American Red Cross  -     Lifeguard Training Course  

An American Red Cross Certified Lifeguard is employable at lakes, pools and beaches all around the world.  This extensive course teaches water rescue skills, CPR for the Professional Rescuer, AED and Oxygen Administration.                   

REGISTRATION: Sign-up begins April 1st by calling 973-724-7275 (PARK) or email Maureen.Tsadilas@us.army.mil  The fee is $350.00 for the course.  There will be a total of three training sessions offered for this course. Participants MUST attend all dates included in their training session.

Training includes a total of 32 hours of instruction, a training manual, CPR mask and certification cards

Each Training Session will be held at Frog Falls BLDG 3227

Training Session 1: April 28th (8:30pm-3:30pm), April 29th (8:30pm-3:30pm) & May 6th (8:30pm-3:30pm)

Training Session 2: May 11th (3:30pm-7:30pm), May 12th (8:30am-3:30pm), May 13th (8:30am-3:30pm), May 14th (3:30pm-7:30pm)

Course Prerequisites

To be eligible for the lifeguarding course, the participant must be 15 years of age prior to the last day of the class registered for.
The participant must successfully complete the following:

1.500 meter swim using a combination of crawl (freestyle) and breast stroke

2.Ability to retrieve a 10lb weight from the bottom of the pool and swim 25 yards supporting the weight

Certification Requirements

Upon successful completion of the lifeguarding course, each participant will receive two American Red Cross Universal Certificates- one indicating Lifeguarding/First Aid, which is valid for 3 years, and another indicating CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, which is valid for 2 years.

To receive the two courses completion certificates for the American Red Cross Lifeguarding course, the participant must:

• Attend all classes the course is designed to be taught in approximately 21 hrs.
• Demonstrate competency in all required skills and activities.
• Demonstrate competency in all final skills scenarios.
• Correctly answer at least 80 percent of the questions in the three sections of the written final exam.

  Life Guard Registration form

CPR/FIRST AID/AED for the Professional Rescuer

REV. 1/2012 - Two Year Certification

Course 1: April 21st 12:00-5:00pm

Course 2: May 13th 8:30am-3:30pm

Cost: $100.00

CPR/ First Aid/ AED for the Community/Work Place

Course: April 21st 8:00am-12:00pm

Cost: $75.00

For Course Registration Contact:

Maureen Tsadilas 973-724-7275