Lompoc Parks and Recreation will hold swim-instructor training in January at the Lompoc Aquatic Center. The training is designed to equip instructor candidates to teach courses in the Lompoc Aquatic Center Swim Lessons Program.

Deadline to register for the session is Wednesday, Jan. 3. Training will be presented in a classroom-learning format.

Participants will be given an overview of the Lompoc Aquatic Center swim lessons program, skills practice on stroke techniques, and will receive practice-teaching assignments.

The practice-teaching assignments will give participants experience in teaching program materials, including making presentations, doing demonstrations, organization, class management, and evaluating participant progression.

Participants will also have the opportunity to shadow an instructor during actual swim classes.

The course provides the training needed to teach swim classes at the Lompoc Aquatic Center. No nationally recognized certification will be given on training completion, and the training is not transferable to other aquatic facilities.

Those who complete the training will have an opportunity to apply for a position as a swim instructor at the Lompoc Aquatic Center.

Training Prerequisites:
 Candidates must be at least 16 years of age, and must have the ability to demonstrate proficiently the following strokes: front crawl (freestyle), back crawl (backstroke), and breaststroke.
 Candidates must also be able to demonstrate floating on the back and treading water for one minute.

Training dates and times:
 Friday, Jan. 5, 5-8 p.m.
; Saturday, Jan. 6, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
; Monday, Jan. 8, 4-6:30 p.m.

The training fee is $20 but that will be refunded for Lompoc Valley residents/participants who apply to become an instructor at the Lompoc Aquatic Center and are hired within 30 days of successfully completing the instructor course.