Lifeguard Certification

Looking to give back to your community and build your leadership skills? Then Lifeguarding is for you! Through videos, group discussion and hands-on practice, you’ll learn teamwork, rescue and surveillance skills. This course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide professional-level care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries, and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) personnel take over. Completing the course results in a 2-year certification in Lifeguarding/CPR/AED/First Aid, all in one certificate.

Candidates must meet these requirements for class:

• Be at least 15 years old on or before the final scheduled session of the course.
• Complete the online learning portion of the course BEFORE class begins.
• To participate in the course, you must be able to pass a prerequisite swimming skills evaluation, which includes two parts and takes place during the first class session.
•  Prerequisite 1: Jump in, submerge, resurface and swim 150 yards continuously, tread water for 2 minutes, and then swim 50 more yards. While swimming, you must keep your face in the water and demonstrate good breath control. You may swim using the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both. Swimming on the back or side is not permitted. Swim goggles are allowed. When treading, you must use only your legs.
• Prerequisite 2: Complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds. Starting in the water, swim 20 yards. Your face may be in or out of the water. Swim goggles are not allowed. Surface dive (head-first or feet-first) to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object. Return to the surface and swim 20 yards on your back to return to the starting point, holding the object at the surface with both hands and keeping your face at or near the surface. Swimming the distance underwater is not permitted. Exit the water without using a ladder or the steps.  Swim goggles are not allowed.

If the candidate is not able to pass the Prerequisite Skills, they will be asked to leave and try again.

Males must wear boxer style swimming suit and females must wear a one piece swimming suit.

Fees and Registration:

• To register for class, please fill out an employment application AND contact Tiffany at the Rough Rider Center to get registered for couse. Must have an application filled out and registered for course at least one week prior to inperson class. Employment Application
• Includes Hip Pack, Adult and Infant CPR masks, and online fee to the Red Cross for the online learning materials.
• All Class times and dates are MANDATORY
• Once registered, participants will receive instructions via e-mail for the Red Cross Online Learning. The online material must be fully completed before the first day of class. Proof of completion will be required before class begins.

Dates & Times:

2024

Session 3

November 8 - 5:00-9:00pm, 9&10 -8:00am - 6:00pm

Location:
All classes will be held at the Rough Rider Center- Aquatics Center
2209 Wolves Den Parkway
Watford City, ND 58854

Lifeguard Recertification Class

Lifeguard certificate about to expire and need to recertify? This class is for you. Must be able to meet the requirements for the lifeguarding course listed above.

* Must show proof of American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification. Can not re-certify other agencies. 

Please bring swimsuit , towel, hip pack and a lunch.

Fee: $100 Please call or email Tiffany to register 701-842-3665 or tiffanyp@roughridercenter.com

Date: April 15

Time: 9:00am-6:00pm

Location: All classes will be held at the Rough Rider Center-

Aquatics Center
2209 Wolves Den Parkway
Watford City, ND 58854

For more information, please contact Tiffany at tiffanyp@roughridercenter.com or 701-609-4153