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1. Satisfactorily pass the Red Cross – Water Safety Instructor Trainer or YMCA course equivalent.

This course will teach you to train others in the art of teaching swimming and water safety. This can be a rewarding career and an opportunity to start your own training business. Courses for becoming a trainer of instructors are not commonly found at your local pool. In the US, contact the Training Support Center at 1-800-RED-CROSS or support@redcrosstraining.org In other countries contact the headquarters of the Red Cross to find out where you can get the required training.

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 ==1. Satisfactorily pass the Red Cross – Water Safety Instructor Trainer or YMCA course equivalent.==
-This course will teach you to teach others to swim and be safer around water.
+This course will teach you to train others in the art of teaching swimming and water safety. This can be a rewarding career and an opportunity to start your own training business.  Courses for becoming a trainer of instructors are not commonly found at your local pool. In the US, contact the Training Support Center at 1-800-RED-CROSS or support@redcrosstraining.org  In other countries contact the headquarters of the Red Cross to find out where you can get the required training.
-According to the Red Cross in Boston "Through video and hands-on skill building, the course includes all the water safety and drowning prevention tools and information needed to plan and conduct courses in American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety program, including Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics, Learn-To-Swim, Longfellow's WHALE Tales, Safety for Swim Coaches, six water safety presentations and two water safety courses."
-"Hours: 32 (including precourse session) 35 (including precourse session & FIT)"
-"Prerequisites: Minimum of age 16 by end of course; Fundamentals of Instructor Training (FIT) course; Successful completion of pre-course session, consisting of tests of swimming skills including front crawl, back crawl, breast stroke, side stroke, elementary backstroke, butterfly, floating and treading."
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