The Aquatics Department offers students, faculty and staff, and the community the opportunity to enroll in certification classes. The classes are held at the Leach Center and are taught by certified American Red Cross instructors.
Instructor Courses
Water Safety Instructor Training
This 40-hour instructor course is designed to train individuals to teach American Red Cross Learn to Swim and Water Safety courses.
In order to participate, students must be 16 years of age, and be able to demonstrate competency in the 6 major swimming strokes: Front and Back Crawl, Breastroke, Elementary Backstroke, Sidestroke, and Butterfly. The swimming skills assessment will take place on the first day of class, and participants should come prepared to demonstrate 25 yards of each of strokes listed (15 yards for Butterfly). Students will also be asked to maintain a floating position on their back for 1 minute and tread water for 1 minute.
Instructor candidates that are unable to successfully pass the prerequisites will not be able to continue in the course and will be given a partial refund of $75 from the campus recreation center, the Red Cross Fee is non-refundable.
- Participants Must Attend All 4 Sessions, Academic Schedule Will Be Considered
- Prices: Plus an additional $35.00 paid directly to the Red Cross upon registration
- FSU Students: $195
- Non-Student Leach Member: $235
- Non-Member Faculty/Staff: $255
- All Others: $295
Next offering in Spring 2019.
CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer Instructor Training
This 7-hour classroom and 2.5-hour pre-course instructor course is designed to train instructor candidates to teach the American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers course.
To participate in the instructor course, instructor candidates must be at least 17 years of age on the last day of the instructor course, possess a current American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers certification or equivalent, and have successfully completed the Online Session for the CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers Instructor course.
- Prices: Plus an additional $35.00 paid directly to the Red Cross upon registration
- FSU Students: $95
- Non-Students: $135
- Non-Member Faculty/Staff: $255
- All Others: $295
Lifeguarding Instructor Training
The purpose of the 19-hour instructor course is to train instructor candidates to teach the American Red Cross Lifeguarding, Lifeguarding Blended Learning, Aquatic Attraction Lifeguarding (Water ≤ 3′), Shallow Water Lifeguarding, Waterpark Skills, CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers, Administering Emergency Oxygen and Bloodborne Pathogens Training courses and/or modules.
To participate in this course, instructor candidates must be at least 17 years of age on the last day of the instructor course, possess current American Red Cross certificate for Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED or an equivalent certificate from another organization.
To receive a certification, participants must:
- Successfully complete the Online Session
- Successfully complete the Precourse Session
- Attend and actively participate in all course sessions
- Successfully complete class activities, including the four practice-teaching assignments
- Score a minimum of 80 percent (32 correct answers out of 40 questions) on the Bloodborne Pathogens Training Instructor Self-Study Test
- Score a minimum of 80 percent (20 correct answers out of 25 questions) on the instructor course final written exam.
- Prices: Plus an additional $35.00 paid directly to the Red Cross upon registration
- FSU Students: $195
- Non-Students: $300
Next offering in Spring 2019.