TITLE:                      Lifeguard

CLASSIFICATION:   Support Staff

PAY RANGE 5:         $15.00 - $15.76 hourly (based on education and experience)

HOURS:                   As needed based on Pool needs. (will not exceed 28 hours/week)

REPORTS TO:          Facilities/Athletic Administrator and/or Designee

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be a certified lifeguard.
• Must hold a valid CPR and First Aide certificate.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Supervises swimming activities at the aquatics facility.
• Warns swimmers of improper activities or danger and enforces pool regulations and water safety policies.
• Administers first aid in the event of injury, rescues swimmers in distress or danger of drowning, and administers CPR and/or artificial respiration, if necessary.
• Evaluates conditions for safety and initiates aquatics emergency action plan as required.
• Inspects pool facilities, equipment, and water to ensure that they are safe and usable.
• Supervises and assists in cleaning the pool and related facilities and equipment, assists with chlorine residual water tests and with records and charts of water tests and records of accidents, and adds chemicals to pool water as directed.
• Instructs or assists classes in fundamentals of swimming as needed.
• Resolves scheduling conflicts to ensure safe pool environment when competing programs/priorities require use of aquatic facilities.
• Ability to adjust programs as necessary to ensure the safety of the visitors and other staff.
• Swimming proficiency and comfort in all types of water conditions.
• Ability to judge and evaluate evolving dynamics of individuals participating in aquatic activities to immediately assess their capabilities and threats to their safety.
• Knowledge of on-site protocols, operational procedures, and safety policies.
• Knowledge of methods and techniques for providing on-site emergency medical services.
• Other duties as assigned by administration.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:     This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:   While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move 50 or more pounds. In the event of an emergency, has the ability to provide rescue services to individuals of all ages and sizes swimming in the pool.

The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or nonprescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the Corporation.