acility and instructor benefits
Here are six advantages to online lifeguard training for facilities:
• Save money. Reduced contact hours can mean reduced instructor expenses.
• Provide more focused instruction. Instructors can focus on the skills and scenarios of lifeguarding, and allow the online program to cover the lecture.
• Content is standardized internationally. Ensures that all lifeguard candidates have successfully completed the same core knowledge base, regardless of where they were trained.
• More in-service is possible. Can assign completion of course sections as they desire.
• Documentation is easier. Provides a tracking mechanism for meeting in-service requirements, and for notifying instructors/facilities of student performance, including test scores and item analysis.
• Recruitment is improved. Can advertise with local schools to get more candidates involved, thus increasing the potential base of lifeguard candidates from which to recruit.
Lifeguard benefits
An online study program can help lifeguard trainees:
• complete didactic portion at their leisure.
• repeat or review sections as desired.
• achieve mastery of the content.
• learn in a highly interactive format, integrating content into practical exercises in preparation for their skills practicals.
