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Yes Lifeguards are required, it is suggested that there is one lifeguard for every 25 people.
And the answer is well in the U.K you see lifeguards with the nplq qualification at a swimming pool or leisure centre with water facilities and you also see beach lifeguards at the beach who protect bathers from injury and or death at the coast.
No sand getting in your shorts, seaweed, jellyfish, sharp rocks on the ground. Plus, there are lifeguards and changing rooms.
No sand getting in your shorts, seaweed, jellyfish, sharp rocks on the ground. Plus, there are lifeguards and changing rooms.
Not sure of other countries in the UK, however for England and Wales the age requirement is 16 for both beach and pool lifeguards.
by the pool
So that they can see out far into the ocean. And in a pool- so that the glare of sunlight or lighting is reduced on the surface which enables lifeguards to see to he bottom of the pool. The standard height is 2 metres of the ground.
what does a Pool have that a Beach don't have
No, A beach is not a pool there is a difference. A beach is a place with salt water and it is an open area, the beach usually has sand. A pool is a place for many people with chlorine water. it is mostly on land!
All pools are required to have a minimum number of lifeguards on duty, to check whether anyone is in trouble and help out if so. Recommendations on where to swim in the pool (or which pool - like sticking to the shallow end for younger or less experienced swimmers) are also often posted, and most have warning signs telling people not to run, not to dive onto others, etc.
OSHA would apply to those who build the pool and those employed by the pool (such as lifeguards), but if this is a personal pool, then OSHA really has no application because it is nobody's work place.
Beach water is cleaner.