Description

The Georgia Club, located in Statham, Georgia, is hiring for Lifeguards. The Georgia Club is a large master-planned community that has been consistently named a “Top 50 Retirement Community In The U.S.” Amenities include 27 holes, an aquatic center, a large racquet club, a fitness center, and an acclaimed farm-to-table dining venue. Recently, the club purchased a food truck to continue to provide fresh programming and authentic experiences to the community.

Responsibilities of the Lifeguard at The Georgia Club include:

• Vacuums pool bottom; empties automatic skimmer; skims bugs and other debris from surface to prepare pool for daily use
• Supervises swimmers at all times to ensure their safety
• Tends to minor injuries such as small cuts and bruises of swimmers
• Maintains cleanliness of changing rooms, bathrooms, and showers
• Assists in organizing clinics and private swimming lessons for members as directed by the Swimming Pool Manager or Instructors
• Enforces rules of conduct
• Checks first aid inventory and reports shortages
• Organizes and monitors pool games at all times; suggests pool side games
• Sets pool equipment up at the beginning of the day and returns it to storage at the end of the day
• Straightens the pool and cabana areas at the end of the day
• Maintains all necessary records determined by the Swimming Pool Manager
• Attends all meetings as directed by the Swimming Pool Manager

Qualifications

Required Skills

• First Aid and CPR certification.
• Knowledge of optimal swimming pool water chemistry, temperature, and cleanliness standards.
• Skilled swimmer.
• Attentiveness and awareness to the surrounding environment.
• Ability to enforce policies and procedures that contribute to safety.

Physical Demands & Work Environment Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to:

• Walk and or stand for long periods of time, sit, bend, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear, stoop, kneel, crouch, close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally and to lift overhead and push/pull, move lighter objects.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will frequently:

• Be exposed to outside weather conditions including temperatures over 90 and below 40 degrees.
• Work near: moving mechanical parts, fumes, toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Noise level in the work environment is frequently loud.