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Seal Beach Marine Safety schedules lifeguard tryouts; staff highlights recruitment steps
Summary
Marine Safety announced lifeguard tryouts in March, outlined preparation resources and past recruitment efforts including fall tryouts and outreach; presenters gave differing dates in remarks and urged prospective applicants to check department materials.
Marine Safety staff told the council the department will hold lifeguard tryouts in March and outlined several outreach and recruitment steps the department is using to boost candidate numbers.
Marine Safety Chief Bailey opened the presentation and asked the public to note upcoming tryouts, saying they will be held "on March 22 at 8 a.m. down at the beach, Lifeguard Headquarters." Area supervisor Sam Hall spoke about tryout components and conditioning, stating, "the tryout will be held on Saturday, March 23. The tryout will consist of a 1,000 yard ocean swim along the pier and a run swim run." The speakers also described outreach: an open house orientation, social-media advertising, free swim passes to the local pool, and a fall tryout the previous year that brought 12 participants and led to eight invites to training.
Chief Bailey described recruiting materials and showed two brief videos produced to advertise the profession and the tryouts; he emphasized attitude and readiness for nighttime training swims. In reply to an audience question, staff said the minimum hire age is 18 (with conditional hires at 17 if they will graduate high school) and there is no upper age limit if candidates are fit.
The record shows staff encouraged prospective applicants to arrive early for check-in at Lifeguard Headquarters in the Eighth Street Beach parking lot. The presentation included both a staff-produced departmental video and a 30-second industry video produced by the U.S. Lifesaving Association.
