aquatic specialty
Specialty Courses in Aquatics
Our specialty aquatics courses offer you more ways to enjoy the water and learn the finer points of aquatic instruction. While kids love to try out springboard diving, youth and adults get into waterpolo, scuba diving and teacher certifications, and much more.
Many of the aquatic specialty classes are not only fun and keep you active, they are also steps to becoming a lifeguard and swim instructor.
Below lists the steps to becoming a lifeguard and swim instructor. These steps are required by northvanrec for employment.
- Bronze Star
- Bronze Medallion
- Bronze Cross
- Standard First Aid or Aquatic Emergency Care
- National Lifeguard Service (NLS) Pool Option
- Water Safety Instructor Assistant
- Water Safety Instructor
- I Can Swim Swim Update
- I Can Swim Instructor
Courses Offered
Select a program from the list below. You will be redirected to eReg, our online registration system, where you can browse our course descriptions. Have your Playcard and credit card handy to register!
School Age
- Canadian Swim Patrol 8-12yrs
- Diving Springboard (all levels) 8 yrs & up
- Intro to Springboard Diving
- Junior Lifeguard Club 8yrs & up
- Junior Masters 12 years +
- Synchro Star Program
Youth & Adult
- Aquatic Emergency Care (AEC)
- Bronze Cross
- Bronze Medallion
- Bronze Medallion/Bronze Cross
- Bronze Star
- I Can Swim Teacher
- I Can Swim Update
- Junior Master
- Lifesaving Instructor
- Lifesaving Instructor Recertification
- NLS
- NLS Recertification
- One-on-one Sport Conditioning in the Water - Call the aquatic programmer at your facility to book
- Specialty Aquatic Rehab - Call 604-983-6553 for prices and times
- Water Safety Instructor Assistant
- Water Safety Instructor
- Water Safety Instructor Recertification
Swim Clubs
Several community groups utilize northvanrec pools for training and competition. Our two largest North Vancouver swim clubs are Chena and Cruisers. Please follow the links below for further information.
Chena North Shore Swim Team
Chena North Shore Swim Team provides the opportunity for young athletes to strive for excellence in competitive swimming. For further information visit www.chenaswimclub.ca.
Cruisers Aquatics Swim Club
Cruisers Aquatics is a speed swimming, water polo, synchronized swimming and diving club located on the North Shore that is part of the BC Summer Swimming Association. In the fall and spring, current and new members can register and participate in 'off-season' training for speed swimming, synchronized swimming and diving. Membership is open to swimmers of all skill levels and abilities. To register for Cruiser Aquatics 'off-season' training programs please click here. For further information on Cruiser Aquatics visit www.cruisersaquatics.com.
