Head Lifeguard, FAC, PT

SUMMARY

This position ensures the safety of patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies. The Head Lifeguard must be prepared to react in an emergency situation and provide appropriate emergency care when needed, be knowledgeable of customer service standards and procedures, and enforce the facility procedures, rules and regulations in a consistent manner.

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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be at least 16 years of age.

• Considerable knowledge of aquatics programs.
• Two (2) years paid lifeguard experience or previous lifeguard supervisory experience.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondences and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to rate, ration and percent, draw and interpret bar graphs.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exits. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, and schedule form.

• First Aid Certification
• CPR for the Professional Rescuer
• Lifeguard Certification

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit and taste or smell.

The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include; close, distant and color vision, depth perception, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is exposed to outdoor weather conditions and works near moving mechanical parts. The employee constantly is exposed to wet and dry conditions, fumes, toxic or caustic chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.

Subject to drug and alcohol testing…