Beach lifeguard??

Question

can you go stright to beach lifeguard or should be do pool first... i REALLY dont want to do pool but i scared that beach will be to hard

Answer 1

If you're not used to living near and hanging around the beach very much, then do pool.

Beach is harder because the swimming area is larger, there's a greater number of people, and more things can go wrong.

Answer 2

practice before final test is always proves better.

Otherwise you will be = Indian Cricket Team

Answer 3

Unless you are an incredible swimmer who is used to being in the ocean and can pass the beach test I suggest you start with the pool.

Ocean and beachfront lifeguarding takes more than basic lifeguard skills of scanning, rescues and crowd control. you have to be aware fo the topography of the land, tide charts, runoff hazzards, currents, etc. It's a lot fo knowledge for someone who has never guarded before.

I am not saying it's not plausible, I am saying it is a lot of hard work and should not be taken lightly.

Good luck in whatever you chose! Hard work pays off!

Answer 4

well i guess it would depend on how crowded the beach is?  If it's a pretty popular destination, i'd definitely guard pool for a while to get the feel for it (that is if you're new to lifeguarding).  I'd recommend doing both actually.  I guard for my local pool and beach during the summer and i found out that switching between the pool and beach keeps me more interested and alert because i don't get bored of just one setting.

Answer 5

Being a pool, beach guard, and water park life guard myself, I would say that water front guarding is the most difficult and if you are talking about your first job as a life guard it would be better to spend a little time at a busy pool first. Beach guarding is extremely difficult and you have to have experiance and know exactly what you would do in any given situation. This does not mean that you passed your test so you must be ready you truly have to be ready.