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About Us

The Leader in Rescue & Lifeguarding Certification Courses

Lifeguard-Pro: Protecting Lives, Worldwide

We proudly serve all 50 U.S. states and 46 countries—wherever you are, we’re nearby!

Lifeguard-Pro is an internationally and nationally recognized certification agency specializing in Lifeguard, CPR, and First Aid training.

 
Drowning is Preventable – But It Requires Action

Each year, over 4,200 drowning deaths occur in the U.S. In many other countries, the numbers are even higher. While the exact global figure remains unknown, estimates suggest that more than 100,000 people lose their lives to drowning annually. The vast majority of these tragedies stem from three key public safety failures:

1️⃣ Lack of Effective Swimming Skills
2️⃣ Lack of Water Safety Knowledge
3️⃣ Absence of Certified Lifeguards

 
Our Mission: Saving Lives Through Education & Training

Lifeguard-Pro is dedicated to reducing drowning deaths worldwide by tackling these critical issues:

✅ Teaching the public to swim effectively
✅ Providing essential water safety education
✅ Training lifeguards to prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies

Our certified Lifeguards and Water Safety Swim Instructors protect millions of swimmers every day across the globe.

 
Recognized & Trusted Around the World

Lifeguard-Pro certifications are:

✔️ Accepted in all 50 U.S. states & territories
✔️ Approved by the U.S. Navy & Military for worldwide use
✔️ Trusted by United Nations peacekeeping forces
✔️ Utilized by state & local governments, parks, schools, and emergency responders
✔️ Used by major youth organizations, swim programs, and aquatic centers

 

Join Us in Our Mission to Save Lives!

Together, we can make a difference. Become a Lifeguard, learn essential water safety skills, and help create safer swimming environments worldwide.

Start your journey with Lifeguard-Pro today!

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Nationally & Internationally Recognized

We’re dedicated to making public safety training more affordable and available than ever before. 

Every employer, lifeguard candidate knows that the biggest problem with aquatics public safety training is that there simply is not enough available Lifeguard and Water Safety Swim Instructor training courses. Many cities have a scarcity of available certification courses. Many rural areas have none! This chronic lack of available Lifeguard and Water Safety Swim Instructor certification courses is a significant contributor to the incredibly high number of deaths by drowning every year. Nearly all drowning deaths are avoidable. By making Lifeguard and Water Safety Swim Instructor  certification courses more available, Lifeguard-Pro reduces this tragically high number of drowning deaths. Support Lifeguard-Pro in our mission to make Lifeguard and Water Safety Swim Instructor  certification courses more affordable and available than ever before. 

Together, we can save lives!

Making Public Safety Training More Affordable and Available

We’re improving national public safety. 

Our mission is to reduce the number of deaths by drowning worldwide by making aquatics public safety training more affordable and available than ever before. Consequently, Lifeguard-Pro created Lifeguard and Water Safety Swim Instructor  certification courses that are far more convenient than the old, outdated style, certification courses of yester-year. Lifeguard-Pro has innovatively combined the convenience of an online home-study course with the availability of instructor-led training classes across the country and around the world.

By making public aquatic safety courses more affordable and available globally, Lifeguard-Pro certification courses have been a significant contributor in reducing the number of deaths by drowning worldwide. Our certified lifeguards and water safety swim instructor’s protect the lives of millions of swimmers around the globe — everyday! Undoubtedly, Lifeguard-Pro improves global public safety.

Domestically, Lifeguard-Pro offers services to U.S. Military bases, state governments, county governments, city governments, public beaches, private beaches, Scouting America, Girl Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of America, USA Swimming, American Diabetes Foundation, Easterseals, Christian Camps Association, Jewish Camps Association, YMCA, American Camp Association (ACA), National Parks, State Parks, public schools, private schools, colleges, universities, national swim school franchise chains, national youth camp organizations, state youth camp organizations, surfing organizations, hotels, resorts, water parks, recreation centers, property management companies, and many, many more!

