Lifeguard

Department: Aquatics Qualifications: ARC Lifeguard certification (REQUIRED), ARC CPR/AED (REQUIRED), and ARC first aid certifications (REQUIRED). Minimum Age 16. **Job Relationships ** Reports to: Aquatics Director, Assistant Aquatics Director, Shift Lead Aquatics Center Supervises: None Interrelationships: Patrons, co-workers, District employees, and students. **Position Purpose/General Summary ** Provide all users of the Aquatics Center with a safe, clean, and fun experience through direct patron surveillance, emergency response, routine cleaning and maintenance, and professional interactions. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities ** - Maintain a positive attitude that supports the District Mission Statement - Accept responsibility for the job description and continually strive to perform work of the highest quality. Responsible to adhering District policies. - Maintain safety in the pools, classrooms, offices, and locker rooms. - Demonstrate thorough knowledge of Center rules and willingness/ability to enforce as necessary. - Ensures that the pools, exercise equipment, and emergency equipment is maintained and organized. Perform routine safety checks of the Center. - Perform patron surveillance and emergency response as necessary, per training. - Complete all required documentation. - Perform routine cleaning and maintenance duties. - Ensure cleanliness and safety of all Center facilities and equipment. - Participate in all in-service and on-going trainings conducted at the Center. - Work all assigned shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as required. - Maintain validity of all required certifications. - Other duties as assigned. **Physical Demands: ** - Ability to lift 50 lbs. on a regular basis. - Ability to work continually standing, walking, bending, and/or in the water. - Ability to kneel or squat during the performance of duties. - Ability to stay calm during lifesaving events. - Mentally alert and aware with sound judgment. - Demonstrate proficiency in verbal and non-verbal communications. - Ability to recognize and respond to emergency situations. **Environmental Demands: ** - Ability to cope with sounds associated with an aquatics environment. - Ability to cope with fumes and/or odors associated with an aquatic environment. - Ability to tolerate heat and humidity, as well as other environmental irritants. **Carbon County School District One does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, political affiliation, religion, or belief in relation to admission, treatment of students, access to programs and activities, or terms and conditions of employment. **