LEADERSHIP COURSES
Our Leadership & First Aid Courses are designed to empower individuals with the confidence, knowledge, and practical tools to lead effectively and respond in critical situations. Whether you’re guiding a team or providing emergency care, these courses blend essential leadership principles with life-saving first aid training—ideal for youth leaders, coaches, camp counselors, or anyone looking to make a meaningful impact in their community.
Why Become a Lifeguard?
Leadership swim courses such as Bronze Star, Bronze Medallion, and Bronze Cross are about far more than swimming—they build confidence, responsibility, and real-world life-saving skills.
These programs teach essential first aid, CPR, rescue techniques, and emergency response while developing leadership, teamwork, and decision-making abilities. Participants learn how to stay calm under pressure, think critically, and take initiative—skills that benefit them in school, sports, and future careers.
For teens, these certifications also create a clear pathway to becoming a certified lifeguard or swim instructor, opening the door to meaningful employment and valuable work experience. Many young leaders take pride in knowing they have the skills to make a difference and potentially save a life.
Whether your goal is personal growth, career development, or simply becoming a stronger and more capable swimmer, leadership swim courses provide lifelong skills both in and out of the water.
The Life Saving Society Pathway to Lifeguarding
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Bronze Star
2
Bronze Med
13 years+
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Basic
First Aid
4
Bronze Cross
5
Intermediate
First Aid
National Lifeguard
15 years+
Our Leadership Courses
Bronze Star
Bronze Star is excellent preparation for success in Bronze Medallion and provides a fun introduction to lifesaving sport. Participants develop swimming proficiency, lifesaving skill and personal fitness. Candidates refine their stroke mechanics, acquire self-rescue skills, and apply fitness principles in training workouts.
Bronze Medallion
Bronze Medallion w/Emergency First Aid (CPR-B) teaches an understanding of the lifesaving principles, embodied in the four components of water rescue education: judgment, knowledge, skill and fitness. Pre-Requisites: Bronze Star (recommended). If candidate does not have Bronze Star, they must be 13 years old on the day of the exam.
Bronze Cross
Bronze Cross is designed for lifesavers who want the challenge of more advanced training, including an introduction to safety supervision in aquatic facilities. Pre-Requisites: Bronze Medallion and Emergency or Standard First Aid Evaluation: Items are evaluated by a qualified Lifesaving Examiner.
Bronze Medallion & Bronze Cross
This combined course offers comprehensive lifesaving training by integrating Bronze Medallion with Emergency First Aid (CPR-B) and Bronze Cross into a single session. Candidates will develop an in-depth understanding of lifesaving principles, including judgment, knowledge, skill, and fitness, and be introduced to advanced water rescue techniques and safety supervision in aquatic environments.
Intermediate First Aid
Intermediate First Aid provides comprehensive training covering all aspects of first aid and CPR. Standard First Aid incorporates all of Emergency First Aid and is designed for those who require a more in-depth understanding of first aid including: legal implications of first aid treatment, spinal injuries, heat or cold injuries, bone and joint injuries, chest injuries, and medical emergencies. Includes CPR-C certification.
National Lifeguard
National Lifeguard pool certification is designed to develop the fundamental values, judgment, knowledge, skills and fitness required by lifeguards. The National Lifeguard course emphasizes the lifeguarding skills, principles and practices, and the decision-making processes that will assist the lifeguard to provide effective safety supervision in swimming pool environments.