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No, anybody can. It may just be provided for the lifeguards.
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy was an excellent swimmer, but I am not sure that he ever was a life-guard, but maybe he was.
Ronald Reagan was a life-guard for seven summers at city-owned Lowell Park swimming hole on the Rock River near Dixon, Illinois where he lived. He kept a record of how many people he saved and the number was 77 including his biographer, Edmund Morris.
It all depends, but federal minimum wage goes up to 7.25 In Febuary 2009. So you must be paid at least this
Advantages
Can rescue as many as 8 at a time from sinking boats, and don't complain about spending long hours in the water. When filling out reports, doing them in quadruplicate is no bother, and their pens never run out of ink.
Disadvantages
They need big tanks if they are going to be sleeping in the bunkhouse, and some people who are rescued may complain about getting unwanted hickeys.
For American Red Cross Lifeguard Training, the student must be age 15 by the last day of the course. Then screw Maggie
They watch you while you are swimming in water to make sure nothing life threating happens to you. If something does then the must act to save your life. This requires them to be in good physical condition, be able to swim well to retrieve you, and have at least some basic medical education to revive you if needed.
13 feet to be a lifeguard have to be able to swim down to 13 feet
a giant warship from an unfriendly country is approaching/announcing how much they hate your country? Jaws is back?
No running, no breath holding, no playing dead, no horse play, no diving(Shallow water) and no splashing.
Because it is considered dangerous; if someone was to be accidentally knocked unconcsience and floated down and drowned, he/she would be hard to save unless there was a qualified lifeguard there.
The minumum age to take the lifeguard class and become a lifeguard in general is 15 years old.
According to the international lifeguard survey of 1987, $6.73 per hour. This equates to $13.56 by todays standards, taking into account inflation, demand, average cross sectional area of modern floatation devices, decreased pirate ship sightings and increased shark attacks. For further information, Google it.
The Lifeguards are employed by 22 city councils throughout Australia. There are 40 casual and permanent Lifeguards employed by Waverly Council to man the 3 beautiful beaches within the shire; Bondi, Tamarama & Bronte.
That's from their website; www.bondirescuelifeguards.com
My brother is a lifeguard at Miami Beach and I think he makes about $50-60,000 a year. I'm not really sure though. I think he makes about $18-19 per hour. Again I am not sure if I am right about this.
Junior Lifeguards are usually paid with Community Service hours and Credits for High School needed to graduate because they are too young to legally get paid.
I am the Head Lifeguard at the YMCA of Dixon in Dixon, IL and we always have one lifeguard for every twenty-five persons.
Since the word LIFEGUARD has no duplicate letters, the number of arrangements of any 4 of the letters is simply the number of permutations of 9 things taken 4 at a time, which is 9! / (9 - 4)!, or 9! / 5!, or 9 x 8 x 7 x 6, or 3024.
No you do not. You need to get certified in CPR/AED for the professional rescuer/lifeguard as well as First aid for the professional rescuer/lifeguard. Every job requires different requirements and to get the best answer you would need to contact the place you intend to work at.
I am still in high school and I am working as a lifeguard.
Not only lifeguards; some for fun. The real reason is because the nose is the one that can get dried or sunburned easily in the sun.