Occupation Atlaslife guard
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/3025dea4-1752-40a9-9431-fd874420386f
life guard
Life guards monitor and ensure safety in the aquatic facility by preventing and responding to any emergencies. They identify potential risks, advise individuals on proper behaviour and dangerous zones, conduct life-saving techniques such as first aid and supervise activities of the general public.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RSCRealistic · Social · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.27
- S Social4.24
- C Conventional3.44
- E Enterprising2.88
- I Investigative2.37
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers (33-9092.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (15)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise on safety measures
- assist pool users
- control crowd
- first aid
- handle veterinary emergencies
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- practice vigilance
- provide first aid
- react calmly in stressful situations
- rescue bathers
- security threats
- supervise pool activities
- swim
- swimming pool safety guidelines
- tolerate stress
Optional (19)
- assist emergency services
- contribute to the safeguarding of children
- deal with aggressive behaviour
- fire safety regulations
- give swimming lessons
- liaise with security authorities
- maintain pool cleanliness
- maintain quality of pool water
- manage emergency evacuation plans
- manage lost and found articles
- manage major incidents
- manage theft prevention
- monitor swimming-pool infrastructure
- operate fire extinguishers
- operate radio equipment
- perform clerical duties
- promote equality in sport activities
- restrain individuals
- swimming pool chemicals
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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