Shop Captains

What is a Shop Captain?

A shop captain is a volunteer leader that takes responsibility for the operations of a smaller area, or shop, of the makerspace. Shop captains work as a team.

The Shop Captain Lead is an existing shop captain who takes responsible for setting meetings and distributing information to shop leaders.

Who are the current shop captains?

• Shop Captain Lead
  • ROLE NEEDED

• 3D Printing
  • ROLE NEEDED
  • ROLE NEEDED
• Automotive Repair
  • Alex Williams
  • Kerry Campbell
• Ceramics
  • Judith Kristy
  • Emily Hollis
• Electronics
  • Jason Panks
  • ROLE NEEDED
• Media Lab
  • Robert Gouge
  • Chad Krash
• Metal Shop
  • James Cagle
  • Bond Hillstrom
• Print Lab
  • Ekim Fitzgerald
  • ROLE NEEDED
• Textiles Studio
  • Estelle Hillstrom
  • Siddiq Toure
• Wood Shop
  • Chris Munn
  • Nate Lelek

Roles and Responsibilities

Shop captains are the individuals who are responsible for the following:

Facilities & Maintenance Duties

• Ensuring equipment is maintained
• Ensuring consumables are replenished on a regular basis (like welding wire, for example)
• Prioritizing shop safety and creating/posting signage in the shop with policies
• Establishing shop policies and sharing them with members and shop users
• Ensuring that proper safety equipment is available.

Educational Duties

• Making sure that members using the shops have access to resources to learn to safely operate the tools
• Leading shop orientations if no other teacher is available
• Helping find qualified instructors to teach workshops and to mentor members
• Making sure that there are classes and programming scheduled regularly in their shop
• Planning for the growth and improvement of the shop

Shop Growth Duties

• Helping find better tools through donations
• Being a point of communication with donors that provide tools or resources for their shop

They should communicate any problems or issues with the Executive Director.