POOL MANAGER (Permanent) Emergency Appointment

• Establish rules regulations and standards of safety at assigned facility within well-defined guidelines set by the department; maintains control over the number of patrons admitted to the facility to insure efficient patron usage and a minimum of disruptive behavior.
• Prepares work schedules for staff anticipating patron weekly attendance and insuring proper lifeguard coverage within budget limits.
• Responds to and resolves incidents at the pool such as persistent violations of safety rules serious injuries or minor confrontations among patrons. Instructs staff in first aid swimming and pool lifeguard and lifesaving principles methods and techniques.
• Confers with parents of unruly patrons or unresponsive swimming students in an attempt to modify behavior so as to allow patrons to return to pool or students to learn to swim.
• Reviews verifies and maintains employee time records maintenance and service records and pool supplies expenditures to insure budget control.
• Completes and forwards incident reports in accordance with prescribed procedure; maintains pool log in which all incidents are recorded.
• Determines level of training necessary to meet department standards and utilizes departments training and instructional procedures to plan content of training program for staff.
• Operates mechanical equipment used at the pool facility including valves pumps water conditioning equipment and drains in order to keep pool in operation; reads gauges to detect improper operation of the system; trains subordinate staff to perform minor maintenance and adjustment tasks; determines when pool fails to meet health standards and has the authority to close the pool.
• Prepares employee performance evaluations handles grievances at the first level and may resolve disciplinary problems or recommend a resolution to the immediate supervisor.
• Conducts classes to instruct lifeguards in effective teaching techniques. Develops lesson plans for Learn-to-Swim Program adapting the basic County program to specific needs at assigned pool.
• Engages in the physical fitness program established by the Department in order to maintain capability to perform pool lifesaving duties.

REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY:

Option I:Six months of full-time or960 hours of part-timeexperience as aSenior Pool Lifeguardin Los Angeles County service*.

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Option II:Six months of full-time or 960 hours of part-time experience supervising lifeguards at a public swimming pool**.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:

*For Option I applicant must currently hold or previously held the payroll title of Senior Pool Lifeguard with the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation.

** Public Swimming Pool is defined as a publicly owned and operated non-membership municipal swimming pool.

• American Red Cross Lifeguarding Certificate
  • Lifeguard Training for the Professional Rescuer
  • First Aid at the Emergency Medical Response Level
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator (CPR/AED)for the Professional Lifeguard
  • Resuscitation/Emergency Oxygen Administration
  • Bloodborne Pathogens
• American Red Cross Emergency Medical Response Certificate
  • Resuscitation/Emergency Oxygen Administration
  • Bloodborne Pathogens

• Certified Pool Operator Certificate (Pool & Hot Tub Alliance)
• American Red Cross Water Safety Instructors Certificate
• American Red Cross Lifeguard Instructors Certificate
• American Red Cross Emergency Medical Response Instructors Certificate
  
  *Certificates are not required at time of application butallcertifications will be required and verified before appointment to the position.
  
  
  

DRIVER LICENSE:
May require a valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

EXAM CONTENT:
During your initial work period the appointing department will evaluate your performance. Those who achieve a passing score on this evaluation will be considered for permanent appointment.

VACANCY INFORMATION:
The eligible list for this examination will be used to fill vacancies within the Department of Parks and Recreation for Pool Manager (Permanent) positions throughout Los Angeles County.

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The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job and will also consider potential mitigating factors which may include but is not limited to evidence and extent of rehabilitation recency of the offense(s) and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Employment Eligibility:
Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.

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Veterans Credit:
Pursuant to the County Charter and County policy in all open competitive examinations (i.e. examinations open to everyone) the County of Los Angeles will add a credit of 10 percent of the total credits specified for such examination to the final passing score of an honorably discharged veteran as well as the spouse of a deceased or disabled veteran who served in the Armed Forces of the United States under specific conditions.
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