The Lifeguards and Pool Monitors at Collins Pool Management will ensure your community pool is a safe, friendly, clean, and enjoyable pool environment.
Lifeguards & Monitors Services In Atlanta, GA
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American Red Cross Lifeguard Training & Certification In Atlanta, GA
Pool Lifeguard Training & Certification
The Red Cross sets the standard in emergency preparedness and responsiveness. It is important for lifeguards who work together to receive the same high level of training. Some pool management companies hire lifeguards with certifications from a variety of organizations. This is not a safe practice because lifeguards need to be able to work together as a team. Even if only one guard is on duty at a time, they need to be able to effectively communicate with others who work at that location.
That’s why our lifeguards are American Red Cross lifeguards. They must pass a strenuous prerequisite assessment of their physical ability in the water before they can take the lifeguarding course. The lifeguarding course must be successfully completed with accuracy in all three exam areas. Additionally, they are tested on all of their life-saving skills before they receive American Red Cross lifeguard certification.
We continue to develop these skills by providing preseason training and team building, beginning in March. You will have friendly, trained lifeguards who work together to enhance your community’s safety and enjoyment of pool season. We have relationships with universities, colleges, and high schools that enable us to recruit mature, responsible, motivated people.
Pool Monitors Training & Certification
Having a mature, responsible, professional adult on the premises will eliminate many common problems. Our pool monitors receive preseason training beginning in March. They practice negotiating many special scenarios and circumstances that may arise during the pool season. Collins Pool Management pool monitors will ensure that your community is maintaining a safe pool environment and that your community’s standards are adhered to.
Pool monitors check pool patrons in and have them sign a notice that they are swimming at their own risk. This ensures that patrons are knowledgeable of accidents that can happen in and around the water and reduces liability issues. Pool monitors are not trained to save lives like lifeguards, but they do maintain safety by recognizing hazards and promoting pool safety. In addition, they maintain the cleanliness of the deck, pool, and restroom facility.
FAQ's
Collins Pool Management offers American Red Cross lifeguard certification and training courses in the Atlanta area. Candidates complete both classroom instruction and in-water skills training before certification.
The course runs approximately 30 hours, combining classroom instruction with in-water skills training. The first day includes a swim prerequisite test, and certification requires passing both a skills evaluation and a written exam scored at 80% or higher.
Candidates must be at least 15 years old. The course starts with a swim prerequisite: swimming 300 yards continuously, then completing a timed water skills test that includes swimming 20 yards, surface diving 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object, and exiting the water without a ladder in under 1 minute 40 seconds. Certification also requires passing a skills evaluation and a written exam with a score of 80% or higher.
Red Cross lifeguard certification is typically valid for two years, after which lifeguards need to recertify to keep their credential current. We offer recertification courses as that date approaches.
Collins Pool Management is based in Stockbridge and Alpharetta, GA, and holds lifeguard training and certification courses in the surrounding area.Â