•Monitor the lifeguard’s scanning time and give spontaneous feedback.

• Give real-time feedback on the lifeguard’s head movement and scanning patterns.

• Plant scanning pitfalls during public use to heighten realism — for example, silhouette dummy on pool bottom (sub-guard needed to maintain coverage).

• Put a CPR manikin on deck and alert a lifeguard to administer CPR (sub-guard needed to maintain coverage).

• Do individual and team back-boarding during rest period.

• Perform rescue skills on cue directly from guard post (sub-guard needed to maintain coverage).

• Lifeguards watch video of patrons using your pool to help define infractions and unsafe practices.

• Guards monitor other guards in a buddy or mentor system (sub-guard needed to maintain coverage).

• Lifeguards watch video of themselves to critique their own performances.

• Lifeguards watch segments of professional training DVDs; American Red Cross Lifeguard Training, Tom Griffiths’ 5-Minute Scanning Strategy and others.

• Review EAP protocol.

• Stage an injury and have the guard administer first aid, including incident report (sub-guard needed to maintain coverage).

• Some educational opportunities are not done on shift, but do not require special in-service hours. In other words, homework. These include worksheets on pool rules, procedures and the like; review questions from lifeguard training manual; view professional training DVDs with specific assignments; reading material from industry publications concerning the latest developments, trends and concerns within the industry; research topics on the Internet such as fecal accidents, 5-Minute Scanning Strategy, emergency action plans and RID factor.