Water Safety Instructor ® Course

Earn your certification to teach American Red Cross swimming and water safety, and gain the skills needed to teach courses and make presentations to swimmers of every age and ability. Through our Aquatic Instructor Training program, you can help recreational swimmers meet their goals, refine their skills and stay safe in, on, and around water. Water Safety Instructor (WSI) ® course trains instructor candidates to teach all of the courses presented in the Swimming and Water Safety program to all age groups; learn-to-swim courses including Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics, Learn-to-Swim Levels 1-6, Adult Swim, and private swimming lessons. This certification is the gold standard and provides the most comprehensive training for swim instructors.

Pre-requisites

• Front crawl - 25 yds
• Back crawl - 25 yds
• Breaststroke - 25 yds
• Elementary backstroke - 25 yds
• Sidestroke - 25 yds
• Butterfly - 15 yds
• Maintain position on back for 1 minute in deep water
• Tread water for 1 minute

This is a blended learning course. Students will do online work on their own and work on in-water and class management skills during in-person sessions.