How to Become a Lifeguard After long summers of lounging around the pool having other people watch you from the tall white stands, your parents tell you that you need to get a job if you want to have gas to drive your car around with friends. So if the ideas of being indoors and not going back to school with a great tan frighten you then you should definitely think about being a lifeguard. Your friend who is a lifeguard tells you that the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) is hiring
Australian Lifeguard Service (ALS) is a fully integrated lifeguard service that provides its services to local government councils and land managers across Australia. As a leader in aquatic safety and lifeguard services industry, they set international standards through quality accredited national training programmes producing highly skilled staff and stringent standard operating procedures. They ensure that they remain the industry benchmark for lifeguarding services. Australian Lifeguard Service provides
I began as a lifeguard and within a year I was promoted to a head lifeguard. A year later I was the manager of a staff of 50 of my peers. This job has been demanding mentally and emotionally. I have had to schedule a semester's worth of lifeguard shifts, plan and run week long training events and be a leader to my peers. I have had to be the disciplinarian to lifeguards who were unable to fulfill their duties, I have has to write my peers up
In March of 2015, I acquired a Lifeguard Certification through the American Red Cross. Furthermore, in May of 2015 Cedar Ridge Country Club hired me onto their staff as a Lifeguard. Popular belief states that being a lifeguard is a great summer job because “you get a tan, while you’re working” as luxurious as that sounds, lifeguards are held accountable, responsible, and liable for the work they do. As a lifeguard, you are expected to: maintain the safety of the patrons in and around the pool communicating
social unit consists of a status network or status system. The status network or system is structural and there are always things changing and processes that are in place in order to have it run successfully. The past three summers I worked as a Lifeguard at BCC. BCC is a meso size social unit, not
It was in December, during my Christmas vacation, when I decided to start looking for a summer job. There were many options but the job I decided to apply for was a position as a lifeguard at a waterpark. I filled out an application and was accepted almost immediately. The only thing left was the lifeguard training; little did I know that it was going to be an experience I would never forget. The aquatic rescue part of the training was held the week of my spring break. I was excited about
I could smell the wonderful smell before they were done, but the wonderful day dream wasn't so wonderful when I realized it was later than expected. I took the waffles out quickly drenched them in syrup and shoved them in my face. One of my old Lifeguard friends was outside BEEP BEEEP! “Camon’ I gotta get to work and you’ll be late. I really wasn’t that late we would make it there with 20 minutes to spare
One of the best vacation spots and most fun are down the shore in Wildwood, New Jersey. Wildwood consists of a boardwalk with tons of rides and fun, a beach with a beautiful ocean, and little summerhouses with ocean-side views. The best attractions though would probably be located on the boardwalk. There are so many things to see and do. Although it’s rather costly, it’s well worth it and it’s a great place for a family to share quality time together. The boardwalk is consisted of shops, arcades
Risks and Responsibilities of Coaching Swimming Introduction The purpose of this paper is to look at the area of risk management with reference to the sport of swimming. There is no doubt that the ability to prevent any types of injury to athletes is of the utmost importance. The safety of the athletes should therefore be the primary concern of both facility managers and coaches. By working together, one would hope, that all unnecessary injuries could be prevented. One of the most severe injuries
This discussion paper will identify how Surf Life Saving has come to form part of Australia’s cultural identity, through a contemporary and historical perspective. Surf Life Saving, (2014) states that the surf lifesaving organisation acts as the major water safety, drowning prevention and rescue authority within Australia, and has been doing so since 1907. Surf Life Saving (2014) establishes that the philosophy of Surf Life Saving is to create a safe water environment for Australians. “Patrols, education
Swimming became a favored recreational activity in the US during the 1800’s. The occurrence of drownings intensified as water activity become more common. As many as 9,000 people drowned every year in the early 1900’s(History of Lifeguards). Once the businessmen who opened the pools and resorts realised there was an issue, they inserted lifelines. However, it became evident that these lifelines were insufficient because struggling swimmers weren’t able to clench onto them. For this reason, Duke Kahanamoku
the City of Lakewood as a lifeguard for 4 years it has helped me grow up and develop skills to provide a successful team-working environment, and has helped me find traits of myself to accomplish my goals in life. 2012 was my first year as a lifeguard and I was working at Morse Park. I struggled at first during in-service especially on choking victims, but the significant part of that summer was the audit. Which is where the city does a practice scenarios where lifeguards perform their rescue skills
as a lifeguard to be even more fruitful. What I learned in the American Red Cross is that there are two types of people when they are drowning. As a lifeguard I have witnessed, rescued, and performed the necessary first aid for each on multiple occasions. The first one, an active drowning victim, is fighting for his or her life with a formidable amount of passion. The other type of victim, a passive one, will quietly slip under the water with hardly a sound and often go unnoticed by lifeguards.
leave. His mother made him get out and she started to take off his lifejacket. This toddler cannot swim. As soon as his jacket was off he made a break for the pool. I, the lifeguard on duty, had proceeded to intervene but he ignored me and jumped in. I then jumped in after the toddler and grabbed him before he went under. If a lifeguard had not be available this child could have drown. Did you know that 44% of Americans don't know basic water-safety skills? (Feeney) Did you also know that “Every day
I work closely with children of all ages, families, lifeguards, managers, and other staff members. On any given morning, I am unable to anticipate the obstacles that will confront me and the problem solving strategies I will be forced to call into action. This past summer, I received a set of keys, a radio, and a name tag that read “Supervisor.” This was my third year working at the waterpark where I advanced from lifeguard to lead lifeguard and finally into a management position. I was now the
this morning. Chatty banker and term deposit specialist, Matteo Thompson, said he thought the lifeguards over reacted to the situation, blaming their use of hyperbole in their warnings to him before he entered the surf. "They told me, yeah, that if I go in the water here, I'd end up half way to New Zealand before lunch," said Thompson. "If there's one thing you find at at beach, is a jawsy Aussie lifeguard trying to give you the better-most advice about how not to drown. Real dab hands aye." Countless
enjoyable for three months and that would pay fairly decent. Working as a lifeguard comes with advantages and disadvantages, but all in all the summer job is easy and fun for teenagers. Moreover, lifeguarding teaches great skills to teenagers that they can later on use to help them in life and build friendships with other guards that last a lifetime. The first step in becoming a lifeguard is the application process. The lifeguard job is appointed by the city, therefore the application and interview
The life of a Lifeguard Many people, especial now in 2016, think that lifeguarding is not a career; it’s more or less a hobby. This is not the case at all. An article from ilifegaurd.net says there are five reasons that anyone should consider being a lifegaurd. One of the reasons is to make a difference. It says that even though they are getting paid, they are making their community a safer place. The second reason is you learn how to save lives. Anybody who has a job gets a paycheck but not everybody
mum had an educational book depicting various systems within the body. I thought it was the most disgusting thing in the world. The human body had always terrified me - funny how things change. My interest crept up on me. When I decided to be a lifeguard I was required to take First Aid, cringing my way through the course. But during my first major incident, a boy with a spinal injury, I realized how incredibly crucial this knowledge was. As life progressed I frequently used these skills; walking
whistle no one ever wants to hear. Two other lifeguards and I jumped up off the shaded break bench and rushed towards the scene with the heavy backboard and AED bag in hand. The routine save played like a movie through my head as I arrived. I stopped. I knew from there on out this wasn't going to be emotionally an easy save. It wasn't a child who swallowed too much water or an adult who got nervous because they forgot how to swim, it was a fellow lifeguard, a friend. As she was pulled out of the water