TPERP Shift Checklist

Beginning of Shift

• Sign out a radio on the check-out sheet (located in the library)
• Conduct a radio check
• Meet with other VIP’s and Ranger (contact via radio)
• Designate one VIP to keep the trailer/table key set for duration of shift (kept in lunchroom locker)
• Get ride from Ranger to the tidepools (Lot 1)
• Gear up at the trailer (backpacks, jackets, walking poles, etc)
• Backpack Contents
  • First Aid Kit
  • Sunscreen
  • Two Trash Bags (1 Large, 1 Small)
  • Books (May have Life Between the Tides; Seashore of Southern California; Pocket Guide to Beach Birds of California)
  • Whistle
  • Tide Calendar
  • Laminated Radio Code/Regulations Card
  • Hand Counter
  • Magnifying Glass
  • Hand Sanitizer
  • Gloves
  • Bonnie’s Business Cards
  • Laminated Critter Card
• Radio 799 to report “on duty” at tidepools or table

End of Shift

• Call Ranger for carpool ride to the top of the park (give time estimate)
• Group opens up trailer and returns gear (Please Don’t Leave Food or Trash)
• Log Visitor Contacts sheet located in trailer (designate table, rover or tidepools)
• Fill out missing/broken equipment or displays on designated log as needed
• Fill out Fun Journal (see list of items to include next to journal in trailer)
• Return radios to charging station in library (remember to turn them off)
• At Home – Log service hours in Volgistics and sign up for future shifts

ShiftChecklist 9/2015

Last revised 06-Dec-15