Accept the challenge! Become a certified Lifeguard If you are comfortable in and around water and want to make a difference to peoples’ lives, join the SSI Lifeguard team. Being a lifeguard is a fun, rewarding job, and as a professional SSI Lifeguard, you can join water safety teams around the world or make lifeguarding your full-time career. Do not stop training! Further your career by becoming an SSI Swim Teacher or SSI Basic Freediving Instructor and reach higher training levels from there. Whatever your passion is, we have an SSI training program that fits your needs! Start building your solid base for a SSI Professional career today. Get certified as a lifeguard Our internationally recognized SSI Lifeguard program is the best way to start and become a lifeguard for pools or waterparks. You will learn all you need to confidently supervise, assist and rescue victims in pool and waterpark environments, and earn the SSI Lifeguard certification. Not already 18 years old? No problem! You will be certified as a Water Safety Attendant and get your upgrade as Pool Lifeguard as soon as you turn eighteen. Love lifeguarding? Upgrade your certification with additional training and become an SSI Inland Open Water Lifeguard, an SSI Beach Lifeguard or even a Lifeguard Instructor. LifeguardDo you want to save lives and learn exciting new Lifeguard skills including communication, problem solving and teamwork? Become a professional SSI Lifeguard with this internationally recognized program. Start making a difference today!Learn more Become a Professional Continue your lifeguard career by becoming a Lifeguard Instructor. Alternatively combine your training with SSI Swim by joining an SSI Swim Teacher Instructor Course to graduate as a Swim Teacher. Becoming an SSI Professional is just the beginning of an exciting career pathway. Swim Teacher AdultDo you want to inspire lifetime swimmers? Make a career out of swimming? Become a professional swimming teacher with SSI! Learn to teach babies, children or adults to swim, plus beginners up to competitive swimmers. Make a difference! Start today!20-24Suggested duration (h)Basic Freediving InstructorWith the Basic Freediving Instructor course, active SSI scuba professionals can easily expand their diving career into the freediving market. Help water enthusiasts learn to freedive by teaching them basic freediving skills in this entry-level program.8-12Suggested duration (h)Lifeguard InstructorTake the next exciting step in your Lifeguard career and learn how to be a lifeguard trainer! Train professional lifeguards. Become an SSI Lifeguard Instructor now with this internationally recognized course. Start making a difference today!40-56Suggested duration (h) Featured destinations that are ideal for lifeguard training Scubago is an online platform connecting divers with dive centers and resorts worldwide, offering easy booking for courses, dive experiences, and accommodation — powered by the world’s largest dive site database. With 10,000+ dive sites and detailed wildlife information, divers can find and book experiences at locations that match their dream encounters. The database is built on 20+ million logged dives and grows daily through the Digital DiveLog integrated in the SSI, MARES, AQUA LUNG and APEKS apps. Using QR code technology, the Digital DiveLog connects dive sites, buddies, instructors, centers, and resorts, and supports multiple dive computer brands for seamless dive downloads. Find top places to complete your lifeguard certifications and get inspired for your next adventure! 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Start creating the experience of a lifetime today! © Shutterstock/Frank FischbachGermanyGermany is a nation of divers with the Baltic sea, countless alpine lakes with crystal clear waters and indoor diving centers.Learn more © iStock-Art WagerHawaiiEvery possible type of adventure can be found in ’tropical paradise’ Hawaii including dramatic jagged cliffs, active volcanoes and clear turquoise waters.Learn more © iStock/RudyBalaskoTurkeyThe great diving locations in Turkey lie on its western and southern shores in the Aegean Mediterranean Seas respectively.Learn more © iStock/RudyBalaskoItalyItaly is a peninsula in southern Europe, famously shaped like a boot that is surrounded by three parts of Mediterranean - offering various dive sites.Learn more © iStock/daniloviPhilippinesThe Philippines is an archipelago composed of over 7,000 islands in three main regions: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.Learn more © iStock/kurmyshovMaldivesAn island nation located off the southwest coast of India in the Indian Ocean, the Maldives is made up of 26 different ring-shaped reefs called, atolls.Learn more Discover the Wonders of the Deep with SSI's Blog Join us on an exciting journey of discovery and learn more about exhilarating diving adventures, dedicated conservation initiatives, and innovative educational opportunities that will help you illuminate the extraordinary beauty of the underwater world. 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