ORFA Facility Focus

Aquatic Staffing Challenges are Placing Pool Operations at Risk

Ontario Recreation Facilities Association Inc. Season 3 Episode 17

ORFA’s Technical Director speaks with Amanda Nadeau from Timmins, Tiffany Vis from Thunder Bay and April McNamara from Parry Sound on how the Pandemic and loss of Canadian Red Cross aquatic training programs are impacting their ability to provide service. There has been a 2-year in service recertification pool gap and a loss of trained lifeguards that are going to limit aquatic programs and services across the province and beyond.