{"id":300,"date":"2015-09-24T11:41:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T11:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arkcityrec.org\/?page_id=300"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:32:02","slug":"red-cross-life-guard-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arkcityrec.org\/?page_id=300","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross Life Guard Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red Cross <\/b>Lifeguard Training<\/b><\/p>\n

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The American Red Cross Lifeguarding course provides entry -level lifeguards the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies. This class will prepare the student to obtain an entry level life guarding position at a swimming pool facility. The course includes First Aid, CPR for the Professional Rescuer and Automated External Defibrillation (AED) certifications. The course is a blended learning course, with the online portion of the course being completed prior to the first in-person class.<\/p>\n

Course fees: $180 a $50 non-refundable deposit is due at the time of registration, with the balance due the first day of in-person class.<\/p>\n

Call the Family Aquatic Center at 441-2018 for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Class Schedule<\/b><\/p>\n

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Option 1<\/p>\n

April 10\u00a0 \u00a05pm - 8pm<\/p>\n

April 11\u00a0 \u00a09am - 6pm<\/p>\n

April 12\u00a0 \u00a09am - 6pm<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Option 2<\/p>\n

May 8\u00a0 \u00a05pm - 8pm<\/p>\n

May 9\u00a0 \u00a09am - 6pm<\/p>\n

May 10\u00a0 \u00a09am - 6pm<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Attendance at all classes is mandatory.<\/p>\n

All classes will be held at the Family Aquatic Center, 1200 West Radio Ln, Arkansas City Ks 67005<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Course Pre-Requisites<\/p>\n

Must be 15 years of age on or before the last scheduled session of the course.<\/p>\n

Must be able to swim 150 yards<\/p>\n

After swimming 150 yards, maintain position at the surface of the water without support for 2 minutes.<\/p>\n

After maintaining position at the surface of the water for 2 minutes, swim 50 more yards<\/p>\n

While swimming, you must swim continuously, with face in the water and demonstrating good breath control<\/p>\n

May use front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination of both. Swimming on back or side are not permitted<\/p>\n

Swim 20 yards and retrieve a 10-pound brick from a depth of 7 to 10 feet, return to the surface and swim on your back to return to the starting point holding the brick with both hands in 1 minute and 40 seconds.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Red Cross Lifeguard Training The American Red Cross Lifeguarding course provides entry -level lifeguards the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies. This class will prepare the student to obtain an entry level life guarding position at a swimming pool facility. The course includes First Aid, CPR for the Professional Rescuer Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-300","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkcityrec.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkcityrec.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkcityrec.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkcityrec.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkcityrec.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/arkcityrec.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3779,"href":"https:\/\/arkcityrec.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/revisions\/3779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkcityrec.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}