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Lifesaving Courses
Our courses teach essential aquatic first aid and rescue techniques, providing a practical and safe approach.
Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your skills, these classes are the perfect opportunity to gain vital knowledge to intervene safely. Join us and become a qualified lifeguard!
2026
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Courses
Lifesaving Courses
Bronze Cross
Registration code: AQ2101
For ages: 14 and over on the day of the final exam. Proof of age must be provided at the first class.
Description: This course prepares you for the work of an assistant lifeguard. You will be exposed to more complex and difficult types of rescues. This course gives you the necessary foundations for the National Lifeguard certification.
Scheduling: Please note that this course may not be offered each session.
Requirement: This course is mandatory for lifeguard certification.
Participants must attend all sessions, as well as the exam, to be certified, and be ready to swim in each class since it is held primarily in the water. Absences may be tolerated in certain circumstances.
Note that some institutions allow those who have taken this course to work as an assistant lifeguard, starting at the age of 15. Please refer to the Régie du bâtiment du Québec for more information. However, the City of Dorval only hires those with the National Lifeguard certification.
Prerequisites:
- Able to swim 400 metres continuously (preferably in less than 11 minutes).
- Have previously completed and passed the Bronze Medallion course.
- Able to swim front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke.
- Comfortable swimming underwater.
- Able to get to the bottom of the deep end of the pool (3 metres deep).
Materials (all can be purchased at the DASC):
- The Canadian Lifesaving Manual
- A whistle without balls (Fox40 type)
- A pocket mask
Skills to be developed:
- Team rescue:
- Division of tasks during team rescues.
- Methods of communication in rescue.
- Supervision of swimming pools and other water basins:
- Methods of supervising swimmers in a pool and other water basins.
- Communication and measures to prevent injury.
- Introduction to complex rescue:
- Manage complex drowning cases.
- Learn the basics of managing a victim with spinal injuries.
- Engage in teamwork for a rescue of multiple victims and rescue of a submerged victim.
- Implement lifesaving protocols as an assistant lifeguard.
- Lifesaving skills and physical strength:
- Swim underwater and carry bricks in the water.
- Improve your swim time for the 400 metres.
Participation capacity: 14 participants per class
Check the detailed schedule grid of the current or upcoming session
Lifesaving Courses
Bronze Medallion
Registration code: AQ2102
For ages: 13 and over on the day of final exam, unless the participant has completed the Bronze Star. Proof of age must be provided at the first class.
Description: This course introduces advanced rescue techniques and covers the fundamentals of performing rescues in more structured environments.
Requirement: This course is mandatory for lifeguard certification.
Participants must attend all sessions, as well as the exam, to be certified, and be ready to swim in each class since it is held primarily in the water. Absences may be tolerated in certain circumstances.
Note that some institutions allow those who have taken this course to work as an assistant lifeguard, starting at the age of 15. Please refer to the Régie du bâtiment du Québec for more information. However, the City of Dorval only hires those with the National Lifeguard certification.
Prerequisites:
- Able to swim 400 metres continuously (preferably in less than 12 minutes).
- Able to swim front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke.
- Comfortable swimming underwater.
- Able to get to the bottom of the deep end of the pool (3 metres deep).
Materials: A pocket mask is required (available at the DASC).
Skills to be developed:
- Skills and knowledge to assist others:
- Treatment of victims for various conditions.
- Learn to recognize different types of drowning and apply the appropriate rescue techniques.
- Conduct in-water searches.
- Introduction to rescue simulations:
- Put your knowledge and skills into action in fun and playful simulations.
- Save conscious and unconscious victims.
- Gain the confidence to carry out rescues when you are the sole trained responder.
- Lifesaving skills and physical strength:
- Towing unconscious victims and pulling them out of the water.
- Turning your clothes into a life jacket.
Participation capacity: 14 participants per class
Check the detailed schedule grid of the current or upcoming session