Over the weekend i spent the time with Lift Ops at bretton woods. Well i spent some time there because most of the day i spent with the lift mechanics, but you can still call that lift operations.
Sustainability - The lift mechanics ensure the proper running of the lifts to get maximum energy efficiency out of them, which is the whole going green thing. They also will slow lifts down on busier days, which cuts down on wear and saving money for repairs.
Service - lifts create a service to the public by bringing them up the hill, so when a mountain has nice lifts they have a better service. Also, the lift attendants ensure the proper loading of the lift and help people get on, which is a service.
Safety - Ski lifts are the biggest liability that a resort has because once someone leaves the ground they are your responsibility and if they get hurt its your ass. To mitigate the risk involved with ski lifts there are many safety regulations that are required from many people such as, resort standards and procedures, national standards ANSI, government standards and insurance company regulations. all of the regulations ensure a safe ride to the top of the mountain.
Consumer/Guest - Lift ops maintains and operates lifts safely so the guest doesn't have to walk to the top of the hill and they can feel safe while riding. There would be a lot less skiers if they had to walk up the hill
Employee/Associate - Lift ops gives them a job. Bretton woods takes good care of their lift operators and mechanics. They don't over work them and make sure that they are always comfortable. Plus they always get candy.
Owner - Skier visits. With out nice lifts skier visits would be down. Lift Ops ensures the quality of the lifts to make sure people have a good experience. Yes they cost a lot of money, but in the resort industry you have to spend a lot of money to make any sort of profit.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Bretton Woods Ski Patrol
over the weekend i got to spend time with the ski patrol at bretton woods. It was fun, but because of my ankles i didnt really do much but open up some trails and sit in dispatch.
Ski patrol doesnt really do much for sustainability except for cost a lot of money. It puts big hit on financial sustainability because of all the time spent working with people on little tiny injuries. The equipment is expensive and the mountains spend alot of money to have people waiting around to respond to accidents.
Ski Patrol is a big service offered by resorts to helps guests minimize risks. They help guests feel safer and help anyone who has been injured or cant get down the hill. They also work to make trails safer by padding towers and guns, and making sure the trails are safe to go down... OH look at that i answered 2 questions withe one thing
Ski patrol benefits the customer by taking some risk out of skiing. They tend to injuries on the hill and just make the guest feel better about a very dangerous sport.
Ski patrol benefits other employees on the mountain as well because if they get injured they are trained to help them. They also help to make the work environment safer.
The owner benefits from ski patrol because they help lower the liability of owning a ski resort. They document every little injury and every little thing that happens to prevent the owner from getting sued. They also have an impact on skier visits because they do help minimize risk so the customers feel safer about skiing and ultimately keep enjoying the sport.
Ski patrol doesnt really do much for sustainability except for cost a lot of money. It puts big hit on financial sustainability because of all the time spent working with people on little tiny injuries. The equipment is expensive and the mountains spend alot of money to have people waiting around to respond to accidents.
Ski Patrol is a big service offered by resorts to helps guests minimize risks. They help guests feel safer and help anyone who has been injured or cant get down the hill. They also work to make trails safer by padding towers and guns, and making sure the trails are safe to go down... OH look at that i answered 2 questions withe one thing
Ski patrol benefits the customer by taking some risk out of skiing. They tend to injuries on the hill and just make the guest feel better about a very dangerous sport.
Ski patrol benefits other employees on the mountain as well because if they get injured they are trained to help them. They also help to make the work environment safer.
The owner benefits from ski patrol because they help lower the liability of owning a ski resort. They document every little injury and every little thing that happens to prevent the owner from getting sued. They also have an impact on skier visits because they do help minimize risk so the customers feel safer about skiing and ultimately keep enjoying the sport.
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