Pool Lifeguard

South Coast Community Aquatics • Brookings, OR

20h • Onsite

About The Position

The Pool Lifeguard is responsible for maintaining a secure and safe environment around the pool area. This role involves monitoring patrons, enforcing safety regulations, responding to emergencies, and managing pool equipment. The position requires strong swimming abilities and the capacity to educate and communicate effectively with a diverse range of individuals.

Requirements

• Must demonstrate strong swimming ability, and perform 500 meters (550 yards) swim, without equipment that enhances buoyancy or propulsion, over a measured course in ten minutes or less.
• Must also perform a brick swimming test, starting feet first in the shallow end of the pool, swimming 25 yards, diving down to a maximum of 12 feet depth, retrieving the brick, and swimming back the past 25 length yard in under a minute and forty seconds with the expectation of doing it in a minute and twenty seconds.
• Returning lifeguards must have the ability to swim 1000 meters (1,100 yards) without equipment that enhances buoyancy or propulsion, over a measured course in twenty minutes or less.
• The annual swim standard must be met before returning to lifeguard duties each year.
• Must be able to demonstrate swimming abilities outlined below, in order to move forward to interview process

Nice To Haves

• Previous Lifeguard/Swim Instructor experience preferred
• Opportunity to obtain lifeguard certification May 18th-19th, please ask for further details

Responsibilities

• Maintain watch over the pool area, ensuring a secure and safe environment
• Install and remove lane lines according to scheduled activities
• Provide education and enforce safety regulations for patrons
• Respond to all injuries, incidents, and emergencies as directed by policy
• Communicate effectively with diverse groups of individuals utilizing tact and diplomacy
• Effectively respond to questions and complaints
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed