Mernda Repair Cafe - Volunteer Bicycle Repairer

Mernda Repair Café will be the first community Repair Program for the community of Whittlesea hosted at the Mernda Community House and outdoor community space. It is a free, inclusive and cross cultural community event that offers repairs of personal items by volunteer Repairers. Our focus is to bring awareness of a more sustainable lifestyle where we can divert items from landfill in our community. We hope to ignite interest and the sharing of skills in repair and maintenance of items.

Join the Team: Be an Eco Warrior and help the community to reduce waste going to landfill. To assist with repairing bikes that community members bring to the Repair Cafe. To share your knowledge of basic bicycle repairs and maintenance with the community.

VOLUNTEER RESPONSIBILITIES • Repairing bicycles back to working order, if possible. • Assessing if the bike is repairable or not, during the event time. • Bring their own tool bag and materials for the role. • Maintain repair café machinery and tools to a working order. • Setup and pack down the work space at events. • Notify any issues with tools , low stock of the Repair café Toolkit or interpersonal issues at the event.

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Type of work

Trades & Maintenance

Suitable for

Centrelink Volunteers, People Learning English, People with disability, Skilled Volunteers

Commitment

Regular - more than 6 months

Time required

• Events will run once a month on Saturdays from 10am – 2pm. . Volunteers will be required to either come earlier to setup at 9am. . Volunteers will be required to either come earlier to setup at 9am.

Requirements

Covid-19 vaccination
National Police Certificate
Working with Children Check

VOLUNTEER KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE • Years of experience in bicycle repairs. • Clear verbal communication. • Experience working with the public. • Ability to work within operational policies and maintain confidentiality. • Ability to work in a culturally appropriate way with migrants and people from refugee backgrounds, volunteers, students, guest speakers and group facilitators. • An understanding of the refugee experience within Australia. • To be able to work as part of a team (of volunteers, students and staff) but also able to work independently and remotely if needed. • A non-judgmental attitude and respect for others. • To be reliable, conscientious and accept direction. • Respect all forms of confidentiality and abide by the Agency’s Code of Ethics.

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