Job Summary

Lifeguard at the Aquatics Center

Dive into an exciting role as a Lifeguard at Kirby Creek Natatorium! You'll play a crucial role in ensuring our guests' safety by monitoring the water, enforcing pool rules, and providing top-notch customer service. Beyond lifeguarding, you'll help maintain water quality, assist with special events, and create a welcoming environment for all. If you have a passion for safety and teamwork, apply now to make a difference!

Essential Job Functions

This position has responsibilities that require lifting up to 50-100 pounds on occasion.

• scanning the water to monitor activities; informing customers' of upcoming events and answering inquiries.
  
  
• Ensures the safety of the general public by enforcing pool rules and regulations; monitoring activities and providing assistance when necessary.
  
  
• Prepares facilities for special events by setting up tables and chairs and decorating.
  
  
• Regular and dependable attendance is required.
  
  
• Monitoring activities in and near the water through patron surveillance.
  
  
• Preventing injuries by minimizing or eliminating hazardous situations or behaviors.
  
  
• Enforcing facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them.
  
  
• Recognizing and responding quickly and effectively to all emergencies.
  
  
• Administering first aid and CPR, including using an automated external defibrillator (AED) when needed.
  
  
• Working as a team with other lifeguards, facility staff and management.
  
  
• Assist patrons by performing safety orientations, administering swim tests, fitting life jackets and other duties.
  
  
• Performing opening duties, closing duties, or facility safety checks and inspections.
  
  
• All other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager within your department/division.

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination equivalent to experience and training that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may qualify. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be:

• Education: Work requires the ability to read and understand written instructions, to understand simple processes and the routine operation of machines. Level of knowledge equivalent to less than high school or equivalency.
  
  
• Experience: No experience required.
  
  
• Licenses: None
  
  
• Certifications Required: Lifeguarding, CPR, First Aid - Training will be provided -
  
  

• Swim Abilities: The prerequisite swimming skills evaluation is designed to confirm that participants have the physical ability to successfully participate in the training. The evaluation includes an endurance swim, treading water using only the legs and a timed event that involves retrieving a 10-pound submerged object, swimming it back to the exit point, and exiting the water without using a ladder or steps.

Lifeguard at the Aquatics Center. Dive into an exciting role as a Lifeguard at Kirby Creek Natatorium! You'll play a crucial role in ensuring our guests' safety by monitoring the water, enforcing pool rules, and providing top-notch customer service. Beyond lifeguarding, you'll help maintain water quality, assist with special events, and create a welcoming environment for all. If you have a passion for safety and teamwork, apply now to make a difference! Essential Job Functions This position has responsibilities that require lifting up to 50-100 pounds on occasion.scanning the water to monitor activities; informing customers' of upcoming events and answering inquiries. Ensures the safety of the general public by enforcing pool rules and regulations; monitoring activities and providing assistance when necessary. Prepares facilities for special events by setting up tables and chairs and decorating. Regular and dependable attendance is required. Monitoring activities in and near the water through patron surveillance. Preventing injuries by minimizing or eliminating hazardous situations or behaviors. Enforcing facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them. Recognizing and responding quickly and effectively to all emergencies. Administering first aid and CPR, including using an automated external defibrillator (AED) when needed. Working as a team with other lifeguards, facility staff and management. Assist patrons by performing safety orientations, administering swim tests, fitting life jackets and other duties. Performing opening duties, closing duties, or facility safety checks and inspections. All other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager within your department/division. Minimum Qualifications Any combination equivalent to experience and training that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may qualify. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be:Education: Work requires the ability to read and understand written instructions, to understand simple processes and the routine operation of machines. Level of knowledge equivalent to less than high school or equivalency. Experience: No experience required. Licenses: None. Certifications Required: Lifeguarding, CPR, First Aid - Training will be provided - Swim Abilities: The prerequisite swimming skills evaluation is designed to confirm that participants have the physical ability to successfully participate in the training. The evaluation includes an endurance swim, treading water using only the legs and a timed event that involves retrieving a 10-pound submerged object, swimming it back to the exit point, and exiting the water without using a ladder or steps.

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