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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will preface this by saying we no longer live in the DMV.

DD16 wants to work this summer as a lifeguard at our neighborhood pool. She is a strong athlete but not a swim team kid.   Her friends who worked there last summer told her that all she needs is a certification that she can get online.

This is a red flag about working there, right? Isn't the Red Cross certification the standard at most pools? We were members of this pool years ago and always kept a close eye on our kids because the lifeguards seemed lax compared to those at YMCA or public pools and now I know why.  It seems like a huge liability to have lifeguards who aren't properly certified. [/quote]

My teen just did the Red Cross certification this weekend.  It was several hours of online pre-work/testing, then 12 hours on Sat and 12 hours on Sun of in in person instruction both in water and dryland CPR.  They got a job with High Sierra Pools, which is one of the companies that operates a ton of pools in NoVA and they only accept Red Cross certification.  It really depends on who is managing the pool.   I would find out the name of the pool management company that manages your neighborhood pool and go from there.  [/quote]

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