Lifeguard in Ocean City – PREM

Start date: before or on May 15th – June 20th, 2023

End date: September 4th or September 15th, 2023 (if you arrive on May 27th and later)

Ocean City is one of the most popular summer resorts on the East Coast. Imagine you can spend your day off on the beach, surfing or enjoying the time with students from all over the world.

References:

“Bazény byly krásné, dostupné. Byly nám poskytnuty kola, případně jsme měli zajištěný odvoz, pokud byl bazén dál. Celkově jsem moc spokojená s přístupem. Finanční ohodnocení bylo vzhledem k nákladům adekvátní.” -Katka

“Byl super, vždy jsme se dohodli co a jak bude.” -Martin

“Tom a Carol Hickey jsou super lidi, to samé Marty a Ken.” -Nikola

Hourly wage $16

Pay frequency: weekly

Schedule: average 60 hours/week

Overtime: sometimes, overtime wage up to $24/hour

CPO (Certified Pool Operator) class will be held in Prague. The cost of this course is $350 (first time students) or $250 (returning students) — it will be used as a bonus (MINUS $75 for books and class) if a student has no issues all summer (i.e. THEY DON’T LEAVE EARLY, NO CELL PHONE USE, NO LAPTOPS, NO BEING LATE, KEEPING CORRECT CHEMISTRY, NO SLEEPING AT WORK, NO PUSH-UPS OR SIT-UPS INSTEAD OF WATCHING THE POOL), they will get $250 back.

Students will be given contact information to landlords for housing by the employer.

Students can find long-term rentals in hotels or motels. There is plenty of student accommodation available in the area, average price is $150-200/week. We can also contact our participants from previous summer seasons 2016-2022, who found housing by themselves and could recommend their landlords.

Ocean City, MD
The resort town of Ocean City near the Atlantic Ocean is one of the most popular areas where W&T students spend their summer. The city hosts between 320,000 and 345,000 vacationers, and up to 8 million visitors annually. Hundreds of hotels, restaurants, and souvenir shops are just steps from the beach and boardwalk.

The employer also offers positions for pool cleaners. If some of your friends want to join you but do not want to work as lifeguards, they can also register. Pool cleaners have a different schedule than lifeguards: they work on 3 shifts (cca 6:30-10am, 12-2pm, after 4pm). They work a minimum of 56 hours/week.

How to get to work?

Walk, bike, bus, or car depending on the distance from your apartment to the job site.

Bikes will be provided for Treasure Beach and Mystic pools only.

Pick-up at the airport: not provided

Activities: beach time, water sports, surfing, fishing, sailing, volleyball, picnicking, free night movies and concerts on the beach during the summer, art, craft and cultural fairs and shows, the Ocean City Air Show, dolphin watching and boat trips to Assateague Island. Shopping in Ocean City’s outlets, malls, boutiques or antique shops.