skills consistent with the Stroke Performance
.                    Charts, Level 4, by swimming the following strokes: Front Crawl - 25
.                    yards; Back Crawl - 25 yards; Breaststroke - 25 yards; Elementary
.                    backstroke - 25 yards; Sidestroke - 25 yards; Butterfly - 15 yards.
                  • Maintain position on back for 1 minute in deep water (floating or sculling).  
                  • Tread water for 1 minute.  


Sandwich Community School
365 Quakermeetinghouse Rd
East Sandwich, MA, 02537
(508) 888-5300
Contact: Maria
May 19-June 18, Mondays & Wednesdays 6:00-9:30pm (no class Monday, May 26). Cost $279.00/resident, $289.00/non-resident.


P.O. Box 188
2245 Route 132
West Barnstable, MA 02668
1-(800)-339-YMCA
(508) 362-6500
Contact: info@ymcacapecod.org
June 4-12, (No class on Sunday, June 8) 9:00am-6:00pm, weekdays, 8:00am-12:00pm Saturday. Class takes place at Camp Good News from 9:00am-12:00pm and at the YMCA from 2:00-6:00pm. Saturday class held at the YMCA
Cost: $331.00/members, $416.00/non-members


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