04/30/2026
Spend your summer at Atsion Recreation Area, in Wharton State Forest as a lifeguard, ensuring visitor safety and learning valuable lifelong skills! ☀️
No prior experience? No problem! New Jersey State Park’s will train lifeguards in CPR, Automated External Defibrillators, First Aid and other necessary medical practices. Each lifeguard will also receive a U.S. Lifesaving Association certification.
Lifeguard salaries start at $19 an hour. Junior lifeguard salaries are $17.50 an hour.
🛟Lifeguards develop lasting strengths and qualities including teamwork, leadership, clear communication, preparedness, situational awareness and the ability to remain calm and respond effectively in emergency situations. Applicants must be 16 years of age or older.
🛟Junior lifeguards work on skills training, giving new recruits a head start on their experience. Junior lifeguards cannot perform lifeguard duties for the public until age 16. Applicants must be 15 years old.
To get started, apply online and attend a regional swim and run test.
LIFEGUARD TEST DATES:
Saturday, May 2 & 9
📍Cumberland Cape Atlantic YMCA
1159 E. Landis Avenue, Vineland, NJ 08360
Walk-ins are allowed with a completed lifeguard application form. More detailed information about the Lifeguard employment test including and a permission slip for applicants under 18 can be found here:https://dep.nj.gov/wp-content/uploads/parksandforests/lifeguard-test-infosheet.pdf
🔗 Learn more and apply today at: https://nj.gov/dep/workinparks
