Aquatics Instructor

About the role

The Aquatics Instructor is responsible for providing private and group swim instruction to clients, maintaining a safe and effective learning environment, and fulfilling clients' swimming goals.

Responsibilities

• Provides instruction; provide specific and corrective feedback to each client at each session
• Design and deliver effective and rewarding sessions and workouts
• Provide swim evaluations to help parents decide which program is best for their child and client retention
• Maintain accurate, current records on all clients’ progress; follow progression guidelines
• Enforce all pool rules and aquatics center and club policies
• Maintain a consistent work schedule; arrive punctually for sessions
• Provide excellent communication with the parents of swimmers as well as all members and staff
• Track attendance of client’s sessions
• Accurately enter and maintain consistent timely records in the required systems for hours worked and sessions
• Actively participate in events, programs meetings and training including in-service training
• Aid in the maintenance and cleanliness of the aquatics center
• Represent the club in a professional manner through image, dress, communication, and immediate follow through and response

Qualifications

• Current Lifeguard Certification required
• WSI certification or equivalent required
• Understand the current best practices in learn-to-swim skills, competitive swim techniques and childhood development
• Experience teaching Swim Lessons for all ages
• Sales and Marketing — Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling services
• Problem Anticipation/ Deductive Reasoning — Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong and then apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
• Oral Comprehension and Expression — Ability to understand and communicate so others can understand ideas and information
• Computer – Ability to develop and maintain computer records in Word, Excel and other software required by TBCC

Skills, Knowledge, Experience & Education

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• Work is typically performed outdoors in varying and occasionally extreme (hot) weather conditions
• Ability to arrive at work on time for all scheduled work shifts required
• Ability to work weekends, evenings, and holidays required
• Must be flexible, adaptable, and readily able to adjust to changes in work environment
• Position requires daily public contact
• Frequent public contact with the need to problem solve difficult situations
• Adapt to a frequently changing environment
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• Frequently required to climb or balance and occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must occasionally sit for extended periods and regularly walk around the facility
• Must frequently move 10 pounds and in the event of an emergency lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required but this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Instructor Tiers

• Master Swim Instructor: Minimum of 60 lessons per month (average of 6 months)
• Elite Swim Instructor: 4+ years experience teaching preferred; Minimum of 80 lessons per month (average of 6 month)
• Ultimate Swim Instructor: 6+ years experience teaching preferred; Minimum of 100 lessons per month (average of 6 month)

Working Conditions/ Physical Requirements

• Work is typically performed outdoors in varying and occasionally extreme (hot) weather conditions
• Ability to arrive at work on time for all scheduled work shifts required
• Ability to work weekends, evenings, and holidays required
• Must be flexible, adaptable, and readily able to adjust to changes in work environment
• Position requires daily public contact
• Frequent public contact with the need to problem solve difficult situations
• Adapt to a frequently changing environment
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• Frequently required to climb or balance and occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must occasionally sit for extended periods and regularly walk around the facility
• Must frequently move 10 pounds and in the event of an emergency lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required but this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus