Mernda Repair Café Leather Smith
About this opportunity
Mernda Repair Café is 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.
Be an Eco Warrior and help the community to reduce waste going to landfill.
To assist with the repair of leather items that a community member has brought in.
To share your knowledge of repairing leather items and maintenance with the community.
Please note that community members are responsible for bring their own replacement or broken parts, if possible.
VOLUNTEER RESPONSIBILITIES • Assessing if the leather item is repairable or not, during the event time. • To repair leather item to a working order, if possible. • To 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 and low stock of the Repair Café tool kit.
Additional requirements
National Police Certificate *. Working with Children Check *.
VOLUNTEER KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
• Years of experience in leather 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.
• 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 9.30am. • Dates for events are: 11 Feb 18 March 22 April 20 May 17 June 15 July 12 August 9 September 14 October 18 November 9 December
Type of work- Trades & Maintenance