P/T Lifeguard

City of Deer Park•Deer Park, TX

9h•Onsite

About The Position

The Lifeguard is responsible for helping ensure the safety of guests, staff, and the aquatic facility. The role requires knowledge of facility rules and safety guidelines, effective communication with guests, coworkers, and leadership, and consistent supervision of patrons throughout the pool facility, including the pool, deck, furniture, and lobby. The position requires maintaining lifeguarding skills and physical fitness, attending mandatory in-service training, following the posted work schedule, punctuality, professionalism, and providing quality customer service. Applicants must complete a prerequisite swimming-skills test and pass a swim test during the interview. Offers are conditional on favorable background-check and drug-screen results. If asked to teach swim lessons, the employee must also follow the swim lesson instructor job description.

Requirements

Must be at least 16 years of age.
Ability to self-motivate with little or no supervision.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Willingness to obtain Jeff Ellis & Associates Certification, Advanced CPR and First Aid, Oxygen Administration, and AED certification; certification is valid for one year.
Attend four hours of in-service training per month issued by the employer.
Complete a prerequisite screening test covering a 100-meter swim, a five-foot dive brick depth retrieval, and treading water without using arms or hands for one minute.
Ability to exit a standard pool unassisted from the pool edge without using a ladder or stairs.
Pass the interview swim test: a continuous 100-meter breaststroke or front-crawl swim, retrieval of a ten-pound brick from five feet of water, and treading water.
Offers are conditional on successful and favorable background-check and drug-screen results.
Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
Meet the physical demands of regularly reaching with hands and arms; frequently walking and using hands to handle or operate objects, tools, or controls; and occasionally sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, talking, or hearing.
Have the vision abilities required for close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision, and adjusting focus.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual language skills.
Ability to work well with children.

Responsibilities

Warn swimmers about unsafe practices.
Rescue swimmers in danger of drowning and administer first aid, CPR, and/or AED assistance.
Maintain order in swimming areas by consistently enforcing rules.
Inspect facilities for cleanliness.
Maintain lifeguarding skills at a test-ready level.
Attend mandatory lifeguard in-service training during the summer and four hours of employer-issued in-service training per month.
Supervise patrons on the pool deck, pool furniture, pool lobby, and in the pool.
Follow the posted job schedule and report punctually, arriving at least 15 minutes before the start of a class.
Act professionally and provide quality customer service.
Communicate effectively with all levels of staff.
Maintain swimming skills, strength, and endurance.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
If asked to serve as a swim lesson instructor, follow the responsibilities in the swim lesson instructor job description.
Complete the required swimming-skills screening and interview swim test.
Complete a background check and drug screen as conditions of an offer.