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Position Summary

This position ensures the safety of beaches and aquatic facilities users by preventing accidents, providing water safety education, enforcing swimming rules, and executing professional lifesaving services to swimmers in need. The Lifeguard also may assist with maintenance of the tower, swimming pool, and facilities to ensure safety for all users.

Essential Functions

The Essential Functions contained within this Position Description are representative of the required responsibilities for the position, and may not include all responsibilities.  The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position’s responsibilities if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment for this position. Essential functions are those that a qualified individual must be able to perform with or without reasonable accommodation. Other duties may be required as assigned.

• Monitors swimmers to determine if emergency life-saving services are needed by rescuing distressed swimmers; and activating the 911 system as indicated.
• Provides basic first aid and provides CRP/AED assistance as needed.
• Document any incidents and/or injuries.
• Prevents injuries by actively monitoring pools, water and sand for hazards and beach goers in distress. 
• Document any incidents and/or injures in the provided electronic report system.
• Monitors beaches, aquatic facility and facility use; provides water safety education; and advises on water quality concerns.
• Monitors first aid and medical supplies levels; restocks first aid cabinets.
• Maintains a high level of skill and emergency rescue readiness through drills, in-service training, and physical conditioning.
• Maintains discipline and order at the beaches and aquatic facilities; ensures that safety rules and regulations are followed; reports problems to supervisor; and assists with the removal of patrons causing disturbances or an unsafe environment.
• Provides customer service; answer questions and provides information to visitors; assists the public when clearing beaches and pools in a personal and professional manner.
• If certified, provides swim instruction through the Swim Central initiative; responsible for adjusting curriculum to meet individual student learning needs and end-of-program assessment; instructs aquatic exercise classes and assists with the development and implementation of program curriculum.
• Ensure towers and lifeguard facilities are set up for daily use.
• Inspects operational and rescue equipment to ensure that it is in appropriate condition; inspects aquatic facility for possible safety problems and reports any findings to supervisor.
• Ensure that dress and appearance are consistent with NCFR standards including wearing your swimsuit, guard shirt, whistle and tube while on duty.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Must be eighteen (18) years of age.
• Must possess and maintain a valid FL Driver’s License.
• Fingerprinting Required.
• Current Lifeguard certification preferred.
• Current CPR, Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), and First Aid certification preferred.
• New hires (external) must pass drug test as defined by District policy. This condition of employment does not apply to internal transfers.
• New hires (external) must pass background and reference check as defined by District policy. This condition of employment does not apply to internal transfers.
• Must pass a swim test. 
• Must be available to work holidays nights, weekends and holidays as needed. 
• Must agree to ninety (90) day probation period.

Knowledge and Skills

• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Problem-solving and critical thinking.
• Ability to use a wide variety of simple up to advanced technical systems and equipment.
• Excellent communication skills both orally and verbally.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Ability to identify problems and recommend solutions within the scope of the classification.
• Excellent customer service & interpersonal skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize assigned tasks with excellent multi-tasking skills.
• Ability to be adaptable and flexible for continual changes and upgrades to systems and equipment requirements.

Communication Skills
Requires the ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of internal and external customers. Must be able to communicate in a positive and professional manner and requires the ability use multiple modes of communication including but not limited to email, phone, video calls, and face-to-face. Must possess the ability to work with diverse teams and individuals with various communication styles and be able to collaborate effectively.

Interpersonal and Customer Service Skills
Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others regarding the application of procedures and standards to specific situations while maintaining a friendly, positive demeanor. Must possess conflict resolution skills and the ability to maintain a calm, composed presence in stressful situations.

Adaptability and Flexibility Skills
Requires the ability to adjust to new tasks, processes, and procedures quickly. Must possess the ability to embrace new challenges, manage unexpected tasks, and shift priorities as needed.

Dress and Grooming
Requires a professional appearance including appropriate grooming and dress per established policy.

Working Conditions

Physical Ability

• Must be able to swim proficiently and perform strenuous physical tasks. 
  May be required to run short distances, dive, or enter the water quickly in response to 
  emergencies.
• Must have sufficient vision, hearing and speech to recognize and respond to swimmers in 
  distress and to communicate effectively with staff and others.
• Must be able to remain alert and attentive for extended periods while monitoring aquatic areas. 
• Regularly required to stand, sit, walk, bend, stoop and reach. 
• Tasks require the ability to exert heavy physical effort in heavy work, with greater emphasis on 
  climbing and balancing, but typically also involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, 
  crouching, and crawling, and the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy 
  objects and materials (20-50 pounds); may occasionally involve heavier objects and materials 
  (up to 100 pounds) and water rescues as well as pushing or pulling individuals with or without 
  assistance. 

Environmental Factors
Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, temperature and noise extremes, fumes, hazardous materials, heights, confined spaces, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, water hazards, bright/dim light, toxic agents, disease, pathogenic substances, or animal/wildlife attacks.

Drug Free Workplace Employer

North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District is a Drug Free Workplace Employer.

Veterans Preference Employer

Applicants may be eligible for Veterans’ Preference in accordance with Section 295.07 of the Florida Statutes which provides for Veterans’ Preference in hiring and retention.  Additional rules for Veterans’ Preference are outlined in Florida Administrative Code (and Florida Administrative Register) FAC 55A-7.

Equal Opportunity Employer

North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District is an Equal Opportunity Employer. North Collier Fire and Rescue District provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity of expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

ADA Compliance

North Collier Fire and Rescue District complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Human Resources at [email protected]

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• I understand that, should I be offered a position of employment, I will be asked to provide my social security number. The agency will use this number for one of more of the following purposes: 1) post-offer background screening, (2) verifying my eligibility for employment and (3) reporting my earnings once employed to the appropriate Federal, State and Local agencies, if applicable. 
• I understand that the District may make a thorough investigation of my character, reputation, past employment, motor vehicle records and my criminal conviction background consistent with federal and state law. I authorize the giving and receiving of any such information requested by the District (including financial and credit records) and hereby relieve and release all former employers and their agents of any liability for any information they may give to the District. I hereby waive any rights or claims I may have whether present fully developed or not against the North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District and its agents and employees arising out of or resulting from the release, authorized or unauthorized, of the following information received pursuant to or in connection with the Districts handling, processing, investigating, etc. of my application. 
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• I understand and agree that, except as specifically prohibited by State Law or Local ordinance or regulation, all District policies and procedures do not create any property rights in employment, and that employment may be terminated by either the employee or the District at any time with or without cause.
• I agree that if a future potential employer contacts the District or its representatives concerning my work record and my work performance at the District, I hereby consent to and authorize persons employed by the District to divulge any and all information they consider relevant to any person representing themselves to be an employer or potential employer of mine with respect to my work records and/or performance of my job at the District.
• I understand that all information provided herein is public record and is subject to review upon request in accordance with Florida Statue 119.071.
• I agree to submit to testing to determine the presence or absence of alcohol ir illegal controlled substances in my body under whatever legal policies or procedures the North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District has in effect on the subject at the time testing is required.
• I agree to post-offer testing if requested and understand that failure to meet any job-related medical and/or health requirements for the position with or without reasonable accommodations which would enable me to perform eh essential function of the job may prevent employment by the District.
• I understand that all employees who do not have a written employment contract are employed at the will of the district and that all offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all background investigations which may include, but are not limited to, employer and non-employer references, background and, where applicable, post-offer testing.
• I agree that upon termination of employment, I shall return all District property.
• *NOTE: The Provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act may be applicable if a credit report on the applicant is obtained and considered.