Questions we hear most

Anyone who is 15 or older on the first day and passes the swim test. Teens, college students, camp and pool staff and adults all take the same course.

A continuous swim, treading water and bringing an object up from the deep end. We describe it when you register, and an instructor walks you through it on test day.

It depends on the session: two weekends, four days in a row or a week of weekdays.

A swimsuit or swim shirt, a towel, a change of clothes, goggles if you like and lunch on a full day. We provide the manikins, rescue tubes and backboards.

A course asks you to attend every session. If you miss part of one, we move you to the same part of the next course.

We text everyone as soon as we know, and the session is made up.

Come to a recertification day before your card runs out. It is a day of rescue skills, CPR and a short written test.

Yes. Tell us how many people need the course and when your season starts, and we plan the dates with you, at your pool or ours.

It depends on the course, and our current figures are on the enrollment page.

Book a swim test, or call and tell us which course you have in mind.