Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a life guard can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a life guard already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Life guards monitor and ensure safety in the aquatic facility by preventing and responding to any emergencies. They identify potential risks, advise individuals on proper behaviour and dangerous zones, conduct life-saving techniques such as first aid and supervise activities of the general public.

Also known as lifeguard, pool attendant, rescuer, swimming pool lifeguard, lifesaver, beach lifeguard.

Service and sales workers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: swimming facility attendant, 59%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
swimming facility attendant 59% covered door supervisor 44% covered crowd controller 43% covered armoured car guard 35% covered lifeguard instructor 30% covered life guard You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from life guard, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a life guard already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A life guard needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • supervise pool activities information skills
  • assist pool users assisting and caring
  • rescue bathers assisting and caring
  • swimming pool safety guidelines services
  • advise on safety measures communication, collaboration and creativity
  • control crowd assisting and caring
  • security threats services
  • react calmly in stressful situations assisting and caring
  • swim communication, collaboration and creativity
  • practice vigilance assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a life guard does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Life guard is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a life guard’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.