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Head Lifeguard - Part Time

Employer
City Colleges of Chicago
Location
Illinois, United States
Salary
Not Specified
Date posted
Aug 10, 2017

HEAD LIFEGUARD - PART-TIME

WILBUR WRIGHT COLLEGE

Wilbur Wright College is seeking a Part-Time Head Lifeguard to provide a clean, safe, and fun swimming environment for our students and community members. The Head Lifeguard supervises the on duty lifeguards and supports the aquatics department in providing water surveillance and swimming enforcement, ensuring the safety of swim patrons participating in recreational swimming activities, and other aquatic facility activities.

Candidates must have experience as a lifeguard or swim-instructor, and have up-to-date lifeguard certification.

  • Watches for unusual activities on the part of swimmers and is able to recognize emergency swimming situations and react promptly and appropriately.
  • Provides rapid response lifesaving swim rescue and basic first-aid treatment and CPR administration, if required.
  • Fills out incident report forms after accidents or injuries proactively collecting witness names and numbers.
  • Maintains safe and clean aquatic facilities along with proper maintenance of life saving equipment and related materials and supplies.
  • Participates in in-service training to maintain life guarding skills.

  • High School Diploma required.
  • Lifeguard, CPR/AED, and First Aid certification required.
  • Lifeguard must be in good physical and mental condition to provide life saving services.
  • Prior experience as junior lifeguard, certified lifeguard, or swimming instructor.
  • Prior experience with and proficient use of lifesaving equipment; basic first aid kit, CPR mask, rescue buoy or rescue tube.
  • Delivery of effective verbal and written communications and takes responsibility for understanding others, multilingual skills a plus.
  • Flexibility to work outside normal college business hours, weekends, or holidays.
  • Able to exercise independent judgment and respond calmly to high-pressure emergency situations.

  • We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

    Thank you for your interest in CCC!

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