Equipment manager
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An equipment manager is the person in charge of equipment used by a business or organization. Their duties include purchasing, maintenance, repair, inventory, transportation, storage, cleaning, and liquidation of equipment. They are responsible for providing the proper equipment for the job, either on-site or off-site. In sports, an equipment manager is a person who is in charge of a sports team's equipment. In professional and collegiate sports, this is usually a full-time job, and includes transportation, laundry, repairs, proper safety fittings, and regular service for the team members (such as sharpening of skates for ice hockey).
Sports equipment
[edit]Association football (soccer)
[edit]In association football, the kit manager or kit man oversees the players' equipment.
Golf
[edit]In golf, the equipment manager oversees the fleet of equipment used on the golf course for turf management. This may include:
- Power take-off Tractors
- Hydraulics or Belt (mechanical) driven Rotary mowers
- Bobcats
- Reel and Bedknife mowers (Hydraulic or belt driven)
- Spray rigs
- Irrigation systems
- Fork lifts
- Front-end loaders
- Gator utility vehicles
- Chain saws
- Trimmers
- Sand Rakers
- Stump grinders
- Golf carts
- Blowers
- Greens rollers
- Pressure washers
And numerous other pieces of equipment a Golf Course or the Turf Care industry employs.
The term has also been used less frequently as a synonym with "Fleet Manager" (fleet management).
Ice hockey
[edit]In ice hockey, the equipment manager takes care of the players and coaches equipment needs by performing the following
- Sharpening skates
- Ordering equipment
- Being prepared on the bench for in-game equipment malfunctions
- Distributing practice gear such as jerseys and socks and pants[1]
See also
[edit]- Category:Sports equipment
- Groundskeeping § Groundskeeping equipment
- Athletic Equipment Managers Association
- Outline of management
References
[edit]- ^ "5 things a hockey equipment manager must do (video)". cleveland. February 18, 2016.
External links
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