Professional qualification · age 17+
Pool & Water-Park Lifeguard
The core professional qualification for working as a lifeguard at indoor and outdoor swimming pools and water parks. The qualification certificate is recognised in almost every country.
Course fee
213.08 EUR / 416.75 BGN
VAT included
1Candidate requirements
- Age 17 or older.
- Medical certificate confirming fitness for swimming and diving.
- Passing the entrance requirements.
- Application to the director of the BRC Regional Council secretariat. Applicants under 18 (unmarried) need written parental/guardian consent per Bulgarian law.
- Individual accident insurance for the duration of the course.
2Entrance exam
- 50 m freestyle — under 1 minute.
- 25 m breaststroke — no time limit.
Duration & programme
Final exam
- Written test — 30 questions (10 on first aid).
- 50 m freestyle in 50 seconds.
- Individual retrieval from 25 m (25 m swim + 25 m retrieval with a chosen transport hold) in 1:20 min (1:10 min in a 20 m pool).
- Release, transport and carrying holds.
- Demonstrating rescue-equipment use and tactics in a simulated incident.
- Swimming 20 m underwater, retrieving an object from the 15th metre.
- Treading water, wrists above the surface — 1 minute.
- Water-entry techniques.
- 400 m swim without equipment, under 8 minutes (verified by protocol).
- First-aid demonstration.
Attendance at lectures and practicals is mandatory — three absences mean exclusion from the group. A retake is possible within one year of completion, during the final exams of a same-level course.
Register for this course
Fill in a short form and the water-rescue specialists will contact you.