About This Role
Monitoring the aquatic environment and enforcing facility rules is the core of this lifeguard role, ensuring the safety of patrons. The role requires attentiveness, proactive risk management, and excellent customer service, responding to emergencies within the scope of American Red Cross Lifeguarding training. You will also facilitate swimming lesson activities and perform various operational duties.
Responsibilities
- Monitor the aquatic environment and maintain patron safety as per Bronson Athletic Club policy and State Health Code
- Enforce facility rules
- Demonstrate proactive risk management
- Provide excellent customer service
- Respond to emergencies within the scope of the American Red Cross Lifeguarding training program and BAC Emergency Action Plan
- Facilitate group, team or private swimming lesson activities
- Perform opening/closing tasks and other duties as required by Bronson Athletic Club including, but not limited to, measuring and recording free chlorine content levels in pools, hot tubs, and cold plunges
- Assist in the annual shut down
Requirements
- Effective November 1, 2022, a high school diploma or general education degree (GED) is no longer required for this position
- Effective December 1, 2013, must be at least 18 years of age or older
- Nationally recognized lifeguarding certificate required within 90 days of hire (i.e. American Red Cross, YMCA or Ellis), including First Aid, CPR, and AED certifications
- Be able to perform all rescues and pre-requisite skills required per the American Red Cross Pool Lifeguarding training program
- Be able to swim 300 yards continuously
- Tread water for 2 minutes without use of arms
- Swim 20 yards, retrieve a 10 pound object from a depth of 7-10 feet and return to starting position
- Demonstrate excellent customer service and interpersonal skills in communicating facility rules to members and patrons
- Able to perform work which produces very high levels of mental/visual fatigue, e.g. CRT work between 70 and 90 percent of the time, and work involving extremely close tolerances and considerable hand/eye coordination for sustained periods of time
- Regularly lift bulky or moderately heavy weights (i.e., up to 50 pounds), and occasionally assist with heavier tasks or expend the equivalent effort in pushing, pulling, or otherwise handling material, equipment, and other objects
- Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served
Important Details
- Schedule: Variable
- Scheduled Weekly Hours: 10
About the Company
Team Bronson is compassionate, resilient and strong, driven by positivity to go above and beyond for patients, one another, and the community.
