Work @ HKC
It’s not just a summer job, it’s a life-changing experience
Each year, HKC brings on more than 200 aspiring leaders to augment our year-round staff and deliver the services that makes HKC run: staffing our 17 pools, grounds maintenance and janitorial services.
Whether part of our Aquatics or Maintenance team, each individual on our seasonal work force has a direct impact on the campers who are going through transformative experiences themselves.
Work in Aquatics
As a Lifeguard
It’s not just saving lives!
It’s making sure that one of the favorite activities at camp can take place. It’s keeping everyone at the pools safe and healthy.
- leadership
- problem solving
- communication
- intense focus
- decision making
- working with large groups
- adaptability
- being a part of a team
- leadership
- problem solving
- communication
- intense focus
- decision making
- working with large groups
- adaptability
- being a part of a team
Lifeguards who work at HKC Rockland County and HKC Staten Island are also swim instructors;
each person teaching up to 50 campers each day.
As a swim instructor
- team-building
- patience
- keeping campers and counselors engaged
- lesson planning
- being able to communicate the same thing in different ways
Lifeguards who work at HKC Rockland County and HKC Staten Island are also swim instructors;
each person teaching up to 50 campers each day.
Maintenance
Getting to spend the summer outdoors, our maintenance crew are the unsung heroes of camp. Trash collection, basic grounds upkeep and cleaning and stocking bathrooms may not be sexy, but if not done right, it can overshadow all the fun that happens at camp. Campers complain, parents get angry and pull their campers out, and the camps suffer. Our dedicated staff makes sure this doesn’t happen.
As part of maintenance you’ll build hands-on skills in: Basic landscaping, Basic plumbing, Basic carpentry
And soft-skills in: Decision making, Patience, Teamwork, Communication
Here’s what our employees said made their summers memorable
It’s not just a summer job, it’s a life-changing experience
Each year, HKC brings on more than 200 aspiring leaders to augment our year-round staff and deliver the services that makes HKC run: proving janitorial services and maintaining the grounds and staffing our 18 pools.
Whether part of our Aquatics or Maintenance team, each individual on our seasonal work force has a direct impact on the campers who are going through transformative experiences themselves.
Maintenance Staff
Frequently Asked Questions
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