Bronze Medallion Lifeguard Training in Toronto

At Seal Swimming, we believe that aquatic leadership and lifeguarding can be more than part time or summer jobs. They can be a fulfilling career that lets you impart a lasting impact on your communities and students.

To set aspiring leaders up for success, Seal Swimming offers a full range of lifeguarding and aquatic leadership training courses. This includes training for young swimmers who aspire to be lifeguards, and for youths and adults looking for practical courses and certifications for longterm employment opportunities.

Bronze Medallion Course (+ Emergency First Aid & CPR-B)

This Bronze Medallion course in Toronto offers an understanding of lifesaving principles contained in the four components of water-rescue education: judgment, fitness, knowledge and skill. Rescuers learn tows and carries, and defense methods and releases in preparation for challenging rescues of increased risk involving conscious and unconscious victims of various types. Lifesavers develop stroke efficiency and endurance in a timed swim.

Bronze Cross Course

This Bronze Cross course in Toronto is the next level in the lifesaving chain. This course will bring you one step closer to becoming a certified Instructor and/or Lifeguard. Bronze Cross builds upon the foundation established in Bronze Medallion and teaches more complex and advanced lifesaving skills, for example the difference between a lifesaver and lifeguard is outlined and deep water spinal injury management.

Standard First Aid & CPR-C

This standard first aid course in Toronto provides comprehensive training covering all aspects of first aid and CPR. Standard First Aid incorporates all of the Emergency First Aid content and is designed for those who require a more in-depth understanding of first aid including: legal implications of first aid treatment, spinal injuries, heat or cold injuries, bone and joint injuries, abdominal and chest injuries, burns and medical emergencies. It provides knowledge of how the heart works and what goes wrong when defibrillation is required. Candidates will learn when and how to operate a public access defibrillator.

National Lifeguard

The Lifesaving Society’s National Lifeguard certification is Canada’s professional lifeguard standard. The updated National Lifeguard curriculum is grounded in important lifeguard competencies – judgment, knowledge, skill, fitness.

National Lifeguard is a professional lifeguarding certificate recognized throughout Canada and one of the only lifeguard certificates recognized by the Province of Ontario.