The RNLI is looking for people to become lifeguards in Wirral to join the team during the summer peak season.
The role is highly-varied and lifeguards can be called upon to deal with anything from locating missing children through to performing major first-aid procedures and life-saving rescues.
The charity’s lifeguards must have an internationally-recognised lifesaving qualification. and to help candidates who don’t hold the relevant certificates, the RNLI will be running a National Vocational Beach Lifeguarding Qualification course.
The six-day training course will take place from Monday, June 15, to Friday, June 19, with an assessment day on Saturday, June 20.
Modules include basic lifeguarding skills, identifying hazards, water-based rescues plus first-aid and CPR.
The minimum age for applicants is 16 and candidates must be able to swim 400 metres in under eight minutes.
Pete Rooney, RNLI lifeguard manager, said: "Our lifeguards develop life-enhancing skills and it really is a summer job with a difference - one moment you could be offering safety advice to beach-users and the next performing major first-aid.
"Our lifeguards earn a competitive rate of pay and there’s the added bonus of knowing that you’re fulfilling a vital and worthwhile role within the community."
Pete added that people who would like to work for the charity but don’t want a beach-based role could train to be a lifeguard operations assistant.
The job would be ideally suited to someone who has office experience and would involve processing paperwork and lifeguarding statistics.
"Again, this would be a rewarding job and would help us to continue saving lives at sea."
For more information about the lifeguard course or the assistant role, email peter_rooney@rnli.org.uk
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