Red Cross Lifeguard Training Course

Date: All day from to

Location: CCRI Lincoln, 1762 Old Louisquisset Pike

Registration: https://www.ccri.edu/faculty_staff/psych/ksalisbury/courses/lifeguard-training-rhode-island

Registration is through CCRI. This course is designed to teach lifeguards the skills and knowledge needed to prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies. Lifesaving materials of the American Red Cross are included to meet requirements for the state of Rhode Island. 
 

TO REGISTER FOR THE LIFEGUARD COURSE:

  1. Registration for all courses takes place at the CCRI Admissions office.
  2. If you have never taken classes at CCRI prior, you must apply and register in person.
  3. If you are a high school student you will need the High School Enrichment and Application Form
           or you can find the form here as well.
  4. The Blended Learning Lifeguard Course includes on online portion. You will receive an email for the online registration portion of the course. Please be sure you have an active email on your CCRI account. All correspondence will be sent to your MyCCRI email that ends in name@my.ccri.edu.

Prerequisites: (administered during first hour of class)

  1. Must be 15 Years old.
  2. Swim 300 yards continuously using crawl stroke and breaststroke.
    Participants must use rotary breathing in the crawl stroke.
  3. Starting in the water, swim 20 yards using front crawl or breaststroke, surface dive 7-10 feet, retrieve 10-pound object, return to surface, swim 20 yards back with your face out of the water to the starting point with the object and exit the water without using ladders or steps, within 1 minute, 40 seconds. You must have two hands on the brick at all times.
  4. Tread water for 2 minutes with legs only. (Hands must remain in both armpits)
  5. These skills must be met in order to remain in the course.

Contact Kevin Salisbury for more information at ksalisbury@ccri.edu

Event Type: Lifeguard Training Course