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Volunteering at NBAC volunteer positions to help you understand what each entails
and to assist you in the job that best fits your abilities and interest. Thank you for your continued support. |
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| Meet Director |
| This position is required by USA Swimming for every meet held. The
main responsibilities include, but are not limited to: organizing meet committees and
distributing final results. The director is an overseer, avoiding direct involvement in
any one committee or activity. Experience has shown that two individuals sharing the
responsibilities works best. |
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| Safety Director |
| Required by MD Swimming, (in other LSC's this is part of the Meet
Director's responsibility.) This person is responsible for all aspects of safety during the
meet. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to coordinating the safety
marshals, filing out incident reports and acting as contact during safety issues. |
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| Safety Marshals |
| Must wear easily identifiable vests or armbands. Responsibilities
include, but are not limited to checking the deck and the stands to make sure exits and
walkways are clear, ensuring the parents are not on deck, the building is safe and
children are behaving appropriately. |
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| Volunteer Coordinator |
| Responsibilities include, but are not limited to coordinating
all timers and volunteers for NBAC hosted meets, ensuring coverage for all jobs for the
duration of the meet and tracking families' participation. The volunteer coordinator
also assists with preparing equipment for the various jobs including distributing heat
sheets, clip boards, watches etc. |
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| Timer |
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Uses a stopwatch to time the swimmers during their events and then records
times for backup on paper. All timers are shown exactly what they need to do prior to
the start of each session. Each session lasts from 3-5 hours. |
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| Head Timer |
| Works with the timers. The Head Timer starts two watches at the
beginning of every heat as backup in case a timer misses the start of the race. |
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| Setup/Breakdown |
| These volunteers' help setup and breakdown all the equipment
necessary to run a successful meet including, but not limited to the computer/timing
system, touch pads, and public address system. This position does most of their work
prior to the start of the meet and immediately following the end of the meet. |
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| Hospitality Coordinator |
| This position is responsible for planning, ordering and/or
preparing the food and drink provided to the coaches and meet personnel during the
meet. The Coordinator is also responsible for ensuring that the Hospitality Room is
properly staffed during the duration of the meet. |
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| Hospitality Assistant |
| This volunteer works a "shift" or "shifts" in the Hospitality
room during the meet where they assist the coaches and meet personnel with their
breakfast/lunch/snacks. Duties may include things like restocking coolers, portioning
and serving food, cleaning up. |
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| Concession Coordinator |
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This volunteer plans for, purchases and/or makes the food
and drink that is sold at the concession stand to swimmers and spectators during the
meet. This job may require time before and after the meet to bring inventory to meet,
set up the concession area, clean up and take the leftover inventory back to storage. |
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| Concession Worker |
| This volunteer sells the food and drink at concessions to swimmers
and spectators during the meet. Duties may also include restocking items and assisting
with set up and clean up. |
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| Awards Coordinator |
Orders awards prior to the meet, prepares awards during meet
and distributes to coaches at end of the meet. |
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| Officials |
| No meet can function without stroke and turn officials, meet referee and the
starter. These positions require training and dedication. Training is provided by
Maryland Swimming and officials are required to maintain certification by attending
clinics periodically throughout the year. |
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| Program Sales/Posting Results |
| This volunteer sells programs and final's heat sheets
at the beginning of sessions and then posts results (tape on designated wall) at the end
of each event. |
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| Announcing |
| During preliminaries this individual announces the swimmers who have
qualified for finals over the PA system. During finals this individual announces the
swimmers for finals and communicates the final results. |
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| Scratch Table |
| This individual must be familiar with or (willing to learn)USA
Swimming regulations regarding scratch procedures. This job requires someone to
work the scratch table during warm-ups prior to the start of preliminary sessions (to
allow swimmers to perform positive check-in for distance events) and to remain at the
table for 30 minutes after the results of the last event have been announced (to allow
qualifying swimmers who chose not to swim in finals to "scratch" from an event). |
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| Head Clerk of Course |
| This individual(s) organizes the young swimmers into heats and
lanes so. |
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