Adventureland Park - Deep Water Lifeguard

Palace Entertainment is a leading leisure park operator in the United States and Australia overseeing more than 25 entertainment venues hotels and educational venues across 11 different states.

Palace Entertainment owns and operates some of the countrys largest and most prestigious venues including: National Historic Landmark Kennywood Park Americas Oldest Amusement Park Lake Compounce the worlds first ever Cartoon Network Hotel Best Family Theme Park Dutch Wonderland and a variety of other familyfriendly parks and campgrounds throughout the United States.

Palace Entertainment is a subsidiary of Parques Reunidos one of the leading global operators with more than 60 different assets (theme parks zoos and marine parks water parks and other attractions) spread out over various countries across Europe North America the Middle East and Australia.

We are currently looking for a:

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Dispatch riders down water slides
• Assist guests onto mats and tubes
• Roam entire area of assigned pool scan water for distressed swimmers
• Maintain constant surveillance of assigned area
• Maintain a sense of calm in tense escalated or emergency situations
• Perform water rescues when necessary using appropriate techniques and equipment
• Physically assist distressed swimmers to safety in both shallow and deep water
• Enforce weight and height requirements
• Provide firstaid to injured guests when authorized
• Quickly and efficiently escalate medical emergencies to the proper authorities when needed
• Report customer and safety concerns as well as lost children to management
• Protect guest belongings; turn in found items to lostandfound as soon as time permits
• Clean up assigned area (including parking lots) at end of shift
• Remove unwanted trash or tripping hazards from Aquatics areas
• Assist in other departments as needed
• All other duties assigned by leadership

Education and Experience:

• No education requirements for this position
• Previous work experience is not required
• Must successfully complete the Ellis & Associates Lifeguard Training Program before becoming a lifeguard at Adventureland Resort. All Lifeguard candidates will be required to obtain the Ellis Lifeguard Certification instructional handbook and pass all certification requirements. Swim 200 yards doing front crawl or breaststroke; Retrieve 10lb brick from 6 ft of water; and tread water without arms for 2 minutes)

Language: Ability to read write and speak fluent English; Spanish or other bilingual language skills are a plus.

Requirements:

• Must be at least 16 years of age to comply with Iowa Child Labor Laws
• Ability to work flexible schedule including evenings weekends and holidays
• Demonstrated ability to successfully perform all swim tests water rescues assists
• Ability to comply with all uniform policies
• Must possess safetyoriented mindset and understand the importance of complying with all Federal State and local regulations regarding aquatics safety standards
• Must demonstrate a willingness to learn and ability to follow instructions
• Must be guestfocused and work well with other team members and supervisors
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. In certain cases reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.

• Ability to swim 200 yards using front crawl/freestyle or breaststroke
• Ability to retrieve a 10pound brick from at least 6 or more feet of water
• Ability to tread water for 2 minutes without the use of arms
• Ability to stand or walk for extended periods of time

• Ability to swim wade and stand (sometimes in moderate currents)
• Ability to frequently kneel stoop bend squat twist or reach above shoulderlevel
• Ability to use hands to grasp finger handle or feel
• Ability to carry push pull lift and hold objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to aid and physically move guests of varying heights and weights

Vision Requirements:

• Must possess 20/25 correct vision (corrective lens if required must be worn while on duty)
• Specific vision abilities are required for this job including close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to see differences between colors and brightness
• Ability to see details of objects that are more than a few feet away

Working Conditions:

• Constant exposure to outdoor (or indoor) aquatics environments
• Constant exposure to variable outside (or indoor) temperatures including high heat direct sun cold humidity dust rain and other weather conditions
• Regularly subjected to water and pool chemicals
• Subject to frequent interruptions and requests that may require reprioritization of activities

Team member benefits:

Working at Adventureland Resort is about making people happy! Its about being independent and having fun making new friends and earning extra money while doing so. As a Adventureland Resort employee you can be the smiling face that makes a great first impression for incoming guests a cook that serves up tasty treats and culinary delights a lifeguard who soaks up the sun while keeping guests safe or a ride operator that keeps guests coming back for more thrills! There are many exciting seasonal job opportunities available to take your summer job to new heights!

Palace Perks & Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Ability to crosstrain and learn unique skills across various departments
• Free admission to Adventureland Resort and all Palace Entertainment parks on your days off
• Invitations to exclusive companysponsored employee events throughout the season
  
  

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