Parent Helpers

Parental participation is essential for any Little Athletics Centre to run successfully. Each week about 70 parent volunteers are required to run the centre and programs. Without your assistance, it is impossible for the Centre to run efficiently.

Duty Sign-up

At FLAC, we aim to ensure a fair distribution of duty assistance via a rotating weekly roster. A full duty roster with allocated families will be emailed to all registered members each week. It is your responsibility to check if you are required to assist with any duties and to notify the club as early as possible if you are unable to fulfill your weekly duty.

It is a requirement of every registered member that their family assists with a minimum of 4 duties at weekly meets across the season. Additional duties may be required for regional, state and interclub events.

Parent Duty Options

There are an assortment of parent duties that need to be filled every week, including:

Set up (7am arrival required in order to set up all the equipment required for competition day) – generally an hour & a half will be required - 4 x helpers required each week
Pack up (like set-up but you are actually packing away all the equipment at the end of the day’s competition) - 4 x helpers required each week
Canteen (you are required to be in the canteen and serve customers) - 4 x helpers required each week
BBQ (you are required to be at the BBQ area and either serve customers or cook food as required) - 4 x helpers required each week
Age group assistants for field events. Your duties may include raking the sand pit after each child has jumped, measuring, retrieving an implement, (Javelin, Shot Put or Discus), etc.
Front & Back Straight Timers (training provided) ensure timing starts with each track event and scan in athletes barcodes
Front & Back Straight Assistants - tags and athlete marshalling
Front & Back Straight Starters (training provided) conduct official starting of all track events