SUMMARY

This job is responsible for ensuring the safety of the aquatic facilities patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies and enforcing the safety rules.

QUALIFICATIONS:

The individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements:

• 15 years of age or older (age 15 are required to have an approved, valid work permit)
• Reliable childcare and transportation
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights/weekends
• Pass a background check

Character Traits:

• Outgoing personalities
• Having a like for children
• Ability to provide effective communication to patrons
• Capacity to understand and follow oral and written orders
• Able to take corrective feedback and apply it in future behavior

Electronics:

• Must have a device where company apps can be downloaded
• Must have your own working email address

Physical Demands:

• Ability to easily move through all facility areas and actively interact with patrons
• Ability to lift/move up to 50 pounds frequently
• Remain alert with no lapses in consciousness
• Ability to hear noises and distress signals in the aquatic environment, including in the water and anywhere around the zone of responsibility
• Minimum hearing threshold of no more than an average of 25-decibel loss in both ears over a range of frequencies
• Hearing aids or other corrective devices for hearing should be able to perform all rescue skills and emergency procedures without interruptions to adjust, retrieve, or install or attach a hearing aid or corrective device
• Corrective eyewear should be able to perform all rescue skills and emergency procedures without interruptions to adjust, clear, or retrieve corrective eyewear

Mathematical Skills:

• Knowledge of basic math; ability to prepare reports on headcount for patrons and special events

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIES include the following:

• Ability to work independently and as a team member
• Being on time, dependable
• Maintain continuous surveillance of patrons in facility; act immediately and appropriately to secure the safety of patrons in the event of an emergency
• Spot hazards or potential hazards and take measures to prevent accidents
• Control and report unruly behavior; evict patrons not adhering to facility rules
• Maintain accurate records as required
• Maintain safe swimming conditions in pool, on pool deck, and surrounding areas, enforcing health and safety rules
• Provides emergency care and treatment as required until the arrival of medical services
• Ensure appropriate headcount of people involved in a water sport, event or activity on an hourly basis
• Calls out warnings to people who may have ventured too far or are in imminent danger
• Prevent accidents by scanning assigned ones from bottom to top and covering zone in compliance with the 10/10 rule
• Supervise swimmers to ensure they are swimming within the safety protocols
• Perform rescues in the event of a drowning or swimming accidents
• Perform first aid and CPR according to the demands of adverse situations
• Check safety and rescue tubes and buoys; perform maintenance as needed
• Ensure that all pool equipment is stored safely and that lost items are placed in the public Lost & Found
• Perform routine maintenance, as required, of pool, locker rooms, and surrounding areas to cleanliness
• Perform other related duties as required

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Must hold a valid current American Red Cross Lifeguarding, including CPR for the Professional Rescuer, AED, First Aid certification or equivalent.
• Working toward G.E.D or High School Diploma

WORK CONDITIONS:

• External environment: variety of weather conditions to include humidity, rain, and heat

WORK SCHEDULE subject to change:

• Swim Lessons, Senior Swim, Water Aerobics, Adaptive Swim, General Swim, Pool Parties