The primary purpose of the Red Cross Water Safety Instructor class is to train instructor candidates to teach water safety, including the Basic Water Rescue and Personal Water Safety courses, six levels of Learn-to-Swim, three levels of Preschool Aquatics and two levels of Parent and Child Aquatics. Certification valid for 2 years.
There are no courses scheduled at this time, however we do offer 3-4 per year. If you would like to be contacted when we set up future courses, please call Susan at 770-781-1781. |
To be eligible for the Water Safety Instructor course, instructor candidates must:
Pre-course required skills include: Swim 25 yards of Front crawl, Back crawl, Breaststroke, Elementary Backstroke, Sidestroke consistent with ARC Level 4 & 15 yards of Butterfly; Maintain position on back for 1 minute in deep water (floating or sculling); Tread water (1 minute)
To be certified as a Water Safety instructor, instructor candidates must:
Candidates who fail to pass the pre-course but fail to achieve all of the other certification requirements will not be provided any full or partial refund. This is a blended learning course offering which will require candidates to complete an online portion (approximately 7 hours). Upon registration for the online portion, an AP fee of $35 will be due to the American Red Cross. Course length excluding the online portion is 23.5 hours. The remaining fee of $234 includes course materials.
WSI Course Fee
Total: $269*
*Includes $234 Aquatic Center fee ($80 non-refundable
if pre-test is failed) +$35 fee due to American Red Cross
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201 Aquatic Circle
Cumming, GA 30040
Phone: 770.781.1781
Fax: 770.781.1786