Training Details

Unparalleled Training: Getting Certified

The path to becoming a Certified ISR Instructor is the unparalleled ISR Instructor Training Program, designed to provide you with the background knowledge, safety standards, and in-water skills to become a safe and effective ISR Instructor and successful business owner. While you’ll find plenty of companies who will try to sell you a “starter kit” or an online course to start a new business, the ISR program teaches you a technique that requires a combination of hands-on training and academic work as you truly develop the skills needed to be successful. The ISR Instructor Training Program includes a comprehensive in-water experience for six weeks with an ISR Master Instructor. Get the full training details when you speak with a member of our Careers Team.

Unmatched Support: Your Successful Business

From our humble beginnings in one backyard swimming pool in 1966, to today as the largest provider of individualized survival swimming lessons globally, ISR provides unparalleled support to our team. ISR Instructors are independent contractors who operate their own businesses within their communities while benefiting from not only ISR’s brand recognition and reputation, but a wealth of services from the ISR support teams and business services. Whether it’s consulting with our team of medical professionals about a specific student’s needs, or help utilizing social media to elevate your business’ visibility, ISR has the expertise and team to help. Connect with ISR’s Careers Team to learn how each new ISR business benefits from our decades of experience.

Program Comparison

If you’ve been thinking about a career in aquatics, you’ve likely looked at other programs and options or you’re about to. We know that you’ll find ISR’s extensive training program is also available at one of the lowest costs in the industry. How? Simply put: ISR’s longevity, size and extraordinary reputation allow us to keep the cost of training comparatively low so that we can train the best team members to help us reach the next child before they reach the water alone. We encourage you to do your research on other programs. Investigate their training curriculum, safety guidelines, recertification requirements, quality assurance, and ongoing support, as well as their history, and the number of lessons they provide each year. ISR is the most recognizable name in the industry we pioneered nearly 60 years ago and we know you’ll see why.

ISR by the Numbers

Our team of ISR Instructors provide nearly 2 million one-on-one ISR lessons each year, including ISR-backed lesson scholarships to more than 1,000 children annually, and has been diligently working to reduce childhood drowning since 1966. Backed by a full time, year-round staff, our global team of more than 1,200 Instructors provide unrivaled safe and effective ISR lessons with the robust suite of support systems only ISR can provide. ISR has the technique, support systems, and mission needed to keep little ones safe, but we need you to reach more children than ever before.