Jay Week 1: Waterpark

Friday- We left school at about 8:30 and headed over to Jay. Upon getting there we met with Tom McGrail. He told us about how our rotation will work, and about what departments we will be working with. We then continued a project that the other group was doing. The project was creating emergency bags to be kept at the top of the tram. This is because the Tram House had been re-done and the fire marshal said they had to have these bags. We all worked to complete putting together these bags. We broke for lunch then went on a tour to the contacts at each department. We then got to take runs for the rest of the afternoon.

Saturday- We left school around 7:15 and made our way to Jay. I was assigned to the water park. On Saturday the waterpark doesn’t open until 10am, and I arrived at 8:30. There was how ever an in-service, that the lifeguards have to attend weekly. I sat in on this one and learned about MSDS, and about blood born pathogens. We then watched two films about how to and how not to lifeguard and how certain events can affect many people. The staff then had their morning meeting, and then they prepared for the guests to arrive. The preparation consists of cleaning up any messes, and testing all slides and features. I started with shadowing Chuck, who is a lead guard. He was in charge of Zone 1; I followed him as he explained what he was doing. Primarily he checks on the lifeguards to make sure they are okay, and that everything is going well. I also got to go to the arcade for a bit and hear about what they do in there, Justin showed me around. Then I went to meet with Steve who works in the maintenance room, he told me about the machines what they do. Then we went on two service calls, there was a drained plug that he had to fix, and the baby-changing table in the family restroom was out of order. I also followed Shawna who was another lead guard to see what she did. Lastly I worked at the front desk, and they told me about their system and how everything runs, while there Anna brought me to the vault to see where it is. Overall I learned about the waterpark and all of its in and outs.