By ROD ZOOK
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — It's usually a small challenge to find enough employees for the Salt City Splash each year. This year it's becoming an even taller task. Manager Ted Nelson notes that the pool is short of the desired 40 lifeguards needed for the summer.
“We have 10 less lifeguards than what we would like to have,” Nelson said. “We are putting out ad campaigns and contacting high schools and swim teams and prior employees and current employees and anyone we can think of.”
The next lifeguard training session at the YMCA begins the first of June. Nelson says that anyone worried about having to pay the class fee to become a lifeguard can put that to rest.
“What people don’t know is that Hutch Rec will pay back the full cost of that course. So it ends up being zero dollars for them,” Nelson said.
The pool also needs workers for other duties during the summer. As far as other employees to help run the pool, that's not looking too bad.
“We’re looking good on admissions and we could probably use a couple more applicants for the maintenance and custodial positions,” Nelson said. “We’re also looking at 15 and older (employees) to run concessions. Usually that’s the overloaded one when it comes to applications.”
Nelson said that anyone who runs concessions can also work at Hobart Detter field during baseball or at Fun Valley.
To be a lifeguard you must be at least 15 years of age and have good swimming skills. The pool opens Saturday, May 29.
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