LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Public Services Director Caroline Chavez announced that the Parks Division will be recruiting lifeguards for the Middletown Pool this coming spring for the summer season.

Special requirements for this position are possession of a current lifeguard certificate, community cardiopulmonary resuscitation certificate (eight hours), standard first aid certificate (eight hours), and emergency medical service authority certificate (eight hours) or acquire EMSA certificate prior to June, 2012.

Lifeguard applicants must be at least 15 years of age or older.

Special requirements for the lead lifeguard applicants are to be at least 17 years of age or older

and possession of a Water Safety Instructor Certification is preferred.

Lifeguarding classes will be held through Santa Rosa Community College beginning Wednesday, Jan. 18, from 5:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m. and going through May.

Please call Santa Rosa Community College at 707-527-4011 for further information. No other local colleges are offering this program.

Chavez encourages all applicants interested in becoming a lifeguard for the Middletown Pool this coming summer season, to call and enroll at Santa Rosa Community College for their lifeguard training.

For more information contact the Public Services Department at 707-262-1618.