Hiring Process
The selection process will include a skills test and an interview.
LIFEGUARD and SR. GUARD POSITIONS:
The skills test will include:
- A 200-yard swim (8 lengths) demonstrating competent front crawl (freestyle) or breaststroke
- Treading water for 2 minutes using arms and legs
- A 20-yard swim using front crawl (freestyle) or breaststroke, surface dive to 10-12 feet, retrieve a 10-pound brick, swim 20 yards back to the starting point, and place the brick on the deck and exit the pool without using a ladder
WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR POSITION:
The skills test will include:
- A 100-yard swim (4 lengths) demonstrating competent front crawl (freestyle)
- A 25-yard swim (1 length) demonstrating competent backstroke
- A 25-yard swim (1 length) demonstrating competent breaststroke
- Treading water for 1 minute using arms and legs
Certifications
The City of Temecula uses the American Red Cross as the certifying agency for required certifications. The following certifications are required within 90 days of employment. For more information about certification, classes click here.
| American Red Cross (ARC) Lifeguarding/CPR/AED/First Aid | X |
| X |
| ARC Advanced First Aid (Title 22) | X |
| X |
| ARC Administering Emergency Oxygen | X |
| X |
| ARC Bloodborne Pathogens | X | X | X |
| ARC Water Safety Instructor | | X | X |
| ARC CPR/AED | | X | |