Policy 2
Current CPR and First Aid - Not offered through CALA

Policy 3
Current Liability Insurance - special Insurance Program offered to CALA members

Policy 4
CALA Vertical Water Training & Group Aquafitness Leadership Completed

Must complete a CALA Vertical Water Training and Group Aquafitness Leadership Training Course (40 - 44 hours). Formerly called Total Track (before January 1, 2003), then called Foundation Part I and II (as of January 1, 2003). It is now to be called CALA Foundations of Vertical Water Training – The Kopansky Method Training Course and CALA Group Aqua Fitness Training and Leadership Specialty Course.

Note: If you have only had the opportunity to participate in one part of the Foundation Course - formerly called the Fast Track Course, then it is imperative that you attend a Vertical Water Training & Group Aquafitness Leadership Course or host a Vertical Water Training course whereby you can choose to apprentice train the first weekend and attend the Group Aquafitness Leadership Training, observing the trainer and learning how the material is facilitated. Then you would have to apprentice train the second weekend on another occasion under the supervision of a designated ‘Master’ Trainer.

*It is highly recommended that you also register and complete the CALA Specialty Courses as soon as possible. If you plan to train a Specialty, such as the CALA Water Running and Aqua Jogging Specialty, you must have attended the course, as a participant and passed the certification with distinction status.

T4T’s for new CALA Instructor Trainers are usually held annually. Costs, locations and details will be forwarded to you once approved as a T4T candidate. Our vision is to build a team of Trainers to facilitate the Vertical Water Training & Group Aquafitness Leadership Training courses, The Healing Waters Program, and a variety of Specialty Courses and Workshops that suit specific trainer expertise.

Train sections of the course with a designated ‘Master’ Trainer.

Once you have, apprentice trained, you will receive feedback on your training, and a decision will be made about your readiness to train "on your own." If your master trainer agrees that you are ready to train on your own, the next time you train the section that you have apprenticed and been approved in, you will be paid.

You must be approved on every section of the course to attain this status. On occasion, two different trainers will train a course due to different areas of expertise. A Trainers Agreement outlining full roles, responsibilities and code of conduct must be reviewed and signed at the beginning of each year.