Develops active water rescue skills and knowledge. The American Red Cross pre-requisites requires successful completion of the following swimming competencies in order to take the course: swim 300 yards using front crawl or breaststroke, tread water for 2 minutes legs only, swim 20 yards, surface dive, recover a 10 lb. brick and swim back 20 yards within 1 minute 40 seconds. Lifeguarding Certification available upon successful course performance. Four class hours.