My name is Pim Veldkamp.
I have been working at Flevo Natuur since 2013. Working in the field is super varied and in this article I will show you a little bit of what such a day can look like. I take you along on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.
At 8 a.m. our workday begins. Our pool is open under normal conditions all year round, 7 days a week. At 9 a.m. the pool opens. Before then, we must have measured the water quality so that we can guarantee swimming safety. That happens here in the machine room you see pictured below. We also hold an inspection right away, and then see if everything works as it should. If everything is fine, we open the doors to our guests at 9 o'clock.
Then I go to the reception desk. Here I check the office to see if I have received any emails and if there are certain jobs that still need to be done. If necessary, I can divide this work among the rest of my field service colleagues. On the day I write this, a report has come in from a property we rent out for the owner. The central heating boiler was supposedly losing pressure. We are about to see exactly what is going on. While I'm here, I'll catch up with my inside sales colleagues to see if there are any details we should know about.
At 10 a.m. we drink coffee together with our field service colleagues.
Here we discuss the work and get ready to work outside.
We have arrived at the property. Inside we are going to see exactly what is going on. The pressure is indeed 0 bar instead of 2 bar. There is no wetness in the caravan so we will have to look under the caravan to see if there are traces of leakage. We make a hole. Big enough so we can crawl under it.
After coffee at the park
We have arrived at the property. Inside we are going to see exactly what is going on. The pressure is indeed 0 bar instead of 2 bar. There is no wetness in the caravan so we will have to look under the caravan to see if there are traces of leakage. We make a hole. Big enough so we can crawl under it.
Underneath the caravan are all pipes and couplings. Usually it's very tight in these places, but luckily after a while I came across this coupling where water was dripping out from under it. After loosening and cleaning the coupling, I screwed it back together and the leak was fixed. The boiler could be refilled again and it now maintained its pressure. Now it's just a matter of leaving things tidy again and we're ready for the next job.
We also deliver sand and soil to our guests at the park for a fee. People regularly take advantage of this option and today we also have a number of addresses who would like some sand delivered.
Since two years we also have these Lodges for rent. It is now November and time for us to move the contents to a dry and heated place so that, for example, the dishwashers do not freeze to death. We also take out the geysers and drain the water pipes. All around we place nets so that the tents themselves remain in good condition.
This was just 1 day in the life of a field sales representative. As you can see, the work is very varied and no day is the same. I hope you enjoyed seeing what we do and what we are all about.
