i have always been a very good swimmer-i could swim when i was four year old - and i love spending time at a beach i knew i had to find a job where i would spend a lot of time outside one day i saw an advertisement in a megazine for people to train as lifeguards they wented people who were able to swim 400 meters in 8 minutes who were very fit and who were quick to act in an emergency i applied and was offered the chance to take the training course