Pool Lifeguards at Day Camp
Wheatley Heights, NY Wheatley Heights, NY Seasonal Seasonal $15 an hour $15 an hour 8 days ago 8 days ago 8 days ago Join us for a meaningful summer job that can change your life! That cultivates skills such as leadership, communication and teamwork which are highly prized by employers That lets you spend the summer working outdoors with 40
people of a similar age.
The Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds (HKC) is currently seeking motivated, reliable and capable individuals with a love of swimming to join the HKC Long Island aquatics team as lifeguards for summer 2022.
Camp Dates:
June 27 - August 19 Pay:
$4095 for the 8 weeks of camp (approx.
$15/hr) Bonuses:
You can earn up to $350 more in summer bonuses Hours:
Mon - Fri 8:
30am - 4:
00pm Applicants do not need to have prior experience working as a lifeguard ABOUT THE JOB You'll spend the day at one of our three pool complexes ensuring the safety or all swimmers, campers and counselors alike, as they swim and make use of the pools.
Primarily, your job will be to:
Supervise and guard all swim activities to help prevent and manage injuries.
Provide rescues as needed Ensure campers and staff follow safety procedures while at the pools Daily set-up and close down of pools EXPECTATIONS Work all 39 days of camp (some exceptions allowed) Attend all orientations and training Show up on time Be a great team member CERTIFICATIONS Lifeguard certification HKC runs a certification course and offers tuition reimbursement up to $300 QUALIFICATIONS Enjoy being around children Visual and auditory ability to identify and respond to critical incidents Physical ability to act swiftly in an emergency Ability to spend the entire day outdoors, under the sun Must be at least 16 years old at the start of camp Candidates must be able to swim well enough to pass the pre-certification swim test:
Ability to swim 300 yards continuously using front crawl or breaststroke Ability to tread water for 2 minutes using only your legs Complete a time event within 1 minute, 40 seconds where you starting in the water must swim 20 yards, surface dive to a depth of 7 - 10 feet to retrieve a 10 pound object, return to the surface and swim 20 yards to the starting point with both hands holding the object, with your face at or near the surface and exit the pool without using the ladder or steps HKC requires all applicants submit three references.
At least two of them must be from an adult connected to work, school, volunteer work or extracurricular activities.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Home to 11 independently run JCC day camps, the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds, is a small Jewish non-profit, that manages and operates three facilities located in Long Island, Rockland County and Staten Island.
Our mission is to enhance the camp experience and provide a safe environment for the campers and counselors who call our grounds home.
On any given camp day we welcome more than 5000 campers and camp staff through our gates.
As a seasonal organization, HKC hires 200
seasonal workers to provide lifeguarding, swim instruction, maintenance, janitorial services and security to ensure we can carry out mission and meet the needs of the day camps that run at HKC.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
people of a similar age.
The Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds (HKC) is currently seeking motivated, reliable and capable individuals with a love of swimming to join the HKC Long Island aquatics team as lifeguards for summer 2022.
Camp Dates:
June 27 - August 19 Pay:
$4095 for the 8 weeks of camp (approx.
$15/hr) Bonuses:
You can earn up to $350 more in summer bonuses Hours:
Mon - Fri 8:
30am - 4:
00pm Applicants do not need to have prior experience working as a lifeguard ABOUT THE JOB You'll spend the day at one of our three pool complexes ensuring the safety or all swimmers, campers and counselors alike, as they swim and make use of the pools.
Primarily, your job will be to:
Supervise and guard all swim activities to help prevent and manage injuries.
Provide rescues as needed Ensure campers and staff follow safety procedures while at the pools Daily set-up and close down of pools EXPECTATIONS Work all 39 days of camp (some exceptions allowed) Attend all orientations and training Show up on time Be a great team member CERTIFICATIONS Lifeguard certification HKC runs a certification course and offers tuition reimbursement up to $300 QUALIFICATIONS Enjoy being around children Visual and auditory ability to identify and respond to critical incidents Physical ability to act swiftly in an emergency Ability to spend the entire day outdoors, under the sun Must be at least 16 years old at the start of camp Candidates must be able to swim well enough to pass the pre-certification swim test:
Ability to swim 300 yards continuously using front crawl or breaststroke Ability to tread water for 2 minutes using only your legs Complete a time event within 1 minute, 40 seconds where you starting in the water must swim 20 yards, surface dive to a depth of 7 - 10 feet to retrieve a 10 pound object, return to the surface and swim 20 yards to the starting point with both hands holding the object, with your face at or near the surface and exit the pool without using the ladder or steps HKC requires all applicants submit three references.
At least two of them must be from an adult connected to work, school, volunteer work or extracurricular activities.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Home to 11 independently run JCC day camps, the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds, is a small Jewish non-profit, that manages and operates three facilities located in Long Island, Rockland County and Staten Island.
Our mission is to enhance the camp experience and provide a safe environment for the campers and counselors who call our grounds home.
On any given camp day we welcome more than 5000 campers and camp staff through our gates.
As a seasonal organization, HKC hires 200
seasonal workers to provide lifeguarding, swim instruction, maintenance, janitorial services and security to ensure we can carry out mission and meet the needs of the day camps that run at HKC.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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