Job Description – Equipment Manager
Roles and Responsibilities
- Organises the equipment maintenance programme in consultation with the Captain, Vice Captains and Coaches
- Overall responsibility for maintaining boats, launches and associated equipment in safe working order
- Report to the Committee on the status of the fleet and any major repairs
- Maintains a damage and maintenance reporting system for use by club members
- In conjunction with the Captain, allocate equipment where appropriate
- Acts as a gatekeeper, effectively, to enable the club to keep track of its equipment
Key Activities
- Provide basic maintenance for club blades, boats, launches, trailers and gym equipment, organising and lightly supervising the carrying out of work in-house where possible, or managing third party repair arrangements
- Manage the volunteers working as part of the Equipment Team
- Decide whether to pass minor issues/repairs back to the crew and, if this is to be the case, provide any tools and/or parts required. Ensure such jobs are completed in a timely fashion
- Purchase and keep secure a stock of spares to facilitate basic maintenance, recycling parts where appropriate and possible
- Acquire and keep secure the appropriate tools to facilitate basic repair and maintenance
- Keep a record of repairs, boat, trailer and gym equipment servicing
- Periodically arrange club maintenance days
- Provide advice to club members regarding boat maintenance
- Keep the Treasurer informed of any purchases, costs and future budgeting requirements
- Authorised to spend up to £1000 of club money to facilitate the above without first referring to the Committee, but must always remain accountable for this expenditure
- Canvas members’ opinion and forward these to the Committee where appropriate
- Ensure any safety concerns are reported to the Safety Adviser
- Ensure all members abide by the club rules and bye-laws
Experience Recommended
- Reasonable DIY skills
- Knowledge of rowing equipment
- Knowledge of the Tees Rowing Club fleet of equipment
- Knowledge of the fundamentals of rowing
- Knowledge of safety requirements
- Regularly available at the club premises to carry out necessary works
Time Required
- 2 hours per month to attend the committee meetings.
- This is not easy to quantify and could be anything from 1hour to 20 hours per month.
Times fluctuate depending on ongoing projects and support provided from volunteer members.
