On Site Volunteer Roles

Non-Technical Roles:

Setup/Ops/General Assistance - general "runner" tasks, tent, table, and chairs setup, track setup

Student and Volunteer Check-in/Help-desk - answer questions, distribute materials, maintain radios

Paddock Patrol - walk the student paddocks and verify nothing unsafe or weird is going on, keep students off the roads, and tidy lines

Conference room - maintain the conference room above the tech garages for volunteer meals, assist presenters, check in students

Technical Roles:

Technical Inspection - inspection of the student-designed vehicles to verify compliance with the Pittsburgh Shootout rules. SCCA, FS, FSAE, etc experience preferred

Brakes test - conducting the brakes test to determine the student vehicle stops as expected to the rules

Rain test - conducting the rain test to determine the EV student vehicle has no faults when put under moderate rain for ~3 minutes

Dynamics roles:

We run Acceleration, Skidpad and Autocross. These roles are for those events.

Timing - Reporting and logging time trial results, spotting penalties, and control of the start line

Flagging - Reporting of student team car numbers, inspection of required safety equipment at the start-line, control of the start line