Check your LA County swimming pool this summer. Most likely its hours were cut in half due to a lifeguard shortage.
With schools out and the sun soon awakening from its June gloom slumber, parents and kids heading to their nearest Los Angeles County swimming pool should first check the pool’s open hours — or they may be left high and dry.
Lifeguards Mario Ulian, left, and Yra Climaco keep their eyes on swimmers at Val Verde Pool in Val Verde,Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Show CaptionNormally, the county pools operate six days a week in summer. But because there are not enough lifeguards to go around this year, the county is staggering operating days and hours to spread staffing at each facility.
, he said. The county also launched its Lifeguard Ready Training program that recruits young people and trains them by matching them with an instructor. If they excel in swimming, they can apply for a lifeguard position, he said. “The ocean was still open during 2020 and 2021,” he said. “So we didn’t have that ripple effect like they did with county pools. In fact, we were busier than ever, so we were still certifying people . We were at full tilt.”
It takes 16 to 31 weeks to become a county pools lifeguard, and a county report called that “an especially cumbersome process for teenagers.” The Board of Supervisors passed a resolution on June 6 to “decrease the length of the hiring process” and address “recruitment, training, salary, and salary competitiveness.”
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