Summer 2015 - PRT 4828 Internship
Internship Agency - Salt Lake City Watershed
Internship Advisor - John Wells
Academic Advisor - Elise Gatti
http://www.slcgov.com/utilities/public-utilities-watershed
The Agency
The Salt Lake City Waterhshed Department is a branch of the city's public utilities, and is a large part of environmental protection and water resources management in the Salt Lake Valley. The department controls and manages the protected watershed areas the supply the valley with 60% of its drinking water, including City Creek, Parleys, Big, and Little Cottonwood Canyons.
Job Description
As a seasonal watershed ranger, the duties include patrolling and observing the water land. We aim toe protect the environment and manage the water resources that these areas provide the city. We maintain and service campsite areas, local trails, water meter and valves, spring boxes, and public fountains. All watershed employees are required to drive and operate city vehicles and equipment. We drive truck and trailers and operate a number of other tools and equipments. We are responsible for daily tasks given by watershed managers. Throughout the summer, we have also worked alongside the Utah Conservation Corps and the Division of Wildlife Resources with various tasks.
Goals and Objectives
Goal 1: To Increase my knowledge of watershed protection practices and techniques.
Objective 1: To work alongside experienced employees in the field everyday.
Objective 2: To learn industry language by reading department literature and learning new terms from co-workers.
Goal 2: To be invited back as an employee for either full time or seasonal employment next year.
Objective 1: To receive feedback from supervisors and colleagues every 2 weeks. This could be in the form of three positive areas of my work, and three areas for suggested improvement.
Objective 2: Exit the internship with John to discuss areas of improvement for being considered next year.
Reflection
I will start by saying it has been a pleasure to work for a respected department of Salt Lake City Public Utilities and a great group of people. I am thankful that I was lead to this internship in my pursuit of a Parks, Recreation and Tourism degree. In my pursuit to reaching my goals listed above, I have learned many things that will help me in the future as a PRT professional. Everything that I have been taught throughout this internship will prepare me for entering the full time workforce. My employment with the watershed department will continue through the rest of the seasonal year, and I have considered this a large testimony to my success this summer semester. I am happy to say that I have shown enough in my work that my employment will extend past the required internship hours.
Below I have linked three resoureces relevant to my PRT 4828 coursework:
Internship Agency - Salt Lake City Watershed
Internship Advisor - John Wells
Academic Advisor - Elise Gatti
http://www.slcgov.com/utilities/public-utilities-watershed
The Agency
The Salt Lake City Waterhshed Department is a branch of the city's public utilities, and is a large part of environmental protection and water resources management in the Salt Lake Valley. The department controls and manages the protected watershed areas the supply the valley with 60% of its drinking water, including City Creek, Parleys, Big, and Little Cottonwood Canyons.
Job Description
As a seasonal watershed ranger, the duties include patrolling and observing the water land. We aim toe protect the environment and manage the water resources that these areas provide the city. We maintain and service campsite areas, local trails, water meter and valves, spring boxes, and public fountains. All watershed employees are required to drive and operate city vehicles and equipment. We drive truck and trailers and operate a number of other tools and equipments. We are responsible for daily tasks given by watershed managers. Throughout the summer, we have also worked alongside the Utah Conservation Corps and the Division of Wildlife Resources with various tasks.
Goals and Objectives
Goal 1: To Increase my knowledge of watershed protection practices and techniques.
Objective 1: To work alongside experienced employees in the field everyday.
Objective 2: To learn industry language by reading department literature and learning new terms from co-workers.
Goal 2: To be invited back as an employee for either full time or seasonal employment next year.
Objective 1: To receive feedback from supervisors and colleagues every 2 weeks. This could be in the form of three positive areas of my work, and three areas for suggested improvement.
Objective 2: Exit the internship with John to discuss areas of improvement for being considered next year.
Reflection
I will start by saying it has been a pleasure to work for a respected department of Salt Lake City Public Utilities and a great group of people. I am thankful that I was lead to this internship in my pursuit of a Parks, Recreation and Tourism degree. In my pursuit to reaching my goals listed above, I have learned many things that will help me in the future as a PRT professional. Everything that I have been taught throughout this internship will prepare me for entering the full time workforce. My employment with the watershed department will continue through the rest of the seasonal year, and I have considered this a large testimony to my success this summer semester. I am happy to say that I have shown enough in my work that my employment will extend past the required internship hours.
Below I have linked three resoureces relevant to my PRT 4828 coursework:
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