Does anyone know if they offer life guarding lessons at mac or if not, anyone know a nearby area?

search the website, you should be able to find at least one in hamilton, or maybe even at mac. http://www.lifesavingsociety .com/default.asp?PageId=3. i'm assuming you already have your bronze cross and up to date cpr-c, as they are required for taking the nls.

Originally Posted by brendanp

search the think, you should be able to find at least one in hamilton, or maybe even at mac. http://www.lifesavingsociety .com/default.asp?PageId=3. i'm assuming you already have your bronze cross and up to date cpr-c, as they are required for taking the nls.

lol no i dont those. where would you go about taking lessons to get a bronze cross, i know its something like the ultra levels or something and i know i will be with little kids but hey, its never too late to start.

Originally Posted by killza

lol no i dont those. where would you go about taking lessons to get a bronze cross, i know its something like the ultra levels or something and i know i will be with little kids but hey, its never too late to start.

it's the same website as the nls, but to get your bronze cross you need bronze medallion, which you can take concurrently with emergency first aid and cpr b(should be on same website, but i think the link i posted was for nls only). so to be a lifeguard(which is nls), you need to take bronze medallion with emerg first aid and cprb, then bronze cross, then standard first aid with cprc, then take the nls.

Originally Posted by killza

lol no i dont those. where would you go about taking lessons to get a bronze cross, i know its something like the ultra levels or something and i know i will be with little kids but hey, its never too late to start.

Ultra levels are only specific for Toronto. They designed their own system since they didn't want to pay fees (royalties) to the Red Cross for their swimming levels.

The requirement of bronze cross is bronze medallion and emergency first aid. There's no requirements for Bronze Medallion unless you're under 13.

Here's the link for it at Mac:

http://www-athrec.mcmaster.ca/aquati...ving/index.htm

Originally Posted by myster

Ultra levels are only specific for Toronto. They designed their own system since they didn't want to pay fees (royalties) to the Red Cross for their swimming levels.

The requirement of bronze cross is bronze medallion and emergency first aid. There's no requirements for Bronze Medallion unless you're under 13.

Here's the link for it at Mac:

http://www-athrec.mcmaster.ca/aquati...ving/index.htm

Thanks alot for the link!

just a note: you get cpr b from emergency first aid.

-emergency first aid
-bronze med
-bronze cross
-standard first aid
-NLS
-yay lifeguard.

i believe thats the order i did it. cant really remember now

You can get SFA whenever you want, don't have to bother with emergency first aid.

sometimes the bronze med course comes with emergency first aid + cpr b

and then after you do all that, you get all your instructing quals
and then ur advanced instructors + examiners
and then advanced FA instructor
somewhere in there u get a AST

and it never ends...