One of the most popular jobs for teenagers these is lifeguarding. It can be the easiest and the hardest job they ever have depending on where they work. If it is a pool like Grosse Ile Country Club it will the easiest job they ever had. The responsibilities are not as demanding as they would seem if they were trained right. There are two shifts: the morning shift, which is not really in the morning more like the early afternoon, and the evening shift. The shifts are all similar though, but the better shift would be the evening shift, since it is not as hot as the morning shift, and it is not as busy either.
Most shifts are normally only four hours, but sometimes a lifeguard can be scheduled for an eight hour day. Some people may be called …show more content…
The lifeguards that work the morning shift come in at eleven-thirty and have to do the tasks for the pool to open at noon. The tasks that they do are fairly simple. The guards start with making sure the locker rooms are clean and stocked with the supplies they need. If there is not a boy or girl on shift the guard needs to yell into the locker room to make sure no one is in there before entering the opposite gender’s locker room. After making sure the locker rooms are well stocked the guards unlock the locker room doors that go out towards the pool, and the door to the snack shack on the pool side. Near the entrance to the boy’s locker room are the umbrellas for the tables placed throughout the deck, and the guard chair near the kiddie pool. Since the umbrellas cannot stay open by itself, a pin has to be put in it so they stay open. After they put the umbrellas in the tables the guards will check all the trashcans to see if they need to be taken out. If they do then the guards will place all the bags in a golf cart, and drive it to the dumpsters that are about a hundred yards away from the pool. If there is not any time to take the trash out before the pool opens, then they take it to the side of the building and wait until the end of the day to take
Most shifts are normally only four hours, but sometimes a lifeguard can be scheduled for an eight hour day. Some people may be called …show more content…
The lifeguards that work the morning shift come in at eleven-thirty and have to do the tasks for the pool to open at noon. The tasks that they do are fairly simple. The guards start with making sure the locker rooms are clean and stocked with the supplies they need. If there is not a boy or girl on shift the guard needs to yell into the locker room to make sure no one is in there before entering the opposite gender’s locker room. After making sure the locker rooms are well stocked the guards unlock the locker room doors that go out towards the pool, and the door to the snack shack on the pool side. Near the entrance to the boy’s locker room are the umbrellas for the tables placed throughout the deck, and the guard chair near the kiddie pool. Since the umbrellas cannot stay open by itself, a pin has to be put in it so they stay open. After they put the umbrellas in the tables the guards will check all the trashcans to see if they need to be taken out. If they do then the guards will place all the bags in a golf cart, and drive it to the dumpsters that are about a hundred yards away from the pool. If there is not any time to take the trash out before the pool opens, then they take it to the side of the building and wait until the end of the day to take