All applicants will need to qualify before being accepted onto a lifeguard course with us. In accordance to the Royal Life Saving Society UK, to qualify you must be able to:

• Swim 50m in less than 1 minute
• Swim 100m continuously on your front then 100m on your back
• Tread water in deep water for more than 30 seconds
• Surface dive to the deepest part of the pool
• Climb out of the pool unaided
• Be over 16 years old on the day of assessment

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Pool safety can’t be underestimated and neither can the responsibility that comes with this vital lifeguarding role. The lifeguard course will teach you skills that can be applied to every day life and can transfer into any other field of work and most importantly, potentially save a life.

 Skills taught range from:

• First aid and CPR skills
• How to interact with the public
• To be confident leader, and take charge of situations, making quick and decisive decisions
• Knowledge of the health and safety legislation

Our scale means we can also offer scope to progress, and variety like nowhere else, from regular pool rotations, supervising and cleaning the pool area, to setting up equipment and delivering a first-class customer service. Each day you go to work, you actively make a difference to someone’s life. From applying a plaster to a child’s knee, the door you hold open for an elderly person, to the swimmer you’ve helped from a potential life threatening situation in the water; your presence promotes safety, and your job makes the world a better and safer place.