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2009 JUNIOR GUARD SCHEDULE
SESSION #1: JUNE 8- JUNE 12
SESSION #2: JUNE 15- JUNE 19
SESSION #3: JUNE 22-JUNE 26
SESSION #4: JUNE 29-JULY 3
SESSION #5: JULY 6 - JULY 10
SESSION #6: JULY 13- JULY 17
SESSION #7: JULY 20 - JULY 24
JR. GUARD CHAMPIONSHIP
LOCATION: ALA MOANA BEACH PARK
DATE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH
ANSWERS TO
FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS
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TO DOWNLOAD, FILL, & PRINT OUT REGISTRATION FORM
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For more
information
contact
program coordinator:
Capt. Dwight Perkins:
dperkins@honolulu.gov
Lt. Matthew Lamke:
mlamke@honolulu.gov
Ocean Safety Training Center: 589-2251
For time management purposes emails preferred
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2009
JUNIOR GUARD LOCATIONS
SOUTH SHORE: ALA
MOANA BEACH PARK
NORTH SHORE: EHUKAI BEACH PARK
LEEWARD: POKAI BAY BEACH PARK
WINDWARD: KALAMA BEACH PARK
WAIMANALO: WAIMANALO BEACH PARK
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
1. PARTICIPANTS
MUST BE BETWEEN
13 AND 17 YEARS OF AGE. MUST BE 13 YRS
OF AGE BEFORE JUNE 1ST, 2009.
2. APPLICANTS MUST
POSSESS A BASIC
SWIMMING ABILITY WITH THE
CAPABILITY OF SWIMMING AT LEAST 500
YARDS. "THIS IS NOT A LEARN TO SWIM
PROGRAM"
3. ALL
DOCUMENTATION MUST BE
RECIEVED BEFORE THE APPLICANT MAY
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JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM
The primary purpose of the Junior Lifeguard Program is
to increase the self-confidence, physical conditioning, and
ocean awareness of program participants through their
introduction to water safety, first-aid, and surf rescue
techniques. Instructional
methodologies employed include didactic classroom instruction
and lectures, and skills training and enhancement.
- Physical Training includes daily warm-ups, stretching,
running on the beach, and
swimming.
- Ocean Skills Training alternates between paddling rescue
boards, using
surfboards and bodyboards as rescue tools, rescue tube
training, training with the
RESCUE operations team and the personal watercraft,
performing water entries
and exits, snorkeling, bodysurfing, and skills topics
including surf awareness and
safety.
- Classroom Skills include personal care topics such as
skin cancer awareness, eye
safety, and maintaining an overall healthy lifestyle through
appropriate diet and
physical conditioning, as well as a drug and alcohol
prevention module focusing
on the devastating dangers and consequences of drug and
alohol use. Lifesaving
techniques and procedures are introduced through victim
detection and first aid
instruction, as well as beach and hazard assessment skills,
ocean current and surf
condition detection, and safety awareness and marine life
identification.
- Competitive Training is emphasized with physical training through
lifeguard
techniques, strategies, skills, and sportsmanship.
Certification: Students receive a certificate of course
completion.
THIS PROGRAM IS A CPR AND FIRST AID ORIENTATION COURSE,
CERTIFICATION CARDS ARE NOT GIVEN. |
