Final answer:
Each hour, the recreational sports facility requires 18 employees on duty when the entire facility is open and 12 employees after the aquatic center closes. This includes two site managers, six lifeguards for the aquatic center, and pairs of staff members for each of the other areas.
Step-by-step explanation:
When determining how many employees are necessary for each hour at a recreational sports facility, you need to consider the staffing requirements for each area within the facility as described. Breaking down the requirements per area, we have:
- Two basketball courts with a three-lane track suspended above the courts: Requires 2 staff members.
- An aquatic center with a leisure pool with three components/attractions, a two-story slide, and a sixteen-lane lap pool: Requires 2 lifeguards per area/attraction, totaling 6 lifeguards.
- A climbing wall and bouldering area: Requires 2 staff members.
- An aerobic fitness and resistance training area: Requires 2 staff members.
- Front desk area: Requires 2 staff members.
- Child drop-off area: Requires 2 staff members.
In addition to these staff members, there will be two part-time site managers on duty at all times.
To calculate the total number of employees needed each hour, we add up all the part-time staff and managers needed for supervision and maintenance:
- Site managers: 2 people
- Basketball courts and track: 2 people
- Aquatic center lifeguards: 6 people (2 per attraction; Note that the aquatic center hours are different than the rest of the facility)
- Climbing wall and bouldering area: 2 people
- Fitness and resistance training area: 2 people
- Front desk area: 2 people
- Child drop-off area: 2 people
Adding all these up gives us a total of 18 employees needed on duty each hour when the entire facility is open, and 12 employees each hour after the aquatic center closes.