Lifeguard Training
9am - 6pm on the first day Registration deadlineThis class is over Tickets Not available Address
800 E Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA 19085, USADriving directions
Saturday, April 27: 9am to 2: Classroom
2pm to 6: Pool
Sunday, April 28: 9am to 12: Class
12 to 4: Pool
We will be in the pool both days!
Please fill out the form here if you are a minor Participant Agreement
You can fill this out electronically or will have copies in person to take home on Saturday. You can e-mail this form to kperrott@americanpool.com
This form has to be completed and turned in by the end of day Sunday.
Parking Information: park in the I-1 garage, then walk north across Lancaster Ave and enter the entrance at the end of the Handicapped ramp of building 36 next to the Pavilion, which is where you will be greeted by an instructor. Addition Parking information and Campus Map
This course is only open to lifeguard applicants of American Pool. Attendance to both full days are required to be eligible for Lifeguard Training Certification.
Please remember to bring the following to class:
- Bathing Suit
- 2 Towels
- Warm Clothing/Change of Clothes
- Food/Snacks/Drinks
- Paper/Pen for Notes
Additional clothes for warmth and light snacks to have throughout the day are recommended
Important: Be sure a ll 19 Online Learning Modules (Pectora via www.app.pectora.com) - YOU ARE HERE NOW!!
ILTP Final Written Exam on Pectora (Pectora via www.app.pectora.com, use the same login as you did to complete your online modules) will be assigned by the time your class starts and will have to be passed with an 80% or above, 48 hours after your in person class ends
Before beginning in-person training sessions, you should be able to meet the following prerequisites:
- Must be 15 years or older on or before the final scheduled session.
- Swim 100 yards. Candidates may swim using the front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination of both. Backstroke and sidestroke are not allowed. Swim googles may be used.
- Tread water for one minute using only the legs.
- Exit the pool without using a ladder.
Brick Retrieval: Feet-First surface dive to retrieve a 10-pound brick from the deepest depth of the training facility.
An international renowned, hands-on lifeguard course that is highly interactive and physically enduring. The course is a comprehensive training program that promotes objective driven and performance based training for individuals wishing to obtain a new ILTP™ certification for shallow water, pool, special facilities, and/or open water, in various water depths ranging from less than 5` feet of water up to any depth and/or open water. Our International Lifeguard Training Programs (ILTP™) are designed and intended to be delivered as part of an integrated curriculum that includes water rescue techniques, First Aid, Health Care Provider CPR, Emergency Oxygen Support, and Automated External Defibrillation as a first responder. This course requires students to perform each concept taught in the course, through student demonstrations of all skills concepts and skills instructed. Students will participate in lifeguarding roles throughout the class and are expected to perform lifeguard duties as first responders. Students will perform on deck and in water simulations, drills and exercises for rescue techniques as an individual and in team scenarios as part of multiple rescuers drills. The ILTP Lifeguard course materials are available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai and simplified Chinese languages. Students that successfully complete the ILTP Lifeguard course obtain an ILTP certificate that is valid for one (1) year. Annual renewal is required. Successful candidates can earn anywhere from 2.2 to 2.6 IACET CEUs depending on the level of certification achieved in the program.
- Read and review the Training Standard before the first scheduled class.
- Complete the Candidate Review questions in the course materials before the first scheduled class.