Instructors work one-on-one in the water, lifeguards watch every swimmer, and coaches share the locker room. Screen every adult on deck with an FCRA-compliant national criminal and all-50-state sex-offender check, plus identity verification, for $5.
FCRA-compliant No per-seat fees Results in minutes
On deck & in the water
Aquatics is high-contact and low-visibility — one-on-one in the water, poolside supervision, and locker rooms. These are the adults worth verifying.
One-on-one in the water with young children.
Eyes on every swimmer, in and out of the pool.
Practices, meets, and the locker room.
Poolside access at competitions.
Parent helpers on deck and at events.
Under-18 staff — screened with guardian consent.
VolunteerBadge · Aquatics
Every $5 volunteer check
Criminal records
650M+ county, state & federal court records
Sex-offender registries
All 50 states + national registry
Identity verification
Government photo ID + biometric selfie
Address history
SSN-traced — free on every check
Watchlists
FBI Most Wanted + OFAC / global
Email a link or post a QR code for instructors and lifeguards. They apply from their phone in minutes.
Government ID + selfie confirms the real person, then the $5 national check runs. Under-18 junior guards get guardian consent automatically.
A green “verified” badge (or a flagged review) lands on your roster — with FCRA adverse-action built in.
Flip on volunteer-pays and each instructor or lifeguard pays for their own check at sign-up — screening stays free for the program, and you still get a verified result for everyone.
Aquatics is high-contact and low-visibility: swim instructors hold and guide young children in the water, lifeguards and coaches supervise in and out of the pool, and locker rooms are part of the environment. Screening every instructor, lifeguard, and volunteer coach is a basic duty-of-care step, and at $5 a check it is realistic to do for the whole deck.
VolunteerBadge runs a full national criminal background check spanning 650M+ county, state, and federal court records, sex-offender registries in all 50 states, FBI Most Wanted, and OFAC/global watchlists — with a free SSN-traced address-history check on every applicant, no per-seat fees, and no contract.
And because a name and date of birth anyone can type is not proof of identity, VolunteerBadge verifies each person with a government photo ID and a biometric selfie matched to the ID.
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It is $5 per instructor, lifeguard, or volunteer through VolunteerBadge — a full national criminal check with a free address-history check and FCRA adverse-action workflow, no per-seat or monthly fees on pay-as-you-go.
Yes — all 50 states plus the national registry, alongside 650M+ court records, FBI Most Wanted, and OFAC/global watchlists, on every $5 check.
Yes. VolunteerBadge screens applicants as young as 14 and collects a parent/guardian authorization for anyone under 18 before the check runs.
Yes — turn on volunteer-pays so each instructor or lifeguard covers their own check, keeping screening free for the program.
Most programs re-screen annually for anyone with ongoing swimmer contact; automated reminders make it simple.
Youth sports background checks
Screening for teams, leagues, and athletic programs.
Swim camp screening
For summer swim clinics and camps.
Volunteer background check consent form
What FCRA requires before you screen staff.
Free background check policy creator
Build a branded, FCRA-aware screening policy.
Set up your program in a few minutes and screen your first instructor for $5 — no contract, no per-seat fees, cancel anytime.
Screen a volunteer for $5