Demonstrate your ability to swim and join our team as a Water Safety Swim Instructor or Life guard.
Tryouts for either position are EVERY Tuesday and Thursday at 5:00pm at the Old Colony YMCA - Stoughton Branch
Potential swim instructors will be tested on the prerequisites for the Water Safety Instructor Course:
Pass swim skills evaluation:
- Candidates must demonstrate and proficiently complete 25 yards of the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, breast stroke, side stroke, elementary backstroke, and butterfly
- Maintain back float for 1 minute
- Maintain treading water for 1 minute
Potential Lifeguards, come see if you can complete the skills test included in most lifeguard trainings. if you are thinking of applying as a lifeguard, want to practice before your upcoming course, or are just curious to see if you have what it takes, this class is for you!
- You will be tested with 200 yard swim (about 4 laps/ 8 lengths)
- a 2 minute tread (treading water without use of your hands)
- retrieval of a 10 pound brick from the deepest part of our pool.
if you complete all skills successfully, you can comfortably apply to be a lifeguard at our Y. We provide the training!
(Candidates must be at least 16 years of age by the end of training to be considered for hire.)
