Lifeguard Training (New)

OrganizerILTP - Continental Pools - NOVA FacilityChinquapin Park Recreation Center & Aquatics Class ID1010-2756 DateApril 27 - 28, 2024
8am - 6pm on the first day
Registration deadlineThis class is over Tickets Not available Address

3210 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302, USADriving directions

This will be our ONLY Chinquapin class available for the season. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.  The first day of training we will meet at Chinquapin from 8am-6pm to cover all water saves and backboarding.  The second day will be held here at our Continental Pools office from 8am-6pm. We will cover ALL dry land and test outs.  Details about the class will be sent a week prior to the class with a class schedule, addresses, and materials needed.

New guards and returning guards are REQUIRED to attend BOTH days. Please be sure to FINISH your modules BEFORE training. Anyone with less than 50% will not be allowed to attend training as it will slow down progress and class will not end on time.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact your Instructor via email, or give us a call at the office.

See you in training! :)

Course Description

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. 

Preparation Suggestions
  • 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.