Lifeguard Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Minimum age of 16.
• Current YMCA Lifeguarding certification, or American Red Cross Lifeguarding certification subject to the stated YMCA certification deadline.
• Current American Safety & Health Institute, American Red Cross, or American Heart Association BLS for the Professional Rescuer certification.
• Current Standard/Community First Aid certification.
• Current Emergency Oxygen Administration certification.
• Ability to maintain required certifications and demonstrate lifeguard skills in accordance with YMCA standards.
• Ability to meet the physical, visual, and auditory demands of the essential functions, with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Ability to continuously scan the pool with clear vision and remain alert and focused for extended periods, including in high heat and humidity and amid background noise.
• Ability to hear and distinguish distress signals.
• Ability to perform strenuous physical tasks necessary for water rescues and perform rescue, resuscitation, and survival skills.
• Ability to communicate verbally, project a voice across distances, communicate swiftly and clearly with emergency personnel, and give and receive directions.
• Ability to complete the stated swimming, water-rescue, and CPR skills assessment, including treading water, swimming specified strokes and distances, surface-diving, retrieving an object, exiting the pool, and performing CPR on an adult manikin.
• Lifeguards under age 18 must work alongside an on-duty Lifeguard over age 18.

Nice To Haves

• 1–2 years of lifeguard experience preferred.
• A candidate without the required certifications may be hired provisionally if they register for a YMCA Lifeguard V6 course within 30 days of hire, participate in an interview, and pass the pre-employment skills assessment. Lifeguarding shifts may be scheduled only after certifications are obtained and approved in SafetyZone.
• American Red Cross-certified lifeguards must obtain YMCA Lifeguarding Certification within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide continuous, uninterrupted scanning of the pool and aquatic area.
• Follow the Minimum Standards of Safety for Aquatic Activities 7.301 and consistently enforce pool and aquatic-area safety rules, policies, and guidelines.
• Check equipment and ensure appropriate equipment is available as needed.
• Use problem-solving skills to make quick decisions, instruct, evaluate, supervise, and recognize potential danger or injury.
• Maintain effective, positive relationships with members, participants, and other staff.
• Review emergency procedures and respond immediately to emergencies in accordance with YMCA policies and procedures.
• Complete required reports and maintain accurate records required by the YMCA or state Health Department code.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety standards and continually monitor the aquatic area for hazardous or unsafe conditions.
• Immediately report hazardous or unsafe conditions to management and take appropriate action.
• Successfully complete periodic aquatic safety assessments.
• Attend staff meetings and trainings as required.
• Uphold YMCA policies concerning safety, supervision, mandated reporting, and risk management.
• Demonstrate YMCA and character values in dealings with members, guests, volunteers, and fellow staff.
• Develop and demonstrate competencies in mission advancement, collaboration, operational effectiveness, and personal growth.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.