Mernda Repair Cafe: Volunteer Guitar repairer
About this opportunity
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.
The Repair Café events will run once a month, from April to December 2022. The events will be covid compliant, run by a team of volunteer Repairers and Helpers from the community with support from the Repair Café Coordinator on the day. We understand that this position is voluntary and we will work with your availability.
Join the Team: Be an Eco Warrior and help the community to reduce waste going to landfill. To assist with repairs of guitars that a community member has brought to the event. To share your knowledge of guitars and maintenance with the community.
Additional requirements
Covid-19 vaccination . National Police Certificate *. Working with Children Check *.
• Year of experience in guitar furniture 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.
• 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.
• Repair café events will be held at the Mernda Community House, 2 Heals Road, Mernda, VIC. • Events will run once a month on Saturdays from 10am – 2pm. . Volunteers will be required to either come earlier to setup at 9am.
Suitable for- Centrelink Volunteers
- People Learning English
- People with disability
- Skilled Volunteers
- Travelling Volunteers
- Younger Volunteers, under 18
- Fundraising & Events
- Music & Entertainment
- Retail & Sales