Red Cross WS Instructor Trainers
Canadian Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Trainers transition to Swim for Life Instructor Trainer certification by completing the Swim Transition Instructor clinic and then a Branch-coordinated Lifesaving Society Trainer course
Swim Transition Instructor clinic
The self-guided, online clinic provides an orientation to the Society’s Swim for Life program. The clinic will be available in French and English FROM MARCH TO DECEMBER 2022. We will inform you as soon as registration opens.
Registration opens in March: https://e-lifesaving.ca/
Lifesaving Society Trainer course
The Trainer course introduces the principles and structure of the Lifesaving Society competency-based leadership system; and focuses on the curriculum knowledge, skill sets, techniques and resources needed to successfully plan and deliver a Lifesaving Society instructor course.
The Trainer course for WSITs will incorporate the Swim for Life Trainer Orientation module that focuses on the information needed to successfully plan and deliver the Lifesaving Society Swim for Life Instructor course. Contact the Lifesaving Society office in your province/territory for information on the process.
The Lifesaving Society does not charge for the Swim Transition Instructor clinic or for the Trainer Orientation module. The Society will waive the Trainer certification fee, but you must purchase the relevant Swim for Life Instructor and Trainer resources.
This transition path ends December 31, 2022. If you do not complete the Swim Transition Instructor clinic and the Lifesaving Society Trainer course in 2022, you would be required to successfully follow the normal Lifesaving Society procedures to earn Swim for Life Instructor Trainer status and pay the relevant certification fees.
