What are the responsibilities and job description for the AQUATICS position at City of San Marcos, California?
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Ready to make an impact? - Join the San Marcos Aquatics Team!
The City of San Marcos is looking to fill the following part time positions for the 2025 Summer Season:
Facility Attendant
Lifeguard
Head Lifeguard
Water Safety Instructor
Shifts: Work hours and schedule will be consistent with job duties and responsibilities to include days, evenings, weekdays, weekends, and holidays. This position is seasonal, for the summer season from June 16th – August 17th, 2025.
Seasonal employees will be separated from employment with the City by the end of the season, with the ability to return the following year.
The individual must be available to routinely work 20 hours per week throughout for the duration of the season. All part time employees are limited to no more than 999 hours per fiscal year.
Steps to work for the San Marcos Aquatics Division:
- Submit a complete application by May 3, 2025.
- Qualified candidates will be contacted to schedule an in-person interview.
- Candidates that successfully pass oral interviews, will be invited for an in-water skills assessment that will be conducted in one of the City's aquatics facilities (if applicable)
- Successfully pass a background check, drug screening, and physical prior to starting work.
- Must attend Mandatory Orientation and Training times as following:
HR Orientation
TBD
Aquatics Orientation/Training
Time TBD - Saturday, June 14, 2025
NOTE: The City of San Marcos is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. A medical examination, along with a DRUG SCREEN will be conducted following a conditional offer of employment.
Recruitment Timeline: * There will be two rounds of application reviews *
First round interviews: Late March/Early April
Second round interviews: Weeks of May 5th and May 12th
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES
Duties of San Marcos Facility Attendants / Aquatics Cashiers typically include:
- Enforce required safety rules and regulations
- Participate in aquatic facility emergency action plan
- Ensure guests have a successful check-in and registration process by utilizing ActiveNet software
- Answer inquiries from the public and provide information about city programs
- Assist in overall maintenance and operations of the facility
- Assist Aquatic Staff in completing the daily cash-handling duties and record keeping
- Be a minimum 16 years of age at time of hire
- Previous cash handling, volunteer or job experience, recommended
- Previous swim team, water polo team, or pool experience not required
Duties of San Marcos Lifeguards typically include:
- Enforce required safety rules and regulations
- Prevent persons from entering into distressing and dangerous situations
- Rescue persons in distress and administer first aid and emergency care
- Ensure guests are safely participating in all aquatics activities
- Answer inquiries from the public and provide information about city programs
- Assist in overall maintenance and operations of the facility
- Assist in conducting special events and department programming as needed
To be a lifeguard you must meet the following qualifications:
- Be a minimum 15 years of age at time of hire
- Lifeguarding certification
- CPR for the Professional Rescuer
- First Aid for Public Safety Personnel, recommended
- Previous swim team, water polo team, or pool experience not required
Duties of San Marcos Aquatics Head Lifeguards typically include:
- Open, close, and supervise the facility and staff for operations
- Coach and mentor staff
- Communicate effectively with staff, peers, supervisors, and guests
- Complete administrative and supervisory tasks as needed
- Teach swim lessons according to American Red Cross standards
- Interact with parents regarding the progress of participant
- Enforce required safety rules and regulations
- Prevent persons from entering into distressing and dangerous situations
- Rescue persons in distress and administer first aid and emergency care
- Ensure guests are safely participating in all aquatics activities
- Answer inquiries from the public and provide information about city programs
- Assist in overall maintenance, record keeping, and operations of the facility
- Assist in conducting special events and department programming as needed
To be a Head Lifeguard you must meet the following qualifications:
- Be a minimum 18 years of age at time of hire
- Lifeguarding certification
- CPR for the Professional Rescuer
- Water Safety Instructor certification
- Previous lifeguard and instructor experience, more is better
- First Aid for Public Safety Personnel, recommended
Duties of San Marcos Water Safety Instructors typically include:
- Teach swim lessons according to American Red Cross standards
- Interact with parents regarding the progress of participant
- Enforce required safety rules and regulations
- Prevent persons from entering into distressing and dangerous situations
- Rescue persons in distress and administer first aid and emergency care
- Ensure guests are safely participating in all aquatics activities
- Answer inquiries from the public and provide information about city programs
- Assist in overall maintenance and operations of the facility
- Assist in conducting special events and department programming as needed
To be a San Marcos Water Safety Instructor you must meet the following qualifications:
- Be a minimum 16 years of age at time of hire
- Lifeguarding certification
- CPR for the Professional Rescuer
- Water Safety Instructor certification
- First Aid for Public Safety Personnel, recommended
- Previous swim team, water polo team, or pool experience, not required
You do not have to be certified to complete an application, but you must be certified by the time of hire and provide proof of certification.
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EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Experience and/or training providing the required knowledge and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of the position.
