Trico Centre is excited to offer a variety of leadership courses throughout the year. Please review the leadership courses we offer and if interested, sign up to receive email notifications as to when courses are offered.
The courses are the foundation to a career in aquatics, creating a foundation to build your certifications through.
Bronze Medallion challenges the candidate both mentally and physically. Judgment, knowledge, skill, and fitness – the four components of water rescue form the basis of Bronze Medallion training. Candidates acquire the assessment and problem-solving skills needed to make good decisions in, on, and around the water.
Prerequisites: Bronze Star (need not be current) OR minimum of 13 years of age at the time of the course.
Bronze Cross begins the transition from lifesaving to lifeguarding and prepares candidates for responsibilities as assistant lifeguards. Candidates strengthen and expand their lifesaving skills and begin to apply the principles and techniques of active surveillance in aquatic facilities. Bronze Cross emphasizes the importance of teamwork and communication in preventing and responding to aquatic emergencies. Bronze Cross is a prerequisite for advanced training in the Society’s National Lifeguard and leadership certification programs.
Prerequisites: Bronze Medallion (need not be current), current Alberta Approved First Aid Training Agency – CSA Standard Z1210-17 Intermediate First Aid