The City of Fairhope Municipal Pool will offer a lifeguard certification class.The class will begin March 30th and end Friday, April 3rd. The cost for this class is $225.00.
On Monday, March 30th, you will be expected to pass a Pre-Course swimming test in order to continue with the rest of the course. This test requires that you swim 300 continuous yards (100 yards of Freestyle (front crawl), 100 yards of Breaststroke, and 100 yards of any combination of those two strokes. You must also swim 20 yards (either Freestyle or Breaststroke), retrieve a 10-pound object from 7-10 feet of water, and return 20 yards while holding it above the water with both hands and keeping your head above the water within 1 minute 40 seconds. You must tread water for 2 minutes with hands out of the water.
The Lifeguard Training class will take place at the Fairhope Municipal Pool. The times and dates for the class are listed below:
Monday, March 30th 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday, March 31st 4:00 pm – 7:30 am
Wednesday, April 1st 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Thursday, April 2nd 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday, April 3rd 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
