LIFEGUARD
Status: Seasonal, Part Time, Non-Exempt
Responsibility: Low Level of Supervision needed. High Level of Operational decision making
Reports to: Assistant Beach Manager & Beach Manager
Skills:
- Advanced Teamwork and Communication Skills – Interact, work and relate with people, listen, speak, read, write, observe, use English fluently.
- Advanced Customer Service Skills – Product knowledge, problem-solving skills, time management, attentiveness, patience, positive attitude, a willingness to go the extra mile, responsibility, professionalism.
- Excellent Swimming Skills - adapting to water temperature, diving, swimming in open water, controlling breathing to achieve maximum speed.
- Excellent Swimming Instruction Skills – be able to perform sport, know the rules, give instructions or lessons.
- Excellent Safety Skills – Observe safety rules, safely operate equipment, food safety consciousness, CPR and First Aid. Water Safety Instructor or Lifeguard Certification from the Red Cross or equivalent.
- Effort: High - Walk and stand for extended periods of time. Activities will often involve running, jumping, swimming. Bend, reach, push, pull, lift and carry up to 75 pounds.
- Work Conditions: Level 4 – Often outdoors, working in hot/cold environment, inclement weather, variable schedule based on business demands, often duties require working with hazards.
Duties:
- Performs various duties related to the safe and clean operation of the Wianno Club Beach, including, but not limited to traditional lifeguard duties.
- Life guarding beach areas during assigned schedule.
- Head Lifeguard will make every effort to schedule lifeguards so that no individual spends longer than half an hour in a tower at any stretch.
- Lifeguards are encouraged to circulate around the beach on foot, closely checking on the safety and comfort of beach users.
- Alertness to safety conditions is paramount. Lifeguards must remain alert and independent of one another.
- Assist in maintaining the cleanliness and organization of beach area
- Collect all refuse and dispose of properly.
- Clean all beach equipment as necessary at the end of each day. Chairs and lounges to be stacked or aligned in orderly fashion.
- Assist beach users with chairs, umbrellas, etc.
- Be especially helpful to aged or handicapped beach users in the negotiation of stairs, etc.
- Lifeguards will be responsible for participating in weekly drills at the direction of the Aquatics Director / Assistant Beach Manager
- Other tasks as assigned.
Lifeguards must NOT congregate in groups of two or more for anything other than lifeguard business matters and must remain standing during conduct of that business.
