Employment At AllSports Timing

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Weekend Warriors Needed

Compensation: Timers: $450-650 per event; assistant timers: $200-300 per event. Employment type: contract (1099).

Do you love to run, cycle, swim, or all of the above? Or do you love being in this environment and feeling the energy of sports events? Have weekend time and need some extra cash? Then we want to know you.

We need sports event timers and assistant timers for running and cycling road races, triathlons, duathlons, off-road races, and cross-country events. These are contract/part-time positions.

Availability

  • Requirement: Must be available on weekends. Jobs are on weekends only. 
  • Hours are variable, but race day generally starts at 5 AM and ends between 10 AM and 12 PM.
  • Optional: Occasional overnight travel is required for some events, generally Friday late afternoon or night. This is optional when offered to you.

Physical Requirements

Physical requirements are moderate: Moving of 0-20 pound equipment. If you have ever setup for a party with any type of media (sound systems, etc.), you'll have done this before.
Event equipment setup includes: RFID Timing electronics equipments, computers (laptops), RFID antennae ground mats, RFID patch antennae, tent, table, chairs, extension cords, among other equipment.

Technical Requirements

  • Assistant Timers: 
    - Jobs are more physical (includes the event setup detail above in the 'Physical Requirements' section. 

    Race Timers: Require more technical knowledge. Race Timers must be able to perform all of the Assistant Timer duties plus:
    - Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including data manipulation, insertion, deletion, and sorting.
  • - Understanding of text file editing, CSV editing, and importing CSV files into Excel.
  • - Comfort with web and internet tools, including uploading files to servers.
  • - Nice to have: experience connecting cables to equipment and operating simple computer-based hardware.

Soft Skill Requirements

  • Customer-service oriented.
  • At least two years of experience with road racing and race logistics.
  • Cool under pressure.
  • Good interpersonal skills.
  • Solutions-oriented with good problem-solving ability.
  • Professional.

All personnel begin as assistant timers for training until qualified to be a timer. Your pace of learning determines how quickly you become a timer. You can become qualified in as little as four races with the right attitude and skills.

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