Strike one policies

Managers Duties and Responsibilities

 You are the park Manager and this is not an office job, you crew must gain your respect by doing what you expect them to do. Below is a guidline to follow but keep in mind you are working with animals so you will have many days that something comes up that you must take care of out side the guidelines.

·       6;30 am – a complete walk through of the park is made, here is where you check for sick, dead, new born animals, making sure everyone is safely in its compound where it belongs before allowing unarmed staff or customers in the park. And you observe areas that need the most attention. Then you unlock the park

·       Next you will lock down the primates, either inside or outside the primate house.

·       Staff meeting at 7;30 am, everyone is to be on time.

·       Set out the course of every crews day and what needs to be done. You assign who does morning watering before crews get started.

·       You the manager are head of the big cat section in the back side of the park. This is your area, and should be the best looking area of the park. Setting an example is the best way.

·       During this time you will be called to secure the primates in or out before anyone is allowed to shift them.

·       After your crew is done in your area, it is time to build, fix, ect. Your crew may be assigned to another crew in order to help them get done on time.

·       During the day you will need to make a couple of walk throughs to make sure animals are being watered 4 times per day. And cages are being cleaned right. People are in their areas and things are being picked up behind the crews.

·       When produce arrives daily, all crews secure their areas and produce is sorted and put away, right away. The only exception is if they are in the primate house, this area can not be left half done because water for drinking is only inside the house.

·       After all crews are done than you do the managers walk, and things you find wrong are fixed before anything else is done. Then extra things can be done. But when one crew finishes before another they are moved to help finish the crew who is behind.

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·       All gates and barriers are to be closed at all times. Back gate, med build.

·       Crews are responsible for their equipment. They break they buy.

·       Before they can get anything new, they must provide the broken one to buy out of the park store.

·       Quality pet orders are filled out on Sunday nights.

·       Still water milling orders are to be filled out on Thursday nights.

·       Supplying the Commissary is to be done on Saturday nights.

·       Mowers and carts are to have oil checked and gassed up before the start of each day.

·       All crews are responsible for weed eating and raking around the entire exhibits.

·       When it is very hot, the animals cages, trees, bamboo needs hosed down 2 or 3 times per day to cool the area.

·       Anytime the weather is below 45 degrees the primates, birds, roos, and warm climate animals are to be locked inside.

·       Any illness, death, birth, vet care, repairs must be documented in the proper books.

·       No one is to be in the office, or hanging around the gift shop.

·       DO NOT LET PEOPLE TELL YOU RUMORS,  With everyone living on the park, drama will wear you out more than anything, I run one policy, if it has to do with the care of the animals, talk to me, If it has some thing to do with a fellow staff  member, bring them to me, than talk to me,  If you don’t have enough guts to talk to me in front of them, stay away from me. If it is about someone off the park, keep it away from me. If they say this is how you do it other than the way it is in written protocol show them the book. Any time I change something, it will be in writing in the book. Once you tell them to shut up you don’t want to hear their drama, trust me they wont bring it to you.

·       Anything taken out of the store must have a purchase order done.

·       At the end of the day which is no earlier than 7pm, a complete walk through is done to insure cages are secure, gates are locked, lights off, animals have water, etc.

·       No one is to stick fingers, hands, ect, through a cage. Colored shirts are warn for a reason, this tells you what area they are allowed in.

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·       I ENFORCE A ONE STRIKE POLICY……………..

·       All cages are to be. Fully raked, water bowls scrubbed in and out, housing cleaned in and out, weed eated, any holes filled with gravel, houses that have gravel in them needs to be above ground level so water does not run in the house. Bird poop on cage rails washed off, Cages checked for repairs and enrichment. Treated for flies daily and rat poison out every Monday.

·       The meat freezer and commissary are to be highly inspected daily. Their floors, refrigerators, counters, and no open bags or containers allowed no matter what.

·       Tuesday is meat days, when the meat truck comes in, everyone is to be done with their chores by 1pm, no one gets out of this duty. Meat is bagged and vitamins put on them, you must have 23 barrels with 30 bags in each barrel,

·       Pay very close attention to your crews and what they feed, no cat food or dog food is to be used with food coloring in it, the feeding protocol is written down. And thin cats have a double feed policy.

·       Crews will be responsible for decorating their exhibits to  make them look like the animals are enjoying their lives, and landscaping around them.

Main Policy- I will not tolerate at all, anyone changing policy, or playing stupid about a policy, there are training books in the office that has written policy and feeding protocol in them. Policy violations are to be written up, after 3 times they are to be fired. Safety policies have no warnings, ONE STIKE.

At no time are fraid ropes, blankets, wires, or anything allowed in a cage to cause the potential of an animal hanging itself or getting caught in this.