Adequately Staffing Today

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Adequately Staffing Todays Recreation
Facilities
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About Your Presenter

• Terry Piche is the fulltime O.R.F.A. Technical
  Director - dedicated to the creation, updating
  and delivery of professional development and
  operational information/sessions in the province
  and beyond

• It is better to train an employee and have them
  leave - then not train them, and have them stay!

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About The O.R.F.A.

• See handout!

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A Brief History of Recreational Staff Selection

• Little legislative requirements beyond the OHSA
  to be met
• Employers are left to set their own competency
  expectations
• Seasonal or part-time workers were the standard
• Strong history of volunteer based operations
• Looking for mechanically inclined individuals
• No real expectation of educational competency
• Predominately male orientated

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Changing Operational Attitudes

• Infrastructure shifted from stand alone
  facilities to multi use buildings
• Higher level of technology emerged
• User level of satisfaction expectation was raised
• Litigation based on poor operational methods
  increased
• Owners discovered they required a higher level of
  operational competency to be in place

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OTHER TRAINING INCLUDES

• Play space
• Building worker
• Recreation programs
• Facility operations
• Physical activity and healthy eating
• Rec/culture event planning
• Working with volunteers

• Energy conservation
• Risk management
• Custodial
• Dry-sport
• Curling maintenance
• Boiler/HVAC operations
• Custom courses
• Outdoor ice operations

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• From MacDonell, Raymond
• Sent September 9, 2008 1138 AM
• To library_at_orfa.com
• Subject Health and Safety info
• Good morning Rebecca,
• I am a Health and Safety Advisor with the City of
  Windsor.  I have a couple of questions regarding
  arena staff and aquatic centres.
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• 1) Are there rules and/or guidelines specifying
  the health and safety training requirements for
  arena workers?  For example, do you have to have
  at least one person with defibrillator training
  on every shift?  What about First Aid? CPR?
  WHMIS?
• 2) Are there specifics regarding municipal
  swimming pool maintenance safety?  When the pool
  has been emptied and there are maintenance people
  working on the pool deck, is there a need for
  fall arrest devices, barricades, signage ....
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• I thank you in advance for your time and look
  forward to hearing from you in this regard.
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• Sincerely,
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• Ray

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General Worker Requirements

• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
• First Aid
• Emergency evacuation planning
• Fire Code compliance
• Structural integrity evaluations through
  life-cycle planning and positive housekeeping
  activity
• Working alone

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Come with it and/or provide it!

• WHMIS remember workplace specific training upon
  arrival is the employers responsibility under p/t
  OHSA requirements
• First Aid to what level is to be defined by the
  employer

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Ice Operations!

• Refrigeration orientation, theory or p/t
  required standard
• Ice Making Principles
• Ice Equipment Safety and Operations
• Housekeeping and sanitization
• Plumbing, electrical and building mtc basics
• Fire and emergency evacuation
• Confined space

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Aquatic Operations!

• Chemical use and safety orientation, theory or
  p/t required standard
• Public Health Regulations
• Housekeeping and sanitization
• Plumbing, electrical and building mtc basics
• Fire and emergency evacuation
• Confined space
• S. Falls

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Park Operations!

• Chemical use and safety orientation, theory or
  p/t required standard
• Equipment safety

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Emerging Issues

• Understanding the OER
• Industry Watch Ice Paint/backflow Protectors
• Air Quality
• Blade Change Procedure
• Controlling Floodwater
• Ice Worker Head Protection

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New Partnerships

• O.R.F.A./Red Cross/MHSA Aquatic Operations
  Certification
• MHSA Supervisory Training Provider
• We are on the move

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Conclusion and wrap-up

• Q A
• Thank you!