Adventureland Park - Deep Water Lifeguard

Job Summary

Summer is meant for FUN in the SUN! Do you love working outside and engaging with people? Do you care about safety but also strive to deliver an amazing guest experience? If you answered yes to these questions, you might just be the perfect addition to our Aquatics Team!

Responsibilities

• Dispatch riders down water slides
• Aid guests onto mats and tubes
• Roam entire area of assigned pool, scan water for distressed swimmers
• Maintain constant surveillance of assigned area
• Maintain a sense of calm in tense, escalated or emergency situations
• Perform water rescues when necessary, using appropriate techniques and equipment
• Physically assist distressed swimmers to safety in both shallow and deep water
• Enforce weight and height requirements
• Provide first-aid to injured guests when authorized
• Quickly and efficiently escalate medical emergencies to the proper authorities, when needed
• Report customer and safety concerns as well as lost children to management
• Protect guest belongings, turn in found items to lost-and-found as soon as time permits
• Clean up assigned area (including parking lots) at end of shift
• Remove unwanted trash or tripping hazards from Aquatics areas
• Assist in other departments as needed

Requirements

• Must be at least 16 years of age to comply with Iowa Child Labor Laws
• Ability to work flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays
• Demonstrated ability to successfully perform all swim tests, water rescues, assists
• Must possess safety-oriented mindset and understand the importance of complying with all Federal, State, and local regulations regarding aquatics safety standards
• Must demonstrate a willingness to learn and ability to follow instructions
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Must be guest-focused and work well with other Hosts and supervisors
• Physical Requirements: Ability to swim 200 yards using front crawl/freestyle or breaststroke, retrieve a 10-pound brick from at least 6 or more feet of water, tread water for 2 minutes without the use of arms, stand or walk for extended periods of time, swim, wade, and stand (sometimes in moderate currents), frequently kneel, stoop, bend, squat, twist or reach above shoulder-level, use hands to grasp, finger, handle, or feel, carry, push, pull, lift, and hold objects weighing up to 50 pounds, aid and physically move guests of varying heights and weights
• Specific vision abilities: Ability to see differences between colors and brightness, see details of objects that are more than a few feet away, see constant exposure to outdoor (or indoor) aquatics environments, constant exposure to variable outside (or indoor) temperatures, including high heat, direct sun, cold, humidity, dust, rain, and other weather conditions, regular exposure to water and pool chemicals, frequent interruptions and requests that may require reprioritization of activities

Qualifications

• No education requirements for this position
• Previous work experience is not required
• Must successfully complete the Ellis & Associates Lifeguard Training Program before becoming a lifeguard at Adventureland
• All Lifeguard candidates will be required to obtain the Ellis Lifeguard Certification instructional handbook and pass all certification requirements
• Swim 200 yards doing front crawl or breaststroke
• Retrieve 10-lb brick from 6 ft of water and tread water without arms for 2 minutes

Skills

• Guest-focused
• Flexible scheduling
• Water safety
• First aid
• Physical endurance
• Teamwork

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Free admission to Adventureland and select parks on your days off
• Invitations to exclusive company-sponsored employee events throughout the season