i am looking for a job in the telford area as a lifeguard but i am 16years of age?

Answer 1

Not sure if you can that age...

Are you up to it? ie you ever been in emergency situations?
You strong enough and willing to hit someone if they try and pull you down including a girl, in the face?

Serious ones... And can you spot someone in trouble after several days when you are tired and bored.

Answer 2

Well, you have to be a minimum of 16. You first need to do the lifeguarding course - takes about a week. You should contact your local leisure centres. You are likely to be able to get a job where you took the course as well. Good luck!

Answer 3

try a public pool near you. most of the time you have to take a test to become a lifeguard and i know where i live that the age to become a lifeguard is 15. so talk to the lifeguards at a public pool or if you want to become a lifeguard at the beach talk to those lifeguards about it

Answer 4

I worked as a lifeguard at my local leisure centre for 7 yrs, first part- and later full-time. I first started when I was 19, and needed a summer job while I was at college. I didn't have an official "lifeguard" qualification, but I'd been part of the local Royal Lifesaving Society (RLSS)UK branch since I was 15, and knew a lot of the pool staff before I started working with them.

At that point I only had a "lifesaving" certificate, although it was a much higher level than the basic RLSS Bronze Medallion. The next summer when I came back to work at the pool again, they only agreed to take me on if I promised to do the RLSS National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) ASAP, something to do with (UK) Health and Safety Executive (HSE) legislation.

(n.b. If you were wondering what the difference was between a "lifeSAVER" and a "lifeGUARD", it's the difference between responding to a problem that's already happening ("REactive"), and spotting a problem before it gets serious ("PROactive"). Take notes, it WILL be in the test!)

Last time I worked as a lifeguard (and I should point out that this was in 2001-2), the NPLQ was the industry standard qualification to work in a public pool. (As far as I know, private pools—i.e. membership only, such as those on private school premises—can set their own rules about who works there, but generally follow industry standard for liability reasons.)

There's actually two parts to the NPLQ. First off you do the course which takes about five days full-time (9am-5pm) and gives you all the basic skills that a lifeguard needs, like swimming rescues, teamwork, first aid and so on. Then you have to attend staff training at every pool you work at, so that you keep your skills fresh, and are familiar with that pool's emergency procedures and equipment.

You have to log a certain number of hours (35, as far as I remember) training per two years (most first aid certificates are only valid for two years), to keep your qualification current. At the end of the two years, if you've got the hours logged and signed by your instructor, you just have to do a limited refresher course (15 hrs or so) to renew your certificate. Otherwise you have to do the whole course again (i.e. 40 hrs). The HSE requires employers to provide you with this on the job training, you shouldn't have to pay for it.

I did my NPLQ at another pool in the local area that had a qualified instructor (which was useful, because he later got in touch and asked me to do some hours for him). Later on, one of the more experienced lifeguards at the pool where I mainly worked got his instructor ticket, so I did all my renewals with him instead. He advertised his courses in the local freebie paper, and in the leisure centre itself (which hosted the course)

The minimum age to do your NPLQ is 16, but bear in mind that the rules regarding minimum WAGE are different for minors (i.e. lower). As an experienced and trained lifeguard, the centre I worked for paid me £4.30/hr. The newbies who were under 18 got about £3.50/hr, and the over-18s got £4.05/hr, or whatever min. wage was that year.

As you can see, lifeguard wages are not high (in the UK, anyway), partly because a lot of pools are run by private management companies under local council contracts. (Private pools tend to pay more, but may not offer as many hours.)

It's fine if you just want to earn a bit of pocket (or beer, if you're a college student!) money, but if you're trying to live off it full time, you'll find yourself doing a lot of extra hours, which won't leave you much time for socialising. The work is not physically difficult, but it can be hard keeping focussed for the full 8 hrs of your shift!

Hope this has helped. Good luck with it.

Answer 5

I don't know if you can actually do this but try asking if you can volunteer or help some of the lifeguards if they need any.

Answer 6

get info from yor local swimming pool BUT I don't think you qualify for the exam at 16 I think you have to be 18 and have various swimming acolades before qualifying to take the exam...Good luck though

Answer 7

there is'nt a sea near telford

Answer 8

Local leisure facilities.

Answer 9

try the news agents