Lifeguard Certification Classes
- Current Courses:
- Full Certification Class - CLOSED
- May 16-17 & May 23, 2026 - CLOSED
- The class is at full capacity. Email Coach Drake ([email protected]) if you are still interested though. If there is enough interest we can run another class or if someone drops out you may be contacted.
- 8:30 am - 4:30 pm (ALL dates are required)
- $360 per student
- Student manual, CPR mask, whistle, gloves are provided as part of the cost above.
- $50 deposit required to hold your spot, non-refundable after May 9
- Full Certification Class - CLOSED
- Prerequisites
- Age 15 by last day of course.
- Jump into the water & totally submerge, resurface, swim 150 yards using front crawl or breaststroke.
- Tread water for 2 minutes using only the legs.
- Swim 50 yards using front crawl or breaststroke.
- Swimming 20 yards, surface dive to a depth of 7 to 10 feet, retrieve a 10-pound object, return to the surface, swim 20 yards on the back, return to the starting point, exit the water without using steps or a ladder, complete in 1 minute, 40 seconds (1:40).
- Instructor: Dennis Drake, [email protected], 908-954-8987
- Location: Phillipsburg Elementary School Pool, 525 Warren St., Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
- Registration:
- Email student name, phone number, and email address you will use to sign-in to the Red Cross website to [email protected].
- Include which course and the dates you are registering for.
- Make the deposit to hold your spot.
- $50 Deposit Required - payment options:
- Check: Send to - Drake Aquatics, 6 Byron Drive, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 (call or text ahead to let me know if by check)
- Zelle: Dennis Drake, 908-954-8987
- PayPal: paypal.me/DrakeAquatics (please send as a "friend" to avoid the PayPal fee).