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history is created it can be plugged into an automated <br />scheduling system that reminds managers to check the <br />snowplows in August, for example. <br /> "About five months ago we completed an HVAC inven- <br />tory, where ever), single AC and furnace was recorded in a <br />central database - including the date purchased, model, <br />brand and so on. The next step is to create a routine and <br />annual maintenance schedule for that unit, and a planned <br />replacement schedule," says Dice. "Our workforce is aging, <br />and when those people leave - three, four, six at a time - <br />the knowledge goes with them. That3 one of the reasons we <br />started the HVAC inventory. We know we're going to lose <br />that information where the guy intuitively knows that he <br />needs to check the furnace or the water heater." <br /> An aging workforce means that younger staff needs to <br />come along that much quicker, which is another reason to <br />pay such close attention to the needs of the staff in order to <br />develop it. <br /> "What works best is allowing the individual employee <br />to chart a career path with training. In other words - square <br />pegs with square holes. Build on someonek desires and <br />interests," says Dice. "¥Ve have a man,gar.of administrative <br />and recreation services who tracks and stimulates cross- <br />training, which in many cases we post just like a job." <br /> Park operations does this on-the-job cross-training, co- <br />trains with other departments, offers tuition reimbursement <br /> <br />for further education and encourages people to expand their <br />horizons and move up in the organization. <br /> In' turn, management visits other park agencies, goes to <br />seminars at universities and professional organizations, and <br />occasionally managers meet with the entire park manage- <br />ment staff in another park district. <br /> "Our park managers are charged with looking at things <br />in a different way continually. They need to adjust, juggle <br />and manipulate things like people and natural resources and <br />fixed assets like buildings and roiling stock," says Dice. ~,~mu <br /> <br />!/'.. OUr new DUPADRAIN® panels 'in}tai!..: <br />[: :~ 'qukkly and easily and will give you' <br />~?~rmore fall protection an~ excellent': <br />}' 'drainage, WOODCA~PETO products :: <br />} meet current ADA, ASTM, CPSC and <br />i.. CSA playground su~acing standards. <br />~.: We re making safe play easier[ ~ : ' <br /> <br /> Citcl~ ~eader Se~ic~ ~703 <br /> <br />R MTEC <br /> <br />CJrcJe Reader Service #704 <br /> <br /> <br />