What are the responsibilities and job description for the CE- HEAD LIFEGUARD position at Coppell, City of (TX)?
As a City of Coppell Head Lifeguard, you will serve as support staff to the CORE Manager, Aquatics Supervisor, and Aquatics Coordinator in ensuring facility safety. You will provide an excellent customer experience, interact with children and adults to resolve complaints or conflict, and interpret and enforce facility safety rules. As well as, lead a team of lifeguards in serving the community to recognize and respond to emergencies in the facility, and will be and example, a leader, and a coach for staff. You will also assists with the maintenance of pool filtration and testing of water samples.
Opportunity Description
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Must be at least 17 years of age
High School diploma or equivalent required
Two years of aquatics-related experience required
One year of swim lesson experience is preferred
Ellis & Associates lifeguard certification is required and provided on site. Must be able to complete the following prerequisites in order to obtain an Ellis & Associates Lifeguard license:
200-yard swim
Retrieve a 10 lb. brick from the bottom of the 12 ft. pool (feet first)
Tread water for 2 minutes with no hands
CPO or AFO preferred
The Head Lifeguard report directly to the Aquatics Coordinator and indirectly to the Aquatics Supervisor.
Meet the Community Experiences Team
A message from Jessica Carpenter, Director of Community Experiences:
After nearly 20 years as Parks and Recreation, our department has experienced explosive growth of our parks and trails system, and expanded its scope to include a recreation and aquatics center, a tennis center, a senior and community center, a biodiversity education center, playgrounds, new ball fields, community gardens, a farmers market, a cemetery, massive growth in special event offerings, the addition of a marketing and community engagement team, a dog park, an arts center, a library, pickleball courts and thousands of camps, classes, programs, sports leagues and services.
We offer such a wide variety of services to the community - greatly expanding the purview of traditional parks and recreation. In January 2023 we became Coppell Community Experiences. The name change and rebranding reflects our desire to reimagine the way we serve the Coppell community and continue to meet both current needs and demands of the future. Several industries are now joined together working toward the same goal: to provide exceptional experiences to the Coppell community.
Coppell Community Experiences is comprised of the following facilities and areas of responsibility:
- Facilities
- The CORE (recreation and aquatic center)
- Wagon Wheel Tennis & Pickleball Center
- Coppell Senior & Community Center at Grapevine Springs
- Cozby Library & Community Commons
- Biodiversity Education Center
- Coppell Arts Center
- Rolling Oaks Memorial Center
- Park Operations
- Parks, playgrounds, and trails
- Ball fields and medians
- Community Engagement
- Marketing and Communications
- Special Events
- Coppell Community Garden
- Coppell Farmers Market
- Day Camps (summer and holiday breaks)
- Adult Athletics
Salary : $19
