Interested in working for Boulder as a lifeguard? Maybe you’ve played at one of our pools and you’re thinking “How can I get a job as a lifeguard in Parks and Recreation?” Now is the time! We want you to join our aquatics team.
- Applications to be a lifeguard for the 2025 summer season are currently closed.
Need to earn your lifeguard certification? We regularly offer certification classes. Current lifeguard training classes are full. We do not plan on offering anymore until after the summer.
To enroll in the Lifeguarding course, you must be at least 15 years old before the last scheduled class session. To participate in the course, you must be able to complete an 8-hour online pre-course session as well as pass a prerequisite swimming skills evaluation. The swimming prerequisites includes two parts and takes place before or during the first in-person session.
Prerequisite 1: Jump in, submerge, resurface and swim 150 yards continuously, tread water for 2 minutes, and then swim 50 more yards. While swimming, you must keep your face in the water and demonstrate good breath control. You may swim using the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both. Swimming on the back or side is not permitted. Swim goggles are allowed. When treading, you must use only your legs.
Prerequisite 2: Complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds. Starting in the water, swim 20 yards. Your face may be in or out of the water. Swim goggles are not allowed. Surface dive (head-first or feet-first) to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object. Return to the surface and swim 20 yards on your back to return to the starting point, holding the object at the surface with both hands and keeping your face at or near the surface. Swimming the distance underwater is not permitted. Exit the water without using a ladder or the steps.
We’re also hiring swim instructors. Swim team experience is preferred, and we offer in-house training.
See jobs and apply at BPRjobs.org.
