Swimming Pool Scene ELEVATE SHOW
Blended Lifeguarding Technology
ABOVE: Speakers at the Maximising Aquatics Revenue were, from left to right, Alyson Zell, Aquatic Business Manager at Freedom Leisure, Helen Meckiffe of Pool People, Robin McGloughlin of Pool View, Martin Symcox, Director of IQL UK and Water Safety Management at Royal Life Saving Society UK and Nicole O’Callaghan, Business Development Director at JC Leisure.
Lively, well-attended seminars at this year’s Elevate show at London’s Excel included a thought-provoking talk by ‘blended’ lifeguarding specialists, Pool View, on balancing the role of technology for the benefit of staff and users of public swimming pools.
A self-confessed ‘early adopter’ Robin McGloughlin of Poolview said it has taken many years of knocking on doors for ‘below water’ technology to become an overnight success. “In 2011, we installed two Pool View systems, followed by three
in 2012 and eight in 2013,” Robin told Elevate17 delegates. “In 2017, we will hit 52 installs; that is the equivalent of one installation every week.”
Having been involved in a tragic incident while working at a pool in his native Eire, Robin has been a trailblazer for the introduction of assisted technology to support lifeguards.
“One of my aims is to prevent the crap that I went through with an incident that still lives with me today,” Robin shared. “My job is not to get rid of lifeguards, the technology I am working with is to help lifeguards.
MODERN LIFEGUARDING “We need to change our attitudes to using technology to support modern lifeguarding.”
Quoting HSE179 guidelines, Robin laid out the four main options
ABOVE: Helen Meckiffe and Robin McGloughlin teamed up to extol the virtues of the Pool View blended technology system.
30 Swimming Pool Scene ELEVATE SHOW
ABOVE: Robin McGloughlin of Poolview an advocate of ‘below water’ technology.
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