Lifeguarding Classes

TRAIN NOW TO LIFEGUARD AND BE PREPARED FOR LIFE!

Yorktown Parks & Recreation provides training classes for lifeguarding.  Lifeguarding offers great pay for seasonal employment and helps provide safety training and awareness skills that can be used for life.

Course Description:
Pass the entrance test the first day consisting of a continuous 550 yard swim, a 20 yard swim with a surface dive to retrieve a 10 pound brick, resurfacing with the brick, swim 20 yards on back using legs only and exit the pool in 100 seconds, and a 15 yard underwater swim. 

About the program:
This American Red Cross NEW course consists of all the necessary requirements to be a certified lifeguard in New York State.  The following certifications will be issued: Waterfront Lifeguarding (which includes First Aid and CPR for the Professional Rescuer with AED).

Dates for Session:
April 25, 30, May 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
Time 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School
$380.00 plus $40.00 (payable to instructor first night)

Dates for Session:
July 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (Saturday)
Location: Brian J. Slavin Aquatics Facility
$380.00 plus $40.00 (payable to instructor first night)

Need to recertify as a lifeguard? No problem!
Dates for Session:
June 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
Time: 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (Saturday)
Location: Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School
$185.00 plus $40.00 (payable to instructor first night)

Registration Information:
Yorktown Parks & Recreation Department
176 Granite Springs Road
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

(914) 245-4650
Office Hours: Monday -Friday from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm