Responsibilities
- Supervise swimming activities at the aquatics facility and ensures that policies, guidelines, and safety procedures are followed.
- Warn swimmers of improper activities or danger and enforces pool regulations and water safety policies.
- Administer first aid in the event of injury, rescues swimmers in distress or danger of drowning, and administers CPR and/or artificial respiration, if necessary.
- Evaluate conditions for safety and initiates aquatics emergency action plan as required.
- Inspect pool facilities, equipment, and water to ensure that they are safe and usable.
- Supervise and assist in cleaning the pool and related facilities and equipment, assists with chlorine residual water tests and with records and charts of water tests and records of accidents, and adds chemicals to pool water as directed.
- Instruct or assist classes in fundamentals of swimming as needed.
- Resolves scheduling conflicts to ensure safe pool environment when competing programs/priorities require use of aquatic facilities.