Part-Time Lead Lifeguard

Job Description

Part-Time Lead Lifeguard |

The Tone:
This is a part-time role at a college, located at the Kendall Campus. The college operates an Aquatic Center featuring an Olympic-size swimming pool with a diving well. This position is vital for the safe and efficient operation of the facility, focusing on leading a team of lifeguards and providing direct support for pool maintenance and procedures. The Lead Lifeguard plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety of all individuals using the swimming facilities, maintaining water quality, and upholding established rules and regulations for a positive environment.

The TL;DR
• Role: Part Time
• Type: Temporary
• Location: Kendall Campus (On-site)
• Pay: $16 hourly
• Team: Aquatic Center, Reports to Aquatic and Fitness Center Manager
• Mission: Lead lifeguards and assist with the operational oversight and daily maintenance of the college’s swimming pool, ensuring swimmer safety and facility compliance.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Leadership & Supervision: Lead three or more lifeguards in the completion of their assigned tasks and the performance of all lifeguard and related swimming facility duties.
• Operational Assistance: Provide direct assistance to the Pool Manager with various pool procedures, including collecting water samples for tests and meticulously checking water temperature and chemical levels such as chlorine, bromine, and acid.
• Facility Upkeep: Ensure the cleanliness and operational readiness of equipment within the pump room area, actively managing and filling chemicals as required.
• Rescue & First Aid Training: Utilize a variety of techniques, including artificial respiration, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and first aid, to conduct regular training sessions with lifeguards, ensuring they practice all rescue skills consistently.
• Safety & Discipline: Maintain order and discipline among all swimmers and other individuals present at the College swimming pool or in the surrounding area, actively enforcing all applicable rules and regulations to ensure a safe environment.
• Supply Management: Maintain all necessary first aid and EMS supplies, and effectively train other personnel in their proper and safe use.

The Must-Haves
• Background: High School Diploma or equivalent GED. Applicants must be at least 18 years old. All degrees must be from a regionally accredited institution.
• Experience: The equivalent of two (2) years of experience as a lifeguard or swimming instructor.
• Skills:
• Must be certified as a lifeguard by a nationally recognized certifying agency, such as the America Red Cross, YMCA, or Boy Scouts of America.
• Must be certified in CPO (Certified Pool Operator) or AFO (Aquatic Facility Operator).
• Must be certified in standard first aid by a nationally recognized certifying agency.
• Must be certified in CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and AED (Automated External Defibrillator) by a nationally recognized certifying agency.
• Ability to successfully pass a physical performance examination, which includes swimming 500 meters in flat water in 10 minutes or less, and swimming 25 meters with a rescue tube to an active victim and towing.
• Demonstrated knowledge of approved water rescue methods and specific first aid techniques as applied to accidents in the water and surrounding areas.