Lifeguard instructor to tutor
A lifeguard instructor already meets 38% of what the tutor role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
61.3/ 100
1 How much of what a tutor is expected to do is already part of a lifeguard instructor’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the tutor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A tutor role treats 9 of its required skills as things a lifeguard instructor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assessment processes
- curriculum objectives
- demonstrate when teaching
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tutor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a lifeguard instructor background worth leading with.
- already held adult education education
- already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements management skills
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held demonstrate when teaching communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assessment processes education
- already held curriculum objectives education
All 10 carried skills, including the 9 the tutor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn assist students in their learning required
- still to learn consult student's support system required
- still to learn identify clients' needs required
- still to learn maintain relations with children's parents required
- still to learn perform services in a flexible manner required
- still to learn tutor students required
- optional, not held apply pre-teaching methods optional
- optional, not held communicate with youth optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
- optional, not held prepare lesson content optional
- optional, not held provide teacher support optional
- optional, not held show consideration for student's situation optional
- still to learn assist children with homework required
- optional, not held use food preparation techniques optional
- optional, not held assist students with equipment optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- still to learn assess the development of youth required
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
- still to learn learning difficulties required
- optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a tutor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assess the development of youth practise this
- 02 assist children with homework practise this
- 03 assist students in their learning practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held assess students skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held demonstrate when teaching skill
- already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held adult education knowledge
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held use food preparation techniques optional
- optional, not held apply pre-teaching methods optional
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held assist students with equipment optional
- optional, not held communicate with youth optional
- optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- optional, not held prepare lesson content optional
- optional, not held provide teacher support optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held show consideration for student's situation optional
30 held skills the tutor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on safety measures skill
- not needed by the target role assist pool users skill
- not needed by the target role control crowd skill
- not needed by the target role educate on emergency management skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role fire safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle veterinary emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of attendance skill
- not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal use-of-force knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage emergency evacuation plans skill
- not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
- not needed by the target role manage theft prevention skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role practice vigilance skill
- not needed by the target role protective measures related to swimming pool chemicals knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide advice on breaches of regulation skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid to animals skill
- not needed by the target role provide lesson materials skill
- not needed by the target role rescue bathers skill
- not needed by the target role restrain individuals skill
- not needed by the target role security threats knowledge
- not needed by the target role swim skill
- not needed by the target role swimming pool chemicals knowledge
- not needed by the target role teach law enforcement principles skill
- not needed by the target role test safety strategies skill
- not needed by the target role use personal protection equipment skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn learning difficulties required
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
Common questions about this move
Can a lifeguard instructor become a tutor?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A lifeguard instructor already covers 38% of what a tutor is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 9 of which the tutor role treats as required.
What skills does a lifeguard instructor need to become a tutor?
9 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assess the development of youth.
How hard is the move from lifeguard instructor to tutor?
Its learning distance is 61.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.