Before you may enroll in a Lifeguard Training Class you must first successfully pass the water skills pretest.

This pretest gives us an opportunity to evaluate your swimming skills and ensure that you are ready for the Lifeguard Training program.

The pretest requirements are as follows.

1. You must be at least 15 years of age at the time of the pretest. 

2. You must complete a continuous swim of 300 yards using any combinations of front crawl or breast stroke.

3. You must swim 20 yards using front crawl or breast stroke, surface dive 7-10 feet, retrieve a 10 pound object, return to the surface, swim 20 yards back to the starting point with the object, and exit the water without using a ladder or steps within 1 minute, 40 seconds.

4. Continuously tread water for 3 minutes using your feet only.

If you are successful in completing all the pretest water skills you are now ready for the Lifeguard Training Class!