Lifeguard

About the Department

Position Duties

• Correctly enforce all pool rules and educate patrons. Cautions swimmers regarding unsafe areas and unsafe activities in and around the pool. Follows the cleaning schedule for the pool facility. Follows the rotation schedule as established. Attends regularly scheduled in-services to maintain proper skills and confidence. Helps direct patron questions to the head guard or manager. Other duties may be assigned.
• Correctly enforce all pool rules and educate patrons.
• Cautions swimmers regarding unsafe areas and unsafe activities in and around the pool.
• Follows the cleaning schedule for the pool facility.
• Follows the rotation schedule as established.
• Attends regularly scheduled in-services to maintain proper skills and confidence.
• Helps direct patron questions to the head guard or manager.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be at least 15 years of age Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must have a current American Red Cross Lifeguard, or a nationally recognized equivalent, certificate, or ability to obtain before employment. Must have a current CPR, First Aid, and AED certificate, or the ability to obtain before employment.
• Must have a current American Red Cross Lifeguard, or a nationally recognized equivalent, certificate, or ability to obtain before employment.
• Must have a current CPR, First Aid, and AED certificate, or the ability to obtain before employment.

Other Qualifications

• Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the City. Mathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance. Reasoning Ability: Ability to interpret and follow detailed but uncomplicated written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a limited number of distinct tasks and functions in standardized situations. Other Skills and Abilities: Must have excellent communication skills. Must be reliable and punctual and maintain excellent attendance. Must work effectively with a team. Other Qualifications: Must be able to work evenings, weekends, and holidays. Must be comfortable in and around water. Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the City.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Ability to interpret and follow detailed but uncomplicated written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a limited number of distinct tasks and functions in standardized situations.
• Must have excellent communication skills. Must be reliable and punctual and maintain excellent attendance.
• Must work effectively with a team.
• Other Qualifications:
• Must be able to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Must be comfortable in and around water.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.