Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
Tasks Include:
- Rescue distressed persons, using rescue techniques and equipment.
- Contact emergency medical personnel in case of serious injury.
- Patrol or monitor recreational areas, such as trails, slopes, or swimming areas, on foot, in vehicles, or from towers.
- Examine injured persons and administer first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, if necessary, using training and medical supplies and equipment.
- Instruct participants in skiing, swimming, or other recreational activities and provide safety precaution information.
- Warn recreational participants of inclement weather, unsafe areas, or illegal conduct.
- Complete and maintain records of weather and beach conditions, emergency medical treatments performed, and other relevant incident information.
- Inspect recreational equipment, such as rope tows, T-bars, J-bars, or chair lifts, for safety hazards and damage or wear.
- Inspect recreational facilities for cleanliness.
- Maintain quality of pool water by testing chemical levels.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +26.5%
National: +16.5%
Education
Less than a High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Mid Range ($28,000 - $35,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$27,270.00
State
$24,040.00
Regional
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
Description
Career Cluster: | Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security |
Monitor recreational areas, such as pools, beaches, or ski slopes, to provide assistance and protection to participants.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
Education
Required Level of Education
- Less than a High School Diploma = 39.22%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 21.13%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 17.28%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 16.10%
- Some College Courses = 5.05%
- Bachelor's Degree = 1.22%
Related Work Experience
- None = 50.20%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 17.96%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 15.08%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 8.13%
- Up to and including 1 month = 6.15%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 1.27%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 1.22%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 44.37%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 43.40%
- None = 11.98%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 0.19%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.06%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 45.67%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 32.39%
- None or short demonstration = 9.84%
- Over 10 years = 8.01%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 2.49%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 1.55%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.06%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Rescue distressed persons, using rescue techniques and equipment.
- Contact emergency medical personnel in case of serious injury.
- Patrol or monitor recreational areas, such as trails, slopes, or swimming areas, on foot, in vehicles, or from towers.
- Examine injured persons and administer first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, if necessary, using training and medical supplies and equipment.
- Instruct participants in skiing, swimming, or other recreational activities and provide safety precaution information.
- Warn recreational participants of inclement weather, unsafe areas, or illegal conduct.
- Complete and maintain records of weather and beach conditions, emergency medical treatments performed, and other relevant incident information.
- Inspect recreational equipment, such as rope tows, T-bars, J-bars, or chair lifts, for safety hazards and damage or wear.
- Inspect recreational facilities for cleanliness.
- Maintain quality of pool water by testing chemical levels.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Provide assistance with staff selection, training, and supervision.
- Observe activities in assigned areas, using binoculars, to detect hazards, disturbances, or safety infractions.
- Provide assistance in the safe use of equipment, such as ski lifts.
- Operate underwater recovery units.
- Participate in recreational demonstrations to entertain resort guests.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Orthopedic splint systems (Air splints)
- Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles (Automated external defibrillators AED)
- Radio frequency transmitters or receivers (Avalanche beacons)
- Manlift or personnel lift (Chair lifts)
- Single gas monitors (Chlorine testers)
- Shovels (Collapsible snow shovels)
- Emergency medical services first aid kits (Emergency first aid kits)
- All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled (Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles)
- Global positioning system receivers (Global positioning system GPS devices)
- Handheld thermometer (Handheld digital thermometers)
- Axes (Ice axes)
- Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories (Mechanical stethoscopes)
- Mercury blood pressure units (Mercury sphygmomanometers)
- Mountain bicycles (Mountain bikes)
- Direction finding compasses (Navigational compasses)
- Oxygen therapy delivery system products accessories or its supplies (Oxygen administration sets)
- pH meters (pH indicators)
- Automatic pool cleaner (Pool vacuums)
- Public address systems (Public address PA systems)
- Extension pole (Reach poles)
- Life rings (Rescue buoys)
- Emergency medical services rappel kits (Rescue rappel equipment)
- Life rings (Rescue rings)
- Emergency response litters or stretchers or accessories (Rescue toboggans)
- Safety harnesses or belts (Safety harnesses)
- Wetsuits (Scuba suits)
- Skis (Snow skis)
- Snowboards
- Snowmobiles or snow scooter (Snowmobiles)
- Surfboards
- Swim goggles or swim fins (Swim fins)
- Manlift or personnel lift (Tow lines)
- Two way radios
- Water samplers
- Water analyzers (Water testers)
Technologies Include:
- Desktop publishing software
- Microsoft Publisher
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
66.00 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
61.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
52.00 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
50.50 | Medicine and Dentistry | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
62.50 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
59.50 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
56.25 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
53.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
53.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
62.50 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
62.50 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
56.25 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
56.25 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
56.25 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
50.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
50.00 | Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
50.00 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
50.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
89.75 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
86.00 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
77.50 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
76.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
72.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
72.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
