At this point I wasn’t even paying attention to my friend until he was my victim to save. Trying to jump in the deep water and keep your head out of it properly, already took a toll on my already exhausted body. After saving my best friend I remember just getting out of the water and the 3-4 hour test was over on a school night and I was officially certified. I went through that all the first time, so the second year and third year taking this test was a lot easier for me.
After overcoming the certification part of being a Lifeguard you must understand and experience what It’s like to actually work as one. Part of being a lifeguard is doing maintenance, we clean bathrooms, we’re expected to watch everyone in the pool and outside of it, we
Honestly ever since I was two years old I have been in water, and learned how to swim at around three. I had not learned anything about swimming in Wheeling High School and I can prove that I did not benefit from the swimming sessions. I had already known survival techniques such as not panicking in water and floating on my back to save energy. I already had common sense of not using drugs because I could drown. I had known that many college students go to Lake Michigan at night and die because they can't see or are drunk. To be honest I knew all of these rules but feel maybe Wheeling high school had re-emphasized all of them. I will try to use these techniques at my pool in Florida and continue to teach others how to swim.
During my seventh grade year at my local country club I took some junior lifeguard classes. Trained to save someone's life in the case of an emergency never thinking I would need it. Over the summer I went to the beach with family and friends, an extremely normal occurrence. Arriving at the surprisingly bare beach I carried my board through the blistering sand. Based on the strong current and the abnormal wave pattern I decide against surfing, but still
Being a lifeguard will help a person be fit as long as they are consistent with coming to meetings and swimming the given laps. We attend in-service meetings where we swim and also practice saving lives, and at times it can be really difficult. These meetings have taught how important it is to be fit because you never know when you will have to drag a person who is built heavy. Life-saving situations can go from bad to worst on a matter of second where your strenght is put to the test.
The 21-yeard-old took interest in being a lifeguard just last year. She didn’t have much experience in that type pf job besides the fact that she swam in high school her senior year. While training to get her certificate she soon realized that it’s not just a fun job to lounge in a chair all day. She learned skills that will be useful to her during her whole lifetime and learned how to work cohesively
During this time your performance would be checked by trainers or senior crew members. You would have to pass regular exams to test your knowledge of safety and emergency procedures, and to make sure you meet official first aid requirements.
We can be a hero. We can be a firefighter. We can be a book maker. We can be a movie maker. We can be a doctor. We can be a construction worker. We can be a toy maker. We can be a garbageman. We can be an astronaut.
The world is full of heroes. The brave men and women who serve in the armed forces protect the United States of America. Local police help ensure safety in cities and towns. Firefighters save lives daily. Doctors perform life-saving surgeries. Heroes are found everywhere. Although some people seem to forget, lifeguards are heroes too. I recently sent in an application to be a lifeguard at the pool on campus. I was discussing hours with a classmate who is currently employed, and he told me that the hours were long, but often a shift would pass without a single swimmer entering the water. Another classmate interjected saying “You can do your homework while you work.” Lifeguarding is not the easy task portrayed in movies. Guards do not suntan and talk to girls for the duration of their shift. Rather, a lifeguard’s duty is in the name: guarding the lives of patrons. The work of these heroes is often gone unpraised. The job is disregarded as an easy way for teenagers to make money, instead of the true challenge it offers to the employees. The process of becoming a lifeguard requires more than blowing a whistle. It is a commitment involving intricate knowledge acquired through training and experience. Lifeguarding is a serious commitment.
I was new, sixteen, and the youngest lifeguard, so it was pretty intimidating at first. After the first week, the head lifeguard told me she was impressed with my work ethic and started assigning me more shifts. I enjoyed working as a lifeguard, but it was hard work. Most people think that all a lifeguard does is sit on the stand and make sure no one drowns, but that is not the case. Lifeguards are responsible for cleaning the pool deck, maintaining chemicals in the pool, and opening and closing the pool. The hardest part of the job was definitely cleaning the pool deck. Each day, I would have to clean up melted ice cream sandwiches, ketchup, and almost anything imaginable off the pool
If you are part of the minority of people who believe that obtaining an education is the only resource that your children will need to be successful in the future, then I am here to change your outlook . There are many other skills that one must have in order to be successful in the workforce. During the course of this presentation, I will inform you about leadership programs within the Learn to Swim program. As a lifeguard, as well as someone who has been through the leadership pathway, I can personally speak about my experiences and how they have positively impacted my life. My goal for the end of this presentation is for you to understand: how the programs work, the benefits of the programs, and how the skills acquired will help your children
I believe that most people have a fairly limited idea of what a lifeguard does. The public sees someone sitting by the pool, getting a tan and thinks ‘That job looks easy.’ For those who take the position seriously, lifeguarding is not easy. The job requires extreme focus, dedication, and a great deal of training. This is, of course, the part that the public doesn’t see. All lifeguards – before they can even begin applying for jobs – must go through weeks of training, which includes CPR, first aid, and crowd control. Lifeguarding requires a deeply nuanced approach to the working environment that balances customer service, biology, and emergency preparedness.
Lifeguarding is definitely not the job for everybody. This is not just because of the chest crushing anxiety of dealing with drowning victims or all the exquisite and mind boggling training that you have to remember, but the seasons in Arizona are also a make or break factor in this field of work. Seasons are the ultimate test of the human body’s mental strength and some people are just not cut out for it.
As you watch your TV show or a movie you might see a lifeguard and wonder, “How do I become a lifeguard?” Though it isn’t as glamorous as Hollywood portrays, becoming a lifeguard is a great experience. Becoming a lifeguard does, however, require some physically demanding training and social skills. With the proper training, you can also be the lifeguard at your local pool.
My daughter’s first birthday, which was July 18th, 2007, is a day that I remember like it was yesterday. We had already celebrated her birthday with the family over the weekend, so I had just planned to do something small with her. I decided I would take her to Water Works, a community family aquatic center that we lived by. When I was younger, my family would get a membership every summer, and I couldn’t wait to do the same with Lauren. My sister, Amanda, who was watching our four year old nephew Charlie, was off that day, so they came along too.
It was sometime around 6:00 p.m. on a Thursday night in the middle of January 2016. There was a swim meet going on and it was just about to start. The teams were warming up and getting ready for the meet that was due to start in the coming hour. I was warmed up and concentrating on the race listening to music in my newly acquired platinum studio beats. The music was loud and the nerves were setting as I walked into the locker room with my friend and teammate. As we passed I said good luck to our teammate who I was racing against in the 200 free style. Then out of know were he pulled my friend to the side and whispered something in his ear. I didn’t hear what was said as I had continued to walk. My friend came over to me and I asked what he had said and he told me. He told me
In today’s speech, I’d like to illustrate that the process of becoming a lifeguard is a serious undertaking that requires significant training from which you will learn many lessons.