the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Parks & Recreation Department is still looking for lifeguards. For those interested who have not been certified yet, there will be a course taught Sunday-Thursday at Graydon Pool from 8:30am-11:30am on
July 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
July 17, 18, 19, & 20.
Participants (ages 16 and older) will take a prerequisite fitness and endurance test on Sunday, the 26th for acceptance into the class.
This test includes: swimming 550 yards in open water, treading water for 2 minutes with legs only (hands under armpits), and retrieving a submerged object.
photo by Boyd Loving
Once admitted, participants must attend all class times/dates and pass a written and practical exam.
Those who complete the class and obtain certification will be offered a position on the Graydon Lifeguard staff.
Registration can be done on Community Pass, www.ridgewoodnj.net/
Thank goodness they bumped up the pay. It was $12 an hour before.
They should Of start the pay at $20 from the beginning. And then they wouldn’t be in this Position.
Cheep again,
What was the payment for the Asian kid that drowned , 15 years ago, O ‘yea ( 13 , million) wake up.
$23/hr for a seasonal lifeguard??? Biden-induced inflation is very, very real.
Hey it’s for safety. People are so stupid. Pay for safety it’s worth it.
Look at the problem we have with yard waste crew. We don’t have enough of worker’s for that crew. And it’s because the pay. Low pay is the problem.
I’ve never, in 30 years of living in R’wood, had a problem with our sanitation department. Yes, they’ve occasionally failed to pick-up when there is a new crew or a road closure. But if I feel that my pick-up must be that day and cannot wait until the next pick-up, I simply call them and they send someone out. Always. For 30 years. The Sanitation and Recycling crews are THE BEST and we should pay them more because they earn it!
Let’s just offer to pay for their college tuition.
Hey it’s for safety. People are so stupid. Pay for safety it’s worth it.
right?
Doesn’t matter how much you offer to these spoiled, everyone-gets-a-trophy, snowflake kids. They don’t want to do anything even remotely resembling physical labor or involving sweating.