Lifeguard/Leisure Assistant Apprentice 1Life - Willesden Sports Centre - Brent

As a Lifeguard, you'll provide a safe, clean and enjoyable environment for our guests. Sustaining excellent standards, lifeguard duties, customer care and stringent cleaning procedures is a daily requirement of this role and you will also be working in the gym and cleaning duties.

This apprenticeship requires you to apply through the employer's website.

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Closing date: 15 Oct 2023

Apprenticeship summary

  • Annual wage

    £11,700.00

  • Working week

    Monday - Sunday, shifts to be confirmed.

    Total hours per week: 30

  • Expected duration

    15 Months

  • Possible start date

    22 Oct 2023

  • Date posted

    19 May 2023

  • Apprenticeship level

    Intermediate
    Level 2 (GCSE)

  • Reference number

    VAC1000165397

  • Positions

    1 available

What will the apprentice be doing?

Your duties will include:

  • Work towards Lifeguard qualification and once qualified focus on Lifeguarding and swim teaching qualification
  • Provide exceptional customer service to all members
  • Assisting with gym tours and inductions
  • Support the centre swim teaching team to deliver exceptional swimming lessons
  • Adopting a customer service focused and commercial approach to swimming lesson sales and retention, similar to that traditionally seen in the fitness environment
  • Showing members how to use the gym equipment and machines
  • Creating personal exercise places for members
  • Support and deliver community engagement linked to increasing swimming participation
  • to Support the coaching team when required to maintain continuity of teaching and excellent customer service
  • to teach swimming when needed to fit the needs of the programme
  • to cover lifeguard positions when needed to fit the needs of the swimming lesson programme and centre pool programme
  • You will Support the swimming lesson programme under the guidance of the General Manager or equivalent and the Regional Aquatics Manager
  • You will work a combination of Gym and Leisure side hours whilst working within the centre

As well as your National Pool Lifeguarding Qualification, you will get the following qualifications:

  • First Aid Level 3, Fitness Instructing Certificate and swim teaching Level 1 and 2
  • To be considered for this role, you must be a strong and confident swimmer

If you are invited to interview for this role you will be required to complete a swim test as part of the interview process, in order to be considered for the role you must be able to demonstrate you are able to do the following:

  • Jump/dive into deep water
  • Swim 50 metres in no more than 60 seconds
  • Swim 100 metres continuously on front and back in deep water and then tread water for 30 seconds
  • Surface dive to floor of pool (deepest part)
  • Climb out unaided without ladders/steps and where pool design permits

At 1Life, you will work towards your Leisure Team Member Level 2 standard through work based learning delivered by Lifetime Training over a 15 month duration.

What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?

  • Leisure Team Member Apprenticeship Level 2 including Functional Skills in maths and English

What is the expected career progression after this apprenticeship?

  • On-going training and development encouraged by the employer which will give the applicant the opportunity to move on to a full time job

Requirements and prospects

Desired skills and personal qualities

Team Working, Organisation Skills

Qualifications

Other None required (Grade None required) Desired

Things to consider

You will work 1 in 3 weekends and some early and late shifts

About the employer

About 1Life Our vision is to engage with people and communities, to enhance lives through health and wellbeing, sport and activity, learning and the arts. 1Life is a market leader in the supply of outsourced quality leisure, cultural and fitness services to Local Authorities, national bodies such as the charity WheelPower and private fitness clubs as well as schools, GPs, PCTs and charities.

Employer

1Life - Willesden Sports Centre - Brent

Address

Willesden Leisure Centre

NW10 3QX

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Training

Training provider

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED

Apprenticeship standard

Leisure team member

Level 2 (GCSE)

Employer's Application Instructions

This apprenticeship requires you to apply through the employer's website.

Apply now

Closing date: 15 Oct 2023