The setting up of entertainment and activities such as aqua gym or sessions for baby swimmers and above all the teaching of swimming to children and adults, from initiation to improvement . A diverse and exciting profession in which you never get bored! We explain to you how to become a lifeguard class in our previous article.
1. Because the training will not cost you a penny and you will even be paid!
This is the good news of the day, some organizations, including the UCPA, offer fully funded training to become a lifeguard (MNS ) . These organizations will even do all the formalities with you with the region or Pôle emploi.
2. Because it’s a job that you can practice indoors or outdoors according to your desires
We often have the image of the lifeguard screwed to his pool chair but the activity does not stop at indoor pools. During the summer months, some of the lifeguards also work outdoors, whether in campsite pools, leisure centers or in natural environments : sea, ocean and lakes.
3. Because we are looking for lifeguards all over France, all year round
Know that work is not lacking among lifeguards and for your first position, you will be spoiled for choice. Employability is excellent and you will be able to choose where and how you want to work all year round.
If you are looking for stability, you will find 35-hour contracts, year-round, often indoors. If, on the other hand, you are looking for a more adventurous life, you can do the summer season in a leisure center, camping or with your feet in the sand on the beach before spending the winter months teaching indoors. It’s up to you !
4. Because you will literally save lives (and not just Baywatch mode!)
So yes, if someone is in difficulty, the lifeguard is there to ensure their safety or even save them from drowning in extreme cases. But big scoop: this is not the way you will save the most lives!
The first role of the lifeguard is not to directly save people who are drowning but to teach them how to swim well so that they never find themselves in difficulty in the water.
It is therefore a really useful profession that avoids many accidents each year. Unfortunately, we observe a 30% increase in accidental drownings in France between 2015 and 2018 (source: santepublique)
5. Because being a lifeguard means saying goodbye to routine
Between the teaching sessions, the animations and the surveillance, the day of a lifeguard is never monotonous. And this is also due to the diversity of the audiences he meets: ranging from 4-month-old baby swimmers to the elderly, including children, teenagers and adults.
We must therefore constantly adapt according to the expectations of each public: we do not behave in the same way with children in the context of school swimming and older people who come to relax.
6. Because helping someone overcome their fear of water is priceless!
Another very satisfying aspect of the job: special courses for aquaphobes , that is to say people who have a real apprehension of the aquatic environment, even a panic fear of water.
Seeing a person arrive afraid to put a toe in the pool and leave swimming 25 meters is very rewarding
And in general, the human contact and the transmission of knowledge that the profession brings is something very rewarding.
7. Because you can live from your passion
When you choose a job in sport, it’s usually because you’re passionate about it and it’s a real chance to be able to make a living from it. Doing what you love the most day in and day out is super fulfilling and it’s definitely the best career choice you can make. And if you wish, you can go and train on your break times as a bonus!
8. Because taunting those who work in the office when you’re in flip flops all year round is highly satisfying
Last but not least, working in tap dancing all year round, whether in the pool or at the beach, it has a really nice side.
Some will say that you are on vacation all year round, but we suspect these people are a little jealous! Each profession has its own uniform and yours will be just one of the coolest there is.
DIPLOMAS ISSUED BY THE FRENCH SWIMMING FEDERATION
The federal diplomas, 5 in number, were set up by the FFN to compensate for a lack of lifeguards in the clubs and in a desire to professionalize the players in the clubs.
Accessible from the age of 16, the BFs are an interesting way to promote the federal sector among young people and encourage their investment, create vocations and why not lead to various professions in the sports field.
However, the holders of these patents are not paid, and cannot claim the prerogatives of lifeguard with this type of diploma alone.
Moreover, these diplomas are only recognized in clubs affiliated to the FFN and can in no way be used as a pass to teach within clubs of other federations such as UFOLEP for example.
The significant advantage of this type of diploma is to grant equivalences for the passage of the BPJEPSAAN, which is a professional diploma giving right to remuneration.
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Recently, the FFN registered with the RNCP a professional title of “Swimming Monitor” for all these young people engaged in clubs on a voluntary basis. Graduates of this title can claim remuneration, but exclusively in FFN clubs They do not have all the prerogatives of MNS They are not considered as such. With only this professional title, they cannot:
