The Department shall be authorized to establish a Lifeguard Volunteer Corps program for the purpose of supplementing its water safety programs and activities relative to lifeguard services. The Commission shall establish rules and regulations necessary and applicable to the program pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 9, Title 5, Guam Code Annotated – Rule Making Procedures. The Department shall establish the necessary forms which volunteers shall complete, which at a minimum shall include the following: (1) Lifeguard Volunteer Corps application form; (2) confidentiality form; and (3) candidate interview form. The Department shall consult with the Department of Administration in the development of applicable forms and recruitment procedures.

(a) Definitions. Volunteer means any duly qualified person, as provided pursuant to this Section, who performs a service for the Department of Parks and Recreation without
promise or expectation of services rendered as a member of the Lifeguard Volunteer Corps.

(b) Recruitment. Volunteers shall be recruited by the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation on a continuous and ongoing basis consistent with the Department’s policy on equal opportunity nondiscriminatory employment. The primary qualification in the application process shall be the interest in assisting the Department of Parks and Recreation with providing protection to the public at beaches and pools under the custodianship of the Department.

(c) Qualification Screening. Individuals desiring to apply to be a Lifeguard Volunteer shall first provide the following documentation to the Director, which at a minimum shall include, but is not limited to:

(1) Red Cross Lifeguard Certification;

(2) Guam Police Department Clearance; and

(3) Superior Court of Guam Clearance.

(d) The Director shall establish and oversee a review and selection panel to review the qualifications and conduct subsequent interviews with all applicants whose applications have passed an initial administrative background qualification screening. Due to the dangerous nature of the work involved, and the inherent public safety issues requiring competent personnel, the result of the interview shall be pass or fail, not conditional.

(e) Training.

(1) Volunteers shall be provided with an orientation program to acquaint them with the Department’s personnel policies, and procedures that have direct impact on them as a volunteer.

(2) Volunteers shall receive location-specific training from their assignment supervisor or designee.

(3) Volunteers shall receive periodic training as required, or as deemed necessary by their supervisor or
volunteer coordinator.

(4) All volunteers shall comply with the rules of conduct and with all other directives, either oral or written, issued by the Department.

(f) Selection and Placement.

(1) Upon selection, applicants shall receive notification prior to the start of service.

(2) Volunteers shall be placed only in job assignments that are consistent with their skills, abilities and the needs of the Department provided funding is identified.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 31-086:2 (Sept. 30, 2011).

2011 NOTE: In maintaining the general codification scheme of the GCA the Compiler changed the hierarchy of subsections beginning with “”lower- case roman numerals”” to “”numbers”” in this section.