About This Role
This lifeguard position involves monitoring activities at a pool area to prevent accidents and assist swimmers, ensuring a safe, welcoming, and fun environment. The role focuses on providing a high level of customer service while maintaining safety standards.
Responsibilities
- Ensure guest safety by overseeing assigned areas
- Protect weak or distressed swimmers in times of need
- Effectively communicate and maintain standards of safety
- Enforce all aquatics rules in a consistent manner
- Provide exemplary customer service to all facility users
- Caution swimmers regarding unsafe use of the pool
- Actively monitor for swimmers in distress
- Assist and/or rescue swimmers in danger of drowning and administer first aid and CPR
- Maintain order in swimming area
- Insert and remove lane lines as needed
- Respond quickly, intelligently, decisively and in accordance with established emergency action plan
- Assist with various assigned tasks such as guest check-in, cleaning and lifting objects
- Perform daily maintenance functions of cleaning restrooms, grounds, and building
- Determine chlorine content and pH value of water with water testing kit and log information appropriately
- Immediately report unsafe equipment, facility, chemical, or other issues to management
- Participate in required in-service trainings and other meetings
- Contribute to team effort by performing other related duties as assigned
- Support the relationship between the City of Galveston and the general public by demonstrating courteous and cooperative behavior when interacting with citizens, visitors, and City staff
- Maintain confidentiality of work-related issues and City information
- Perform other duties as required or assigned
- Work in order to provide for the safety and well-being of the general public, including the delivery and restoration of vital services, in the event of an emergency
Requirements
- Knowledge of City policies and procedures
- Knowledge of policies, rules, and regulations governing the conduct and safety of public recreation and aquatic programs
- Knowledge of the rules, regulations, policies, and operating procedures of City Aquatics programs
- Knowledge of swimming pool safety rules and regulations
- Knowledge of swimming pool maintenance, operations, and safety rules and regulations
- Skill in promoting a positive recreation environment and good personal behavior
- Skill in monitoring pool facility and guests for violations of rules and safety standards
- Skill in promoting and enforcing safe work practices
