NLS Instructor Trainers teach, evaluate and certify
National Lifeguard Instructor candidates. NLS ITs are
experienced and knowledgeable NLS Instructors and NLS
Examiners.
Prerequisites: Certification and
experience as an NLS Instructor and NLS Examiner. Do you have the
prerequisites?
NLS IT candidates should have significant experience
teaching and examining the Society's National Lifeguard
Service award before applying for NLS IT status.
IT clinic: Attend a generic Instructor Trainer
clinic of approximately 10-14 hr. classroom and water
instruction.
Apprentice: Apprentice with an experienced NLS
Instructor Trainer on at least 1 NLS Instructor course. After
completion of apprenticeship, submit your completed NLS IT Training
Record with the appointment fee to the Society's office.
Required reference material: Notes for
Instructor Trainers, NLS Instructor Pac,
Alert: Lifeguarding in Action, NLS IT Training Record.
Costs: In addition to the required
reference materials, an appointment fee is payable to the
Lifesaving Society and submitted with your Training Record.
Organizers will charge a fee to cover the cost of running the
Instructor Trainer clinic.
Recertification: Instructor
Trainers remain current by recertifying with 24 months of the
last certification date. Recertification is through the Lifesaving
Society professional development credit system. Is it time to recertify?
Find a
course.