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We make lifeguards.

If you’d like to become a lifeguard or you’re looking to renew your lifeguard certification, the JCC can help. For over 20 years, we’ve been training qualified swimmers for pool-safety supervision and water rescues with American Red Cross Lifeguard Training, including certification in First Aid, CPR, and AED (Automated External Defibrillators) use.

Come, be a water mensch!

An Osher Marin JCC lifeguard is well trained and ever vigilant.
Interested in becoming a lifeguard?

Contact Elissa Coleman, 415-444-8033 or ecoleman@marinjcc.org.

Lifeguard Training Classes

Earn your lifeguard certification from the American Red Cross. Our lifeguard certification courses are designed to ensure that you are properly trained and prepared in the event of a water emergency. The class will be held at the Osher Marin JCC in San Rafael.

Participants who are hired by the JCC will be eligible for reimbursement of the course fee after completing consecutive 6 months of employment.

Register for Lifeguard Training Class

Pre-Requisites for Lifeguard Training

Lifeguard-candidates must be 15 years or older, able to pass a prerequisite swim test, and must complete approximately 8 hours of course work PRIOR to attending the first day of class, the remainder of the class is  approximately 20 hours in length.

The Swim Test

1.) Swim 300 yards, continuously demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates may swim using the front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination of both, but swimming on the back or side is not allowed. Swim goggles may be used.

2.) Tread water for 2 minutes, using only the legs. Candidates should place their hands under their armpits

3.) Complete a timed event within 1 minute and 40 seconds: ¦ Starting in the water, swim 20 yards. Swim goggles are not allowed. ¦ Surface dive, feet-first or headfirst, to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object. ¦ Return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point with both hands holding the object and keeping the face at or near the surface to breathe (or to get a breath). ¦ Exit the water without using a ladder or steps.

 

2023 Lifeguard Courses

Class
Class
Days
Days
Dates
Dates
Hours
Hours
Class
June Lifeguard Training
Days
2 Saturdays and
2 Sundays
Dates
June 17 & 18 and
June 24 & 25
Hours
9am - 4pm
every session
Class
July Lifeguard Training
Days
2 Saturdays and
2 Sundays
Dates
July 22 & 23 and
July 29 & 30
Hours
9am - 4pm
every session
Class
August Lifeguard Training
Days
2 Saturdays and
2 Sundays
Dates
August 19 & 20 and
August 26 & 27
Hours
9am - 4pm

Water Safety Instructor Class

Next session dates to be announced.

Earn your certification to teach American Red Cross swimming and water safety, and gain the skills needed to teach courses and make presentations to swimmers of every age and ability. Through our Aquatic Instructor Training program, you can help recreational swimmers meet their goals, refine their skills and stay safe in, on, and around water.

Classes will be held at the Osher Marin JCC in San Rafael.

Participants who are hired by the JCC will be eligible for reimbursement of the course fee after completing consecutive 6 months of employment.

Lifeguard Training Review

Next session dates to be announced.

Lifeguarding Review classes are designed to update your skills and to renew your current Red Cross Lifeguarding certification valid for another 2 years. Current certification (or expired by 30 days) in Red Cross Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED is required to participate in the review course. Current certification is required to work as a Lifeguard.

The class will be held at the Osher Marin JCC in San Rafael.

Participants who are hired by the JCC will be eligible for reimbursement of the course fee after completing consecutive 6 months of employment.

Required Class Prerequisites

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Prerequisites for lifeguard course:

1.) Swim 300 yards, continuously demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates may swim using the front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination of both, but swimming on the back or side is not allowed. Swim goggles may be used.

2.) Tread water for 2 minutes, using only the legs. Candidates should place their hands under their armpits

3.) Complete a timed event within 1 minute and 40 seconds: ¦ Starting in the water, swim 20 yards. Swim goggles are not allowed. ¦ Surface dive, feet-first or headfirst, to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object. ¦ Return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point with both hands holding the object and keeping the face at or near the surface to breathe (or to get a breath). ¦ Exit the water without using a ladder or steps.

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