Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, & Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
Monitor recreational areas, such as pools, beaches, or ski slopes to provide assistance and protection to participants.
Also called: Lifeguard, Ocean Lifeguard, Ocean Lifeguard Specialist, Ski Patroller
Knowledge:
- public safety and security
- teaching and course design
Skills:
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- talking to others
- looking for ways to help people
- understanding people's reactions
Abilites:
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Dependability
- Concern for Others
- Cooperation
- Integrity
- Self Control
- Attention to Detail
Technology:
Desktop publishing software
Education:
certificate after high school
