Submit Course Records
Please click on the following forms, fill them out and e-mail them to , or mail them to American Red Cross, attn: Health and Safety Services, 2425 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28203:
Course Record
Course Record Addendum
Lifeguarding Course Record
Lifeguarding Course Record Addendum
Water Safety Course Record
For instructions on how to fill out the above forms, click here.
Collection of information on course activity benefits both your organization and the Red Cross by:
- Providing records on students trained, which can also be used by your organization to verify training.
- Providing statistics that help in program evaluation.
- Allowing the Red Cross and you to identify trends for possible areas of improvement.
- Assisting in monitoring for quality assurance.
- Helping to ensure all areas of the community are reached with Red Cross programs.
- Tracking instructor activity for reauthorization and recognition purposes.
Course Records
The Course Record (6418R) and Course Record Addendum (6418AR) are the primary means of communicating course activity. These forms are the official record of training and must be properly filled out. These can be found here.
For selected Red Cross courses, program-specific course records are also available for your use. You may choose to use these forms in place of the Course Record and Course Record Addendum, but only for the indicated courses. These forms include the following:
- Water Safety Instructor Activity Report (used for the following programs: Parent and Child Aquatics, Longfellow’s WHALE Tales, GuardStart, and Levels 1-6 of the Learn-to-Swim Program)
- Lifeguard Training Course Record (used for the following programs: Lifeguarding, Waterfront Lifeguarding, Waterpark Lifeguarding, Shallow Water Attendant, Lifeguard Management, and optional Oxygen Administration and Preventing Disease Transmission courses)
- Youth Activity Report (used for the following programs: Longfellow’s WHALE Tales, Basic Aid Training, First Aid for Children Today, GuardStart and ACT Smart)
- HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Activity Report (used for HIV/AIDS Education courses and sessions).
