Equipment Manager

• 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

• 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

• 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.