Professional Water Safety Tips for Kids
Are you watching your kids? Click below to learn more about our “KIDS SAFE” program.
WATER SAFETY STARTS AT HOME!
USA Management and its pool management programs want to have water safety for kids by the implementation of our Kids Safe program. We have developed all of these important water safety programs that help promote responsible swimming and water safety for kids. No matter what the swimming skill level, kids MUST be properly supervised. Our Kid safe programs have been such a huge success that most people in the aquatic field have imitated and copied our programs which we find very humbling. We could not have achieved these programs without a lot of hard work. Water can be dangerous for kids without the proper precautions. The good news is that there are many ways to keep your kids safe in water. You must always watch your children closely when they are in or near any water. We call it the “touch supervision”. It doesn’t matter if a kid is a new born, infant, toddler, child, pre-teen and/ or a teen all kids need proper supervision. Kids always need to be water safe. While lifeguards are an important part of helping to provide water safety and enforcing water safety rules, only YOU can guarantee your child’s safety in and around water.
The Earth Is 75% Water — Can You Swim?
USA Management and its pool management programs offers swim tests. Kids get a wrist bands for passing this test. This allows the life guarding staff to know who has passed the swim test, who is more comfortable around water, and assist parents to know their water safety for kids. Kids that cannot pass this test must either wear a coast guard approved life jacket or have a parent or guarding in the water with them at ALL times (touch supervision). While we know this is NOT a popular USA water safety rule, we understand that “Kids Safety” and “Water Safety” is more important than being popular.
WATER SAFETY FOR KIDS
Swim Test
Why do I have to take a swim Test?
How old/how tall do I have to be to take the swim test?
What is the purpose for the swim test?
These are questions that undoubtedly your kids have asked or you have heard at your aquatic facility. A swim test is a crucial part of your facility’s water safety program. Every facility has a minimum age requirement, which allows a child to go to a facility unaccompanied by an adult. However, this does not always mean that a child can be left alone at the pool or enter the water safely. A swim test is the best way of assuring the aquatic staff, parents, piers and children of their swimming limitations.
Rules Day
One of the biggest concerns at every aquatic facility is the topic of “Pool Rules”. Questions about what the specific rules are and how they will be enforced, flood our offices every year. Rules Day was established in an effort to avoid confusion that arises when the aquatic staff and the patrons at the facility interpret rules differently. This can cause frustration and inconsistency in the daily operations and supervision of the swim facility.
Our goal is twofold:
- To inform every one of the safety rules at the facility and how they will be enforced.
- To establish a level of understanding and consistency within our team and the patrons at the pool as it pertains to the enforcement of the facility’s rules as well as water safety rules
Jr. Lifesaving
It is always a pleasure to see a lifeguard interact with children at an aquatic facility. With this is mind, USA Management and its pool management program has taken lifeguard training a step further by implementing a Junior Lifesaving Program. This program is for anyone interested in learning how to become a trained lifeguard.
Visit Us for More Information:- https://usamanagement.com/water-safety-for-kids/