Internationally, Lifeguard-Pro offers services to 46 countries around the globe, plus the U.S. Military, United Nations Multi-National Peace-Keeping Forces, leading multi-national corporations, international resorts, international schools, social development programs, public safety programs, and many, many more!

But, Lifeguard-Pro doesn’t stop there. In addition to increasing the availability of vital public safety training, and protecting millions of lives around the globe, Lifeguard-Pro continuously strives to improve the quality of public safety training.

Lifeguard-Youth Camp Certification

State and local governments have known for a long time that youth camp aquatics activities present unique and serious hazards to children. Yet, despite state and local regulations attempting to reduce those risks, the lifeguard industry failed to provide a youth camp specific training course to help the states and local governments in achieving the goal of making youth camps safer for our children.

Lifeguard-Pro solved this nationwide public safety problem. To better protect the lives of children, Lifeguard-Pro created the nation’s first Lifeguard–Youth Camp certification course, which trains lifeguards to better prevent and respond to emergencies in youth camp environments. The Lifeguard-Pro Lifeguard-Youth Camp certification protects the lives of children at youth camps across the entire country, and many countries around the world. We worked tirelessly with state and local governments to create the nation’s first Lifeguard-Youth Camp certification course to better protect the lives of children at youth camps across the country.

Lifeguard-Pro has undoubtedly improved national public safety!

Lifeguard-Deep Pool Certification

Previously the lifeguard industry provided insufficient training to guard the public safety in and around deep water swimming pools and diving catch wells. Lifeguard-Pro responded by creating the nation’s first Lifeguard-Deep Pool (max depth 20 ft.) certification course to better prevent and respond to emergencies in and around deep water pools and diving catch wells.

Operators of deep water pools and diving catch wells (e.g., high schools, colleges, universities, competition pools, etc.) can now better prevent and respond to drownings at their aquatics facilities.

Lifeguard-Pro continues to identify and solve national public safety hazards!

Fully OSHA Compliant. Our CPR & First Aid courses satisfy both national OSHA requirements and international safety training standards.

Join Us in Our Global Mission.

Ask us how you can help Lifeguard-Pro in reducing the number of deaths by drowning worldwide — every life matters!

Lifeguard-Pro continues to identify and solve national public safety hazards!

How We Are Improving the Standard of Lifeguard Training

Lifeguard-Pro leads the lifeguard industry with the first online international certification verification database. Governments, health departments, employers, insurance companies, and cardholders love that they can, from anywhere in the world, immediately and conveniently verify the status and authenticity of any Lifeguard-Pro certification card. Simply click VERIFY CERTIFICATION, enter in the unique number on the certification card, and instantly verify the certification card and expiration date. Our online international certification database reduces the employers’ administrative burden of verifying Lifeguard certifications, and significantly reduces the employers’ liability from lapsed and fraudulent certification cards. 

Protects Employers & Public from Fraud

Lifeguard-Pro is the first internationally recognized Lifeguard certification agency to offer a comprehensive, online Home-Study Course for Lifeguard certification.  Candidates complete your university-style Home-Study Course online. Then, attend an ultra-convenient Instructor-Led Training Class to learn and demonstrate the required physical Lifeguard skills. Our Home-Study Course is based on the successful blended course model, which allows students to complete all academic requirements for certification online prior to attending the course required Instructor-Led Training Class. Our new, ultra-convenient Lifeguard training model is the way of the future.

Making Aquatics Safety Training More Convenient

Our professional Lifeguard training program incorporates all the top U.S. Lifeguard standards and procedures. But, Lifeguard-Pro goes well beyond the minimum U.S. national standards. We also teach the most effective and leading-edge Lifeguard skills and practices to ensure that our Lifeguards are always better prepared to prevent and respond to emergencies. All our CPR, First Aid and Blood Borne Pathogens certification courses fully comply with international AHA standards & procedures.

Elevating the Lifeguard Training Standard

Employers and students alike benefit from advanced Lifeguard specialty training. Lifeguard-Pro offers more Lifeguard training specialty courses (e.g., Shallow Pool (max depth 5 ft.), Swimming Pool (max depth 12 ft.), Deep Pool (max depth 20 ft.), Waterfront, Youth Camp, and Water Park) than any other nationally recognized Lifeguard training company. Lifeguard-Pro’s leading-edge specialty training courses ensure our Lifeguards are better trained and more capable of preventing & responding to emergencies.

Specialized Training is Better Risk Management

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How It Works In Detail

You can have your certification in your hand in as little as two days – one day online training, and one day instructor-led training.

All our certification courses follow this same convenient two-part training format. Please note: CPR, First Aid, and recertification classes require  even fewer training hours.

Review the course definition to make certain that you are selecting the correct course for you. If after reading the course definitions, you are still not sure which is the best course for you, don’t worry. Just give us a call, and we’ll answer all your questions and help you select the course that is best for you.

To register for your Lifeguard-Pro certification course:

  • Select your course  from the top menu bar to read course descriptions
  • Select Register now from the top menu bar to register for your course
  • Fill out the Register now form and click submit
  • Follow the payment instructions to purchase your certification course.

Upon receipt of your online home-study course payment, we will promptly email to you an authorized username and password in an email entitled Start Your Course (check both your inbox and spam folder). Use your authorized username and password to login to Lifeguard-Pro.org.

Select the blue rectangular blue button titled START >> [Name of Course]. The resulting webpage will display the step-by-step instructions on how to begin and complete your certification course.

With your authorized username and password, you can login to Lifeguard-Pro.org and start your online home-study course at anytime from anywhere. You may work in the comfort and convenience of your own home, and progress at your own pace. You may stop and start the home-study course as often as you like (except while you are taking a timed exam).

All home-study courses can be completed in less than 12.0 hours. However, you have up to 180 days to complete your home-study course. So, work at a pace that is comfortable for you.

To reduce the incidence of no-call no-show, cancellation, and rescheduling, you must complete all online home-study course requirements before requesting an instructor-led training class.

Once you have successfully completed all your online home-study course requirements, and you arrived at the step in your online home-study course titled Schedule & Attend Instructor-Led Training Class, you should contact your Instructor or Lifeguard-Pro.org.

Your Instructor or Lifeguard-Pro.org will help you conveniently schedule your instructor-led training class. Simply, tell them your desired training dates, times, and location. Your Instructor or Lifeguard-Pro.org will approve the most convenient dates, times and location for your class.

If Lifeguard-Pro will be the instructor conducting your instructor-led training class, you must pay Lifeguard-Pro for that training class prior to attending your instructor-led training class. Lifeguard-Pro accepts credit cards, debit cards, ACH bank transfers (eChecks), domestic bank wire transfer, international back wire transfer, CashApp, Venmo, personal checks via postal mail, business check via postal mail, money orders via postal mail, and other methods upon request.

If a local instructor or your employer will be conducting your instructor-led training class, you must pay that instructor directly for that class prior to attending your instructor-led training class. The methods of payment that your instructor will accept can vary, so consult with your instructor about acceptable payment options before attending your training class.

At the instructor-led training class, you must successfully complete:

  1. All course required physical skills no less than 3 times under the direct supervision of your Instructor; and,
  2. Lifeguard, CPR and First Aid closed-book, instructor proctored, written final exam with a correct score of 90% or higher.

At the conclusion of your instructor-led training class, you and your instructor will fill-out and sign your Certification Request Form (CRF). If you are under the age of 18, your parent or legal guardian must sign the form for you. This form verifies that you successfully completed all course requirements for certification.

Lifeguard-Pro certification courses are task-based courses and not hourly-based courses, so class duration may vary between candidates.

Upload your completed and signed CRF to your Lifeguard-Pro.org profile in the section titled ‘Upload certification forms’.  Then, click SAVE.

Lastly, from within your Profile, check the box titled ‘Issue my certification’ or notify your Instructor that you have completed all course requirements, and you are requesting your certification card.

Upon satisfying all the course requirements detailed above, you can immediately download a hi-resolution digital image of your certification card.

Congratulations, you’re now a certified life guard!

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