Everyone knows the pool is the coolest place to be in the summer. Join our Aquatics Team to make sure everyone can enjoy the pool in a safe and welcoming environment. Whether you’re a lifeguard, a swim instructor, or a little bit of both, you’re going to love working in aquatics at the Y because you’re helping swimmers feel confident and gain experience in the water. No lifeguard experience? No problem, we’ll train you! POSITION DESCRIPTION: Come work with individuals of all ages with unique abilities in a swim program designed to provide instructional skills lessons and development that meets their individual needs.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Must be mentally alert to dangerous situations in order to assure safety of all swimmers.
- Must be able to move with the use of both arms and legs and to properly use aquatic equipment to rescue a 200-pound person.
- Must posses a cooperative spirit committed to character development by promoting and demonstrating caring, honesty, respect and responsibility to staff, lay leaders, YMCA members, program participants and the general public.
- Ability to relate to pool patrons in a positive manner.
- Able to move to various locations, including in and around the swimming pool and an elevated lifeguard station.
- Able to communicate verbally, including projecting the voice across distances.
- Able to handle irate, complaining individuals without internalizing or personalizing comments made.
- Responsible for safety of all program participants in and around the pool.
- Responsible for preparing and teaching classes, evaluating swimming lesson participants, preparing progress reports and distributing certificates and reports at last class..
- The use of lesson plans and session plans are required.
- Must be in the water at least fifty percent of the time for an upper level class and one hundred percent for lower level class.
- Responsible for being on duty ten minutes before class is to start and on deck five minutes before the class begins (all equipment for the class is out and ready).
- Responsible for notifying Aquatic Director or Aquatic Coordinator when cannot be at a scheduled class and for finding a qualified teaching substitute.
- Responsible for attending all swimming instructor staff meetings.
- Responsible for the fun and positive atmosphere of the swim class.
- Responsible for keeping appropriate certifications current.
- EFFECT ON END RESULTS: This position affects the overall YMCA Instructional Swim Classes.
- When done properly, the Program will have a positive and safe atmosphere for each participant
