Lifeguard

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitoring of all activities in and near the water through consistent surveillance of patrons.
• Preventing injuries by minimizing or eliminating hazardous situations or behaviors.
• Enforcing facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them.
• Recognizing and responding quickly and effectively to all emergencies.
• Administering immediate first aid and CPR, including using an automated external defibrillator (AED).
• Working as a team with other lifeguards, facility staff and management.
• Checking water chemistry in the pool(s) and spa(s).
• Answering the phone, assisting with customer needs; including running cash register and renewing memberships.
• Assisting in maintaining a clean environment in all required areas of the facility.
• Performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Experience:
• Entry Level
• Licenses or Certificates: Possession of a current American Red Cross Lifeguard's Certification
• Certifications: Possession of current American Red Cross First Aid and CPR Certifications
• Abilities and Requirements:
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of water safety and first aid, and laws and regulations related to swimming pools.
• Effectively supervise a wide range of facility patrons.
• Conduct work in a safe manner in accordance with established policy.
• Effectively enforce pool rules and regulations.
• Communicate clearly concisely, and courteously, orally and in writing.
• Establish, maintain, and foster positive and harmonious working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Treat others, including staff, patrons and the general public with courtesy and respect.
• Physical Demands:
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, kneel, crouch, stoop, squat, twist, swim 300 yards continuously, and lift 100 lbs.
• Exposure to heat, noise, hazardous materials, blood borne pathogens, outdoors, and potentially chemicals.
• This position is a safety-sensitive position, and is subject to pre-employment and random substance abuse testing.