Certifications
Take your skills to the next level.
Elevate your skills and open new opportunities with the certification programs offered at the WRC. We provide hands‑on, instructor‑led training in essential areas such as CPR/AED, First Aid, lifeguarding, fitness instruction and more. Whether you're looking to advance your career, meet job requirements, or simply gain confidence in emergency situations, our courses are designed to be accessible, engaging and aligned with nationally recognized standards. Join a supportive learning environment where community members of all experience levels can build valuable knowledge and make a lasting impact.
Certification classes are available at various times throughout the year. Please check back if there are no active classes currently listed in our registration system.
CPR/AED Trainings
- Adult First Aid CPR/AED + Bloodborne Pathogens
This course equips participants with the ability to recognize and care for a variety of first aid breathing and cardiac emergencies involving adults. Upon successful completion, a valid 2-year digital certificate for Adult First Aid/CPR/AED is issued.
- Adult & Pediatric First Aid CPR/AED + Bloodborne Pathogens
This course equips participants with the ability to recognize and care for a variety of first aid breathing and cardiac emergencies involving adults children and infants. It is designed for participants who need a certification that satisfies OSHA workplace or other regulatory requirements. Upon successful completion a valid 2-year digital certificate for Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED is issued.
- CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer
This course will teach professional rescuers (i.e., those with a duty to act) the skills needed to respond appropriately to breathing and cardiac emergencies.
- Review for the CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer
This course will teach professional rescuers (i.e., those with a duty to act) the skills needed to respond appropriately to breathing and cardiac emergencies. To enroll in this recertification course, you must have a current certification or a certification expired by no more than 30 days for American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers.
Fitness Certifications
- Become a Personal Trainer
This course follows the American Council on Exercise (ACE) national instructor training course to become a Personal Trainer. This 6-week, intensive class covers exercise physiology, anatomy, biomechanics, hands-on practical training, exercise programming, motivation and coaching techniques.
- Become a Fitness Instructor
This course follows the American Council on Exercise (ACE) national instructor training course to become a Group Fitness Instructor. Learn to teach kickboxing, HIIT, Cycling, Strength Training and more. Course includes lecture and practical application and theory to provide safe, effective, and purposeful exercise. Learn to apply the principles of motivation, leadership skills and communication techniques to lead a group fitness class.
- Yoga Teacher Training Foundations (Level One)
This course provides the tools to create inspiring vinyasa yoga classes grounded in proper alignment and the safety of exercise science. Minimum 10 participants.
Aquatics Trainings
- Lifeguarding Instructor
This course trains instructor candidates to teach American Red Cross Lifeguarding courses including Lifeguarding Shallow Water, Lifeguarding Aquatic Attraction, Lifeguarding Waterpark Skills, Waterfront Skills, CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers, and Bloodborne Pathogens Training. This class is taught in a blended learning format and the online portion must be completed prior to attending the first in-person session of the instructor course.
Prerequisites:
- Minimum age: 17 years
- Possess a current Red Cross certificate for Lifeguarding with CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and First Aid
- Ability to successfully demonstrate all lifeguarding and CPR skills including a pre-course assessment to perform a water rescue (submerged drowning) extrication single rescuer CPR for 3 minutes
- Lifeguard
This course provides participants the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies in both shallow water (less than 7ft) and deeper water (7ft or more) and to provide professional-level care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until EMS personnel take over. This class is taught in a blended learning format and the assigned online portion(s) must be completed prior to each instructor-led session. Participants who successfully complete this course receive an American Red Cross certificate for Lifeguarding (including deep water) with CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and First Aid valid for 2 years.
Prerequisites:
- Minimum age: 15 years by final day of course
- Complete a swim-tread-swim sequence: Jump into the water, submerge, resurface, swim 150 yards (using the front crawl breaststroke or a combination of both), maintain position at the surface of the water for 2 minutes by treading water using only the legs, then swim 50 yards using the front crawl breaststroke or a combination of both
- Complete a timed event within 1.40 minutes by starting in the water and swimming 20 yards, surface dive (feet-first or head-first) to a depth of 7-12 feet to retrieve a 10lb object, return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point holding the object at the surface with both hands, then exit the water without using a ladder or steps
- Lifeguard Review
An abbreviated Lifeguarding course that reviews course content in addition to practice and testing of skills and emergency team response. To participate in the recertification course participants must possess a Red Cross certificate for Lifeguarding with CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and First Aid (current certification or certification expired by no more than 30 days). Participants who successfully complete this course will receive a certificate for Lifeguarding with CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and First Aid valid for 2 years.
- Water Safety Instructor
In this course, also known as WSI™ trains American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, candidates learn to lead courses and presentations in the Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety program by developing their understanding of how to use the course materials, how to conduct training sessions and how to evaluate participants’ progress. The courses and presentations include Parent and Child Aquatics Levels 1-2, Preschool Aquatics Levels 1-3, Learn-to-Swim Levels 1-6, three adult courses, as well as the Basic Water Rescue and Personal Water Safety courses and more. To enroll, instructor candidates must be at least 15 years of age by the last day of the instructor course and successfully complete the pre-course session which includes demonstration of swimming skill at Learn-to-Swim Level 4.
Youth Courses
- Babysitter Training
This in-person course prepares youth ages 11-16 to safely and confidently care for children and infants. It includes hands-on activities, videos and discussions to develop essential real-life readiness babysitting skills. The course covers feeding, diapering, picking up and holding children safely and emergency response. Participants receive a 10-year Babysitter's Training certificate upon completion.
Refunds will be provided for class cancelations made by Recreation Services. Participant cancelations will be handled on a case by case basis and will involve an administrative fee.