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Lifeguard at the Kroc Center

The Kroc Center trains and hires year round

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Be a Lifeguard at the Kroc Center

Competitive pay!
Red Cross Certification courses offered year round

Lifeguards have the training, skill, and responsibility to keep swimmers and guest safe while they enjoy our pools and aquatics area. Lifeguarding can be a career on its own, or a stepping stone to a career in firefighting, EMT, medicine, sports, and law enforcement. The job is not a day at the beach, as the duties are serious and require attention and the ability to jump into action.  From the deck you will monitor pool activities, observe and provide assistance to swimmers, prevent accidents, protect life and enforce regulations, as well as control access to pools and locker rooms. Provide first aid when necessary. Assist swimming instructors in teaching swimming lessons and other aquatic programs. Qualified applicants will need to complete American Red Cross certification, as well as a swimming skills test.

Lifeguard Certification

CPR Classes

How Tough is the Lifeguard Swim Test?

For the safety of the lifeguard, and for the guests they serve, it is important that every guard meets the standards for training and capabilities set by the American Red Cross. The staff at the Kroc are certified instructors, and will teach you everything you need to get certified. Part of the course involves 7 hours of online independent study, then about 20 hours of classroom work, instruction in the pool, as well as a monitored test of three swimming prerequisites.

  • Swim 150 yards (not timed), then immediately...
  • Tread water without using hands for 2 minutes, then...
  • Complete another 50 yard swim
  • Retrieve a 10lb brick from the deep end, and swim back to the deck in under 1min 40sec.

If you can swim, tread, and hold a brick, you are on your way to saving lives.

 

 

 The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more comfortable with it. 

– Michael Phelps, Olympic Champion Swimmer

 

 

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