Water Safety Instructor (W.S.I.)

American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Course

This approximately 30-hour course will help you teach skills that may save a life, gain terrific work experience as an aquatics professional, earn money or join a volunteer team while you help people learn valuable skills.  In addition you will learn organizational and presentation skills that will help you in any career and make a difference in peoples lives.  Whether you want to splash around with kids and teach them to swim, help children and adults refine their strokes or teach diving safety techniques, you can do it as an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor.

Prerequisites:

Be at least 16 years of age on or before the final scheduled session of this course.

Demonstrate the ability to perform the following swimming skills:

1.      Swim the following strokes consistent with Stroke Performance Charts, Level four

·        Front crawl (also known as freestyle)- 25 yards

·        Back crawl - 25 yards

·        Breaststroke - 25 yards

·        Elementary backstroke - 25 yards

·        Sidestroke - 25 yards

·        Butterfly - 15 yards

2.      Maintain position on back 1 minute in deep water (floating or sculling).

3.      Tread water for one minute