LifeGuard: Southern California
Description of Career:
The fastest, bravest life guards come to Southern California to guard the 150 miles of coastline. Between rough waters, dangerous cliffs and hazardous beaches, these lifeguards are needed everywhere. The knowledge of a foreign language is often required for this job, due to the variety of beachgoers in California.
Travel & Risks:
- Lifeguards move from beach to beach along the CA coast
- Tend to people of all ages and cultures
- If you cannot speak the language of the civilians, you cant help them!
- you put your life at risk daily.
- swim in rough currents
- jump off bridges
- understand medical procedures
BACKGROUND WITH WATER IS NEEDED. MUST KNOW CPR AND BASIC MEDICAL STEPS
Salary: $23,000
Services needed: Lifeguard Traning & Highscool Education
Universities & Language Facts:
- University of Southern Missippi has one of the best lifeguarding facility and course in the country.
- Florida Gulf Coast University has access to fantastic ocean studies.
- A foreign language would allow you to communicate with everyone
- The risks in Southern California leave many beachgoers in rough situations, it is your job to save them!