Need training? Join our friends at the Waldo County YMCA in Belfast for a full lifeguard course or review course! Course fee will be reimbursed by the Penobscot Bay YMCA when hired and work 40 hours. To register, please call the Waldo County YMCA at 338.4598 by September 30th.
Questions? Please email Theo Berez, PBY Senior Program Director, at [email protected].
REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLETE COURSE:
- Swim 300 yards continuously using combination of front crawl and breast stroke
- Tread water for 2 minutes, using legs only
- Swim 20 yards, retrieve 10 pound object from bottom of deep end, swim on back holding object with both hands to shallow end, and exit pool without ladder
- Successfully demonstrate all skills and rescue scenarios
- Pass written tests with 80% or better
- Attend all classes
- Minimum of three (3), maximum of eight (8) participants to run a course
- MUST BE 15 YEARS OLD BY LAST DAY OF CLASS
