Head Lifeguard
Summary
Head Lifeguard at the YMCA pool in Kernersville, NC responsible for ensuring aquatic safety, maintaining pool surveillance, supervising part-time lifeguard staff, responding to emergencies, and handling daily Certified Pool Operator (CPO) maintenance tasks. This is a leadership role focused on safety enforcement, member service, and team coordination at a community YMCA facility.
Head Lifeguards are leaders, problem solvers, communicators, and customer service representatives. Being able to make quick decisions and enforce them tactfully is a key part of being a successful Head Lifeguard.
While ensuring safety is the primary duty, Head Lifeguards are also responsible for being an example and resource to other aquatic staff, building relationships with members and program participants, explaining rules as needed in a friendly and educational manner, and working with the Y team to be consistent across all shifts.
Essential Functions
- Serves as an example and resource to part-time aquatic staff.
- Conducts monthly lifeguard vigilance tests
- Helps identify and resolve aquatic maintenance needs, including Certified Pool Operator (CPO) tasks.
- Complete daily CPO tasks
- Maintains active surveillance of the pool area.
- Knows/reviews all emergency procedures and responds to emergency situations immediately in accordance with YMCA policies, procedures, and the “safe-in-six” model. Completes related reports as required.
- Maintains effective, positive relationships with the members, participants and other staff.
- Knows, understands, and consistently applies safety rules, policies and guidelines for the pool and aquatic area. Maintains accurate records as required by the YMCA and/or the state Health Department code.
- Performs equipment checks and ensures appropriate equipment is available as needed.
- Checks the pool for hazardous conditions when arriving.
- Attends all staff meetings and in-service training.