Lifeguard scheduling software and certification tracking for municipal pools
For municipal pools, swim clubs, camps and aquatic centres: know at any moment who is certified, who is on the schedule, and that the water was checked — with the proof to show it.
Remanso brings together the lifeguard and instructor schedule, the register of their certifications with a reminder before each expiry, and the water-quality readings. A swim club or an activity school will also recognize itself on the clubs and activity schools page.
Four things a pool has to be able to show.
Who is on duty
Each pool’s shifts and their replacements. A lifeguard whose certification has expired cannot, by default, be assigned, nor can someone already scheduled elsewhere. A replacement is found among lifeguards who are available and in good standing, without checking each certification by hand.
Which certifications are about to expire
Lifeguard and first-aid certifications sit in each person’s file. The expiry date is calculated, and an email goes out before it arrives. Recertification sessions can be organized before the certificate lapses.
That the water was checked
Water-quality readings are judged against your province’s or state’s standards, with a signed record. Proving a test was done, when and by whom, takes a few clicks instead of a search through binders.
Lessons and report cards
Participants imported from your registration system, lesson groups, attendance, and end-of-session report cards, including the Lifesaving Society’s official form.
Running a pool, without the chasing.
These tasks come back every season. They are the ones Remanso takes over.
Chasing someone a third time for a photo of their card.
Knowing who has done the mandatory training, and who hasn’t.
Finding a replacement at six in the morning.
Looking up which chlorine or pH standard applies to your pool.
Proving a check was actually done, and when.
Filling in report cards by hand at the end of every session.
What a pool tracks, and for how long.
The terms come from Remanso’s reference of Quebec qualifications, compiled on September 15, 2026. Each one carries its source: a regulation, or the body that issues the card — which can change it.
National Lifeguard — Pool option
24 monthsPublished by the issuer. Quebec’s Code de sécurité (Chapter IX, s. 438) requires a pool lifeguard to hold a valid certificate without setting its term: the Lifesaving Society sets it at two years.
Source: Lifesaving SocietyNational Lifeguard — Waterfront option
24 monthsThe same two-year cycle, published by the issuer. An expired certification can be requalified at any time.
Source: Lifesaving SocietyLifesaving Instructor, National Lifeguard Instructor
24 monthsValid for two years, according to the issuer’s page read on October 12, 2026. The issuer also requires teaching activity to stay active.
Source: Lifesaving SocietyWorkplace First Aid (CNESST, 16 h)
36 monthsSet by regulation. No shortened refresher: at expiry, the full 16-hour course is taken again.
Source: CNESSTStandard First Aid with CPR/AED Level C
to be confirmedTerm to be confirmed with the issuer (read your own provider’s card).
Source: Canadian Red Cross, St John Ambulance, Lifesaving SocietySource: Remanso’s reference of Quebec qualifications, compiled on September 15, 2026, aquatics sector reviewed on October 19, 2026. The Bronze Cross and Bronze Medallion are valid for two years according to the issuer, and for life as a prerequisite. For the other certifications in the aquatics stream — Water Safety Instructor, Swim Instructor, Pool Attendant — the reference cites no term: check with the issuer and enter the expiry date printed on the card. Always check your provider’s card before relying on any term.
Water readings, judged against your own jurisdiction’s standard.
Remanso has read the water standards for pools and wading pools of all thirteen provinces and territories and all fifty states, each value with its source article, in the official text, and had them re-read by a second reader: a value the second reading did not confirm is marked “to verify” and never judges a reading.
In Quebec, for a pool: where the regulation sets the values
- Free chlorine: s. 5 of the regulation
- pH: s. 5 of the regulation
- Combined chlorine (chloramines): s. 5 of the regulation
- Total alkalinity: s. 5 of the regulation
Where the regulation sets how often to measure
- Free chlorine: s. 9 of the regulation
- pH: s. 9 of the regulation
- Alkalinity: s. 9 of the regulation
Source: Règlement sur la qualité de l’eau des piscines et autres bassins artificiels (Regulation respecting water quality in swimming pools and other artificial pools), CQLR, c. Q-2, r. 39 (French text current to May 1, 2026, official), read on September 26, 2026. The values and frequencies are in the sections cited: consult the regulation. The official text prevails: where the two differ, the regulation applies.
What people ask us most.
How often must a National Lifeguard Pool option certification be renewed in Quebec?
Quebec’s Code de sécurité (Safety Code, Chapter IX, s. 438) requires a pool lifeguard to hold a valid certificate without setting its term: the validity period is the one the Lifesaving Society publishes, two years, and the expiry date is on the certification (source: the Lifesaving Society, as recorded in Remanso’s qualifications reference). According to the issuer, an expired certification can be requalified at any time. In Remanso, a lifeguard whose certification has expired cannot, by default, be assigned to a shift.
Can Remanso replace our lifeguard certification spreadsheet?
That is exactly its job: each certification sits in the person’s file, its expiry date is calculated, and a reminder goes out before it lapses, to the person or to management. No more chasing someone three times for a photo of their card. The term of each certification stays whatever its issuer publishes: your provider’s card is the authority.
Are water readings judged against Quebec’s standard?
They are judged against your own province’s or state’s standards: all thirteen provinces and territories and all fifty states are read, each value with its source article. In Quebec, that is the Règlement sur la qualité de l’eau des piscines et autres bassins artificiels (CQLR, c. Q-2, r. 39). A value marked “to verify” never judges a reading, and the official text always prevails.
How long is the trial, and do I need a credit card?
The trial lasts 21 days, with no credit card and no automatic renewal. We do the setup: you hand us your spreadsheets as they are. Every module is included during the trial, and you decide at the end.
Twenty-one days, no credit card.
Hand us your certification spreadsheets and your schedules as they are; we do the setup. The trial never turns into a subscription automatically, and you decide at the end.
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What’s next.
Municipalities
All your facilities, one way of working.
Read → All sectorsSix settings, one mechanism
Pick the sector closest to yours.
See → Water normsPublic pools, province by province
Chlorine, pH and alkalinity, with the source.
Read → The platformSix modules, and the work they take off your desk
The detail, task by task.
Read → A free toolCertification expiry calculator
Enter the date earned and the term: the expiry date is calculated.
Try it → Questions and answersTerms and renewals, with sources
How long is a Québec certification or certificate valid?
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