71.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
70.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
70.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
68.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
63.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
63.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
60.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
58.50 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
57.50 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
57.25 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
56.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
54.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
54.50 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
51.50 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
50.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
50.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
49.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
88.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
84.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
81.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
79.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
78.50 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
74.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
74.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
71.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
64.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
63.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
62.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
58.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
57.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
51.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
50.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
77.83 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
72.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
66.67 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
61.17 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
91.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
91.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
90.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
84.80 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
83.60 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
82.20 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
81.60 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
81.20 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
79.80 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
78.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
77.80 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
76.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
73.80 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
73.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
73.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
70.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
70.80 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
69.80 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
68.40 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
68.00 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
67.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
67.00 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
66.60 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
64.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
64.00 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
62.80 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
61.60 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
61.60 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
59.60 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
59.60 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
59.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
59.40 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
57.80 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
55.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
55.00 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
52.00 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
51.20 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $20,460.00 | $27,270.00 | $31,260.00 |
Virginia | $22,880.00 | $24,040.00 | $28,110.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | $23,914.36 | $24,785.02 | $28,266.60 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $23,914.36 | $24,211.20 | $28,378.44 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $23,914.36 | $23,914.36 | $25,232.37 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $23,914.36 | $24,993.01 | $26,686.25 |
Hampton Roads | $23,914.36 | $25,187.42 | $27,860.02 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $23,914.36 | $23,914.36 | $26,746.87 |
Northern Virginia | $24,356.48 | $29,326.44 | $32,851.93 |
Piedmont Workforce | $23,916.45 | $26,635.03 | $30,209.65 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $23,914.36 | $23,914.36 | $24,378.43 |
Southwestern Virginia | $23,914.36 | $23,914.36 | $24,446.37 |
West Piedmont | $23,914.36 | $23,914.36 | $25,066.18 |
Western Virginia | $23,914.36 | $23,914.36 | $25,387.06 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 120,800 | 140,700 | +16.5% |
Virginia | 5,248 | 6,640 | +26.5% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | 249 | 370 | +48.6% |
Bay Consortium | 118 | 148 | +25.4% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 782 | 1,173 | +50.0% |
Central VA/Region2000 | 170 | 211 | +24.1% |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | 165 | 217 | +31.5% |
Hampton Roads | 725 | 876 | +20.8% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 120 | 137 | +14.2% |
Northern Virginia | 2,173 | 2,735 | +25.9% |
Piedmont Workforce | 258 | 320 | +24.0% |
Shenandoah Valley | 149 | 197 | +32.2% |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | 224 | 278 | +24.1% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
- First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
- Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
- Recreation Workers
- Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
- Amusement and Recreation Attendants
- Commercial Divers
- Orderlies
- Motorboat Operators
- Fire Inspectors and Investigators
- First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services
- Parking Enforcement Workers
- Surgical Assistants
Careers in Security & Protective Services Pathway:
- Bailiffs
- Crossing Guards and Flaggers
- First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other
- First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
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- Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Alpine Patroller
- Aquatics Director
- Beach Attendant
- Beach Lifeguard
- Beach Patrol Lieutenant
- Boating Safety Officer
- Bus Monitor
- Cafeteria Monitor
- Certified Ski Patroller
- Gamewell Operator
- Health Club Attendant
- Life Guard
- Lifeguard
- Marine Safety Officer
- Ocean Lifeguard
- Ocean Lifeguard Specialist
- Ocean Rescue Lieutenant
- Outdoor Emergency Care Technician
- Park Ranger
- Playground Monitor
- Pool Attendant
- Pool Lifeguard
- Ranger
- Recreation Attendant
- Recreation Director
- Rescue Boat Operator
- Rescue Worker
- Ski Instructor
- Ski Patrol
- Ski Patrol Director
- Ski Patroller
- Spa Attendant
- Supervisory Lifeguard
- Surveillance System Monitor
- Swim Instructor
- Water Safety Instructor (WSI)
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Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
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