Controller

Responsibilities

Safety

• You must review and sign off the risk assessment which has been produced by the organiser in consultation with the planner. See the Organiser page for risk assessment template and examples.

• It is always worth discussing with the planner and organiser any road crossings (do they need marshals / timed out?) and particular hazards eg ponds, steep banks. Remember to apply more stringent standards for courses and controls juniors might use.

Standards

• It is critical that juniors get the kind of course they expect. You must ensure the White, Yellow and Orange courses conform to technical difficulty standards (and Light Green if you are fortunate enough to be on an area where TD5 is posssible). See the Planner page for standards details.

Quality

• You must satisfy yourself in advance of the day that the controls will go in the right place. Have the planner tag the sites and then