Certification Courses

Develops swimming proficiency, lifesaving skill and personal fitness. Candidates refine their stroke mechanics, acquire self-rescue skills, and apply fitness principles in training workouts. Bronze Star is excellent preparation for success in Bronze Medallion and provides a fun introduction to lifesaving sport.

Prerequisite: 10 – 12 years old or Star 7 (or an equivalent skill level).

10 hours with successful learning activities for Bronze Star certification │ $50.00

Bronze Medallion challenges the candidate both mentally and physically. Judgment, knowledge, skill, and fitness – the four components of water rescue – form the basis of Bronze Medallion training. Candidates acquire the assessment and problem-solving skills needed to make decisions in, on, and around the water. Bronze Medallion is a prerequisite for assistant lifeguard training in Bronze Cross.

Workplace Standard First Aid provides comprehensive training that covers all aspects of first aid and CPR. Workplace Standard First Aid 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.

Prerequisite: Minimum 13 years of age or Bronze Star certification (need to be current) and intermediate stroke standard.

15 hour course + 3 hour successful exam for Bronze Medallion certification; 16 hour course + 70% written exam and on-going evaluation for WSFA certification │ $200.00 +HST

Begins the transition from lifesaving to lifeguarding and prepares candidates for the responsibilities as assistant lifeguards. Candidates strengthen and expand their lifesaving skills and begin to apply the principles and techniques of active surveillance in aquatic facilities. Bronze Cross emphasizes the importance of teamwork and communication in preventing and responding to aquatic emergencies. Bronze Cross is a prerequisite for advanced training in the Society’s national Lifeguard and leadership certification programs.

Prerequisite: Bronze Medallion and Lifesaving Society Emergency or Workplace Standard First Aid certifications (need not be current).

20 hour course + 3 hour successful exam for Bronze Cross certification │ $175.00 +HST

Canada’s only nationally recognized lifeguard certification program. National Lifeguard is a legal certificate for lifeguarding throughout the country.

Prerequisite: Minimum 15 years of age. Bronze Cross certification and Lifesaving Society Standard First Aid (need not be current).

40 hour course + 4 hour successful exam for NLS-Pool certification │ $250.00 +HST

• Lifesaving Instructor (LSI)
• Examiner Course
• First Aid Instructor (FAI)
• National Lifeguard Instructor (NLI)

For more information on when these leadership courses will be offered, please visit Lifesaving Society New Brunswick.

Do you love the water, working with kids and everything else aquatics?

This is great way to develop your aquatic teaching skills and an intro to teaching swimming lessons at the YMCA.

The course is free, and once completed you’re ready to volunteer with a senior YMCA swim instructor mentor. You’ll gain experience to become a certified YMCA Swim Instructor for future employment at the YMCA of Fredericton once certified with Bronze Cross and/or National Lifeguard Service – Pool.

Prerequisite: 14 – 15 years old, Star 7 (or an equivalent skill level) and intermediate stroke standard.

16 hour course including on-going evaluation for YMCA Assistant Swim Instructor certification │ Free

Upon successful completion of the course, graduates are guaranteed a swim instructor position at the YMCA. As a leader in the pool, you can play an essential role in helping others learn to swim and improve their health in many ways. You will learn a variety of teaching techniques, lesson planning, progressions, and more. To put it all into practice, you’ll also work alongside a certified YMCA Swim Instructor to teach children during a swim lesson.

Prerequisite: Minimum 15 years of age. Bronze Cross and Lifesaving Society Workplace Standard First Aid certifications.

42 hour course including on-going evaluation for YMCA Swim Instructor certification │ $TBD +HST

If you have ever wanted to instruct Aqua Fit classes, then this course is for you. Our YMCA leadership courses take you through all of the theoretical and practical information that you need to become a YMCA certified Aquatic Fitness Instructor. In this course, you will learn anatomy, physiology, principles of group fitness classes held in water, class components, class safety and exercise design. Through a combination of in-class practice in the water, an apprenticeship and online learning modules, this short course will have you equipped to teach Aqua Fit classes. In addition, you will be randomly partnered with an experienced Aqua Fit instructor for 1-2 hours per week to gain your apprenticeship hours.

Prerequisite: Minimum 16 years of age and current CPR – A.

42 hour course including on-going evaluation + 85% written exam for YMCA Aqua Fit Instructor certification │ $TBD +HST

For more information, please contact Joan at Joan.Gillespie@ymcafredericton.org.

Provides comprehensive training that covers all aspects of first aid and CPR. Workplace Standard First Aid 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.

Prerequisite: Minimum 12 years of age.

16 hour course + 70% written exam and on-going evaluation for WSFA certification │ $125.00 +HST

The Babysitters Training Course is one of Canada Safety Council’s longest running programs. The course is an ideal community project, which can help prevent injuries and promote the responsible management of common situations that may arise while children are under the care of babysitters.

Prerequisite: 12 – 15 years old.

10 hour course + 75% written exam for Babysitters Training Course certification │ $55.00 +HST

CPR-C covers all aspects of CPR skills and theory for adults, children and infants including two-rescuer CPR skills. CPR-C includes the importance of early defibrillation and how to use an AED. CPR-C certification is included in Standard First Aid.

Prerequisite: Minimum 12 years of age.

8 hour course including on-going evaluation for CPR-C certification │ $TBD+HST