Swim Instructor Assistant

$16.50/hr Plus Free YMCA Membership

Friday evenings & Saturday mornings

Under the general direction of the Aquatics Staff Associate the Swim Instructor Assistant will assist swim instructor with implementing lessons and always ensures safety and well-being of participants in their care. The position is responsible for demonstrating YMCA leadership competencies to ensure the mission, purpose, image and core values of the YMCA of Greater Rochester is conveyed.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Assist with conducting swim lessons in accordance with the YMCA of the USA and YMCA of Greater Rochester Swim Program Guidelines.
• Assist with supervision of all children and adults entrusted to the care of the instructor.
• Maintain the premises in a clean and sanitary condition.
• Maintain accurate records on individual participants that will lead to accurate information on certificates.
• Enforce all pool rules.
• Maintain all required certifications.
• Attend all required trainings, meetings, and other designated YMCA events.

• Must be at least 15 years of age.
• Must enjoy working with children and have experience working with groups of children.
• Bring to this position maturity, responsibility, and a sincere interest in working with children.
• Possess a general knowledge and understanding of the YMCA, its goals, and its mission.
• Must possess to obtain CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, First Aid, and Oxygen certifications or have the ability to obtain within 60 days of employment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Hear noises and distress signals in the aquatic environment, including in the water and anywhere around the zone of responsibility. Candidates must understand that significant background noise exists in all indoor and outdoor aquatic environments. In addition, lifeguard candidates should have a minimum hearing threshold of no more than an average of a 25-decibel loss in both ears over a range of frequencies (500Hz, 1000Hz, 2000Hz, 788 and 3000Hz). Candidates who use hearing aids or other corrective devices for hearing should be able to perform all rescue skills and emergency procedures without interruptions to adjust, retrieve, or install or attach a hearing aid or corrective device.
• Remain alert with no lapses of consciousness.
• Meet strength and lifting requirements.
• Observe all sections of an assigned zone or area of responsibility. Candidates who use corrective eyewear should be able to perform all rescue skills and emergency procedures without interruptions to adjust, clear, or retrieve corrective eyewear.
• Must be able to stand the duration of the shift.
• Must be able to bend and stoop.
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds occasionally.
• Must be able to stay in the pool for an extended period of time.