MANITOU SPRINGS SWIMMING & FITNESS CENTER
Best kept secret in Manitou Springs
HEALTH & SAFETY CLASSES
(certification awarded after successful completion of course)
Classes held at the Manitou Swimming Pool or can be at your place of work. Additional costs apply for travel.
Babysitter's Training
By attending this course you will get the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for infants and school-age children. This course is specifically designed for youth ages 11 -15 and cannot be taken for certification by anyone under the age of 11. This course combines video, activities, hands-on skills training and discussion for a complete learning experience. The Babysitter's Training segment of class shows you how to: After completion of this course participants will feel confident caring for young children as the authority figure while the parental figure is absent. Class includes an easy-to-use handbook.
Water Safety Instructor (WSI)
The Fundamentals of Instructor Training course is a prerequisite of this training. For your convenience, this course is offered at the beginning of the WSI course. This four-hour course is a prerequisite to all Red Cross instructor specialty courses. It is designed to offer potential Red Cross instructors an opportunity to become familiar with the services of the American Red Cross as well as basic teaching techniques.
If you're at least 17 and a proficient swimmer, you can become an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor and teach swimming and water safety courses.
BLS for Healthcare Providers CPR Course Other courses maybe available, please ask! *ARC Community First Aid & Safety *AHA First Aid *Basic Water Safety *Long Fellows Whales Tales for school.
The Heartsaver CPR Course teaches lay rescuers how to recognize and treat life-threatening emergencies including CPR, and relief of choking with a blocked airway until the arrival of EMS. The course also teaches how to recognize the signs of heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest, choking with a blocked airway, and the use of CPR masks. The course is modular, meaning there are three course options depending upon which modules you choose: Adult/Child, Child/Infant, or Adult/Child/Infant.
Re-certification
We offer re-certification classes for those who have taken a class in the past. Challenges are also available for those who feel they can study on their own and pass a hands-on test and written test.
Please call the pool at 685-9735 or email us for more information.
Price List for Health & Safety Classes
COURSE NAME | MATERIALS | |
Lifeguard Training Full course LG/First Aid valid 3 years CPR/ | Book, mask included $27 / book, $13 / mask | $200 |
Lifeguard Re-certification challenge or review Must take Lifeguarding/First Aid and CPR/ | Book’s additional $27/ book, $13/ mask Must show book & mask during sign-up. | $150–w/book $110–without/book |
Advanced adult, infant and child CPR/ Valid 2 years (for health care providers, EMTs, paramedics, teachers, aerobics instructors and emergency personnel…) | Book’s included $13/ book, $13/mask | $50 Recert $40 |
First Aid Valid 3 years (EMTs, paramedics, teachers, Aerobics instructors and emergency personnel…) | Book’s included School& Community manual $13 Workplace (group lessons) manual $3 pp | $50 Recert $40 |
Babysitter’s Training No expiration | Book+CD Rom+quick reference guide included $15 | $40 |
PET First Aid No expiration | Book included Dog $14/book Cat $14/book | $40 |
Instructor Training course (WSI & LGIT) Water Safety Instructor & Lifeguard Instructor Training | Book’s additional LGIT manual w/cd-rom $28 WSI candidates kit w/cd-rom $ 38 | $250 |
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