Eliot
Institute Lifeguard
(July and August Seabeck camps)
Note: Eliot Institute requires that at least one currently certified lifeguard be appointed for each summer camp.
Selection: The Lifeguard is appointed by the Dean and is responsible to the Waterfront Director.
Qualifications: A current water safety and life-saving certification such as Red Cross Senior Water Safety, Bronze Cross, or NSL certification.
Responsibilities:
Register for camp, sign a contract and Code of Ethics; send a copy of your lifeguard certification and a criminal background check to the Registrar.
Assist the Waterfront Director as directed in supervising safety during designated hours and alternate swim times at the swim dock and lagoon beach.
Help the Waterfront Director to enforce the general rules applicable to waterfront activities.
Under the direction of the Waterfront Director, supervise safety at the swimming dock and beach in the lagoon.
In the event that weather, water conditions, or a decrease in the number of swimmers reduces the need for two lifeguards, it is recommended that the Director and Lifeguard rotate responsibility on an equal share basis.
Conduct swim checks of children under 18 and makes swim bracelets.
Recommend new or revised guidelines to the Waterfront Director for submission to the Dean.
Be familiar with Waterfront Guidelines for Seabeck
(Revised 2003)