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What are the qualification standards for New York City lifeguards?
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The NYC Parks Department outlines the specific standards for lifeguard qualification, including vision requirements, swimming speed, form, and training achievements.
- Candidates must have 20/30 vision in one eye and 20/40 in the other without corrective lenses.
- To qualify, candidates need to swim fifty yards in less than 45 seconds with the proper swimming form.
- For beach lifeguard positions, candidates must swim 440 yards in 6 minutes 40 seconds, and for pool positions, 440 yards in 7 minutes 40 seconds, upon completing the training.
Shekar Krishnan
0:53:22
And going to the the standards themselves, what can you provide a breakdown of exactly what the standards are they need to meet to be able to qualify for a lifeguard?
Sue Donoghue
0:53:31
As Absolutely.
0:53:32
Yes.
0:53:32
IRS do wanna
Iris Rodriguez-Rosa
0:53:33
test that.
0:53:34
So in terms of where every provider that that provides a lifeguard sort of a case have their own particular to qualify.
0:53:43
So for the New York City Lifeguard school at this point, You have to have a 2030 vision 1 eye, 2040, and and the other eye uncorrective lenses to be able to do that.
0:53:53
You also have to be able to swim, to qualify, to swim fifty yards in less than 35 seconds to be able I mean, 45 seconds.
0:54:01
I'm sorry.
0:54:01
So you have to do fifty yards within 45 seconds to be able to qualify.
0:54:06
And, also, you have to have the proper form.
0:54:08
There's a there's a proper in terms of swimming that is expected in order to be able to qualify to go into the training.
0:54:15
And then at the end of the training, as it stands right now, you have to have full 140 yards in 6 minutes 40 seconds for the beach and 440 yards in 7 minutes 40 seconds for the pool.
0:54:28
Mhmm.