First Practicum

My practicum for the first rotation is going to be good ol' burke mountain. friday we met up with jack and filled out some calendars, and then we helped hannah manley and connor o'sullivan from the marketing department by helping to prepare some pamphlets for a trade show in the near future.  we got 2nd chair on a nice carpet of fresh snow on top of some groomers since had already showed up so early too. i also learned some park maintenance techniques and helped to shut the features down at the end of the day.  Steve Mahon impressed me with his standards for care, and the thought that he puts into his park.
Saturday  I showed up at 8am sharp and it seemed that just about everybody was confused about what was going on, Jack didn't show up until about 45 minutes after.  I was in maintenance with Jack for the whole day and I was much more excited for it than I should have been.  I feel as though we wasted just about the entire day, doing little of anything productive. I organized his bookshelf and office and we changed a set of drum brakes on a chevy.  one lock out call from the parking lot and that was it.  I definately don't want to do another day in maintenance, its hard to stay motivated or focused when you feel like your time is being wasted.
The departments i followed had little focus on sustainability. although i do like the way that they have the mountain's fleet of oil's, gases, and other liquids set up in seperated, stacked containment bins. Maintenance is important to a ski resort to make sure that everything runs smoothly and efficiently and works properly for the guests. it will reduce the image of your mountain greatly to have your product suffer due to malfunctions and unmaintained machinery.