Are you keen to get involved in adventure racing but not sure if it’s for you? Are you supporting friends or relatives who have entered? Are you looking for work experience in the events or adventure sectors? Or do you just want to spend some time in a beautiful place with some great people behind the scenes at a cool event?
If so, why not join the crew and see what goes on behind the scenes!
Jobs are varied, but each and every crew member has an important and valued role to play at the event. You will need to be adaptable and hard-working, plus use initiative and be quick-thinking in dealing with situations whether they are at Rat Race Base or in a remote location on the course. The role of an event crew member is demanding... but extremely rewarding at the same time. You will be warmly welcomed by the Rat Race team and you are sure to find your day a most rewarding experience.
If you are interested in joining our valued team, please apply to the Detail Events crew programme by filing in the form or contact dorota@ratraceadventure.com for more details on opportunities.
Event Crew requirments:
Will be required you to have your wits about you and be confident in working alongside our professional events crew during the event
Required for a minimum of 8 hours per day (a Saturday for Rat Race Race Nine 2 Five - 1 day events; Saturday and/ or Sunday for the Rat Race Weekender)
Limited places and first come first served basis, based on application
Minimum Remuneration:
Event Crew will be provided with an allowance of £50 per day or paid expenses up £50 per day Paid by cheque / BACs within 2 weeks of the event (day rates are subjcet to basic rate tax, unless you are registered self employed or provide us with company invoice).
Our sponsors have been generous in the past in supporting those working at our events and we hope to let you know of more of the same this season
For every event worked there is 25% or £50 off (whichever is greater at time of booking) a TEAM entry to a Detail event. Valid until the end of the following season. An exception will be made if you bring two other Event Crew or more to the event in your vehicle. This will be paid at 25p per mile
Key Times And Roles
You can be involved in any or many of the activities at the times below. Please note that the roles list is *not* exhaustive and the times are not yet definitive.
All weekend
Info-zone: public facing, giving info and taking money for the activities and last minute sign-ups. Efficient, friendly, enthusiastic. No fitness required! This year the Adventure Village will have brilliant public appeal with a live stage and big screen as well as various adventure activities.
Event promotion: Sell the story! Motivated smiling individuals to deliver posters and hand out around the city, and encourage the public to make their way down to the Adventure Village. This role ideally will extend to the weekend and week before the event.
Event Village activities: Again public facing, you may be asked to operate the mad-ass bungee run, help with the trampoline and concession stands, or perform general support duties like being an "info-runner" for the MC or putting up ad hoc promo posters.
Onsite and offsite branding: Fit, savvy, strong people to set up branding from our sponsors at the Adventure Village base and move branding around the course. Good navigation skills and full driving licence required.
Event Concessions Helpers: Peoples to look after all the queries and requests from the concessions and partners at the Adventure Village.
Thursday and Friday pre-event set-up & Monday post-event deconstruction
We need a crew of strong, savvy, hard workers who enjoy a spot of site construction (marquees, tents, fencing, signage). Times are 8am-late with beers at 8pm. It? intense, but we love you for it and you?l get a few extra perks if you can help out on the Thursday and Friday too. On Monday we are looking for a deconstruction team of any willing strong workers! Again, you?l be rewarded for your efforts!
Saturday morning
0830-1100 Kayak and abseil refresher - course instructors for competitors: Can you help?
0930-1530 Competitor registration - Crew to check kit, take registration, process numbers, answer questions
Competitor admin: accounting and admin staff to help manage the entries, refresher course sign-ups, queries, and team registrations. You don't have to be fit; just efficient, very patient and friendly! It's great fun because the teams are generally buzzing with excitement (and sometimes confusion) and it's your job to channel that into a sense of order...!
Sat night and Sunday
Race Crew: happy, patient, enthusiastic types to look after designated checkpoints, giving (or actively not giving!) information as briefed by the Crew coordinator. This is a great job for superheroes. Competitors LOVE to see a crew member when they're tired and bewildered, but they tend to take them for granted at all other times (ie when focused on the racing). The reward is the knowledge that you're a key link in the chain to making the race run successfully (and at the after-party when you get a big cheer and maybe a drink from the competitors!) It would be help to have a basic fitness - lots of standing, perhaps biking from one location to another....
Typical Crew activities will include:
- Helping to register competitors
- Undertaking kit checks
- Placing SPORTident boxes at checkpoints (and bringing them back in afterwards)
- Briefing competitors on what they will be doing at certain checkpoints
- Making sure teams ?ib in the SPORTident box when necessary
- Helping to ensure that the teams abide by the Race Rules
- Updating Rat Race HQ with info about the race and racers passing through
- Carrying bikes and kayaks
- Handing out water
- Cheering on and boosting morale
- Collecting any walking wounded
- Possibly administering basic First Aid
- Assisting our paramedics
- Being visible and available to anyone who requires assistance or help
- Clearing the checkpoint of any litter, lost property etc after the race has passed through
Water
There will be a fresh water supply ONLY at the Event Village - so be sure to BRING WATER BOTTLES or HYDRATION PACKS so that you can stock up with at least 2 LITRES OF WATER for the day, but ideally more. This is CRUCIAL and down to yourself to manage.
Equipment And Clothing
Please prepare for all weathers - British summer at its worst and best. Be sure to bring plenty of warm clothes, waterproofs AND sun cream, as well as a basic kit-list which will be recommended to you closer to the dates.
Further Information
Once you have registered with us, we will give you further information regarding roles, kit-list, accommodation, and timings. PLEASE do let us know immediately if there is any reason or problem that might mean you can't make it on the weekend; we will be depending on any crew vital support during the event and if you can't make it we need to know so that we can reallocate the roles and work.
If you've got this far, then well done, we look forward to having you on board. It'll be a blast.
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