Mernda Repair Cafe - Volunteer Electrical Repairers

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 electrical items that community members bring to the Repair Cafe. To share your knowledge of basic electrical repairs with the community.

VOLUNTEER RESPONSIBILITIES • Tag and test of electrical items. • Assessing if electrical items are repairable or not, during the event time. • Repairing electrical items to working order, if possible. • Bring their own tool bag for the role. • Maintaining repair café tools, machinery to working order. • Setup and pack down of the work space at events. • Notifying the Repair Café Coordinator and support staff of any electrical, tools or interpersonal issues at the event.

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Type of work

Trades & Maintenance

Suitable for

Centrelink Volunteers, Families with Children, People Learning English, Skilled Volunteers

Commitment

Regular - less than 6 months

Training

Induction

Time required

Saturdays

Requirements

Covid-19 vaccination
National Police Certificate
Working with Children Check

VOLUNTEER KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE • Tag and test of electrical items. • Years of experience and electrical knowledge in repairing electrical items. • 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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