(Seasonal) Lifeguard

PAY RATE: $18.28 per hour (up to 600 hours per year or 120 days per season).

Eligible part-time employees will receive up to a $5.75 per hour retention bonus for all hours worked from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Additionally, eligible seasonal employees will receive a $0.60 per hour seasonal bonus for all hours worked. Click here for details.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: Work activities in this position primarily involves first aid, water and public safety, and beach, pool and bathhouse maintenance.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES: The list below is intended to describe the general nature of duties only. Employee shall perform other duties as assigned.

• Provides water safety.
• Enforces all beach or pool rules and regulations.
• Maintains all beach or pool safety equipment.
• Disseminates information to inquiring park visitors.
• Performs basic first aid.
• Cleans and maintains bathhouse and plaza area.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to get along with co-workers, supervisors, and park visitors.
• Ability to distinguish letters and symbols.
• Ability to communicate using telephone, radio, public address system, etc.
• Ability to traverse sandy, marshy, or wooded areas with even or uneven terrain.
• Ability to work in all weather conditions.
• Ability to work varied hours depending upon the demands of park demands.
• May be required to work assigned Special Events, Weekends, Evenings and Holidays.
• May be required to adjust schedule to meet organizational needs.
• Ability to perform essential duties.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT USED: Personal computer including data base, scheduling, publishing, spreadsheet, and word processing software; calculator, copy & fax machines; phone, radios, automobile and golf cart.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 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 routinely required to walk, sit, talk and hear. The employee is routinely required to use hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is routinely required to run, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch and must have the ability to traverse sandy, marshy, or wooded areas with uneven terrain.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK EVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the 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 routinely works in outside weather conditions. The employee may be exposed to heat, wet and/or humid conditions, chemicals, animals, foliage and vegetation, etc. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet while in the office and may be moderately loud when out in the field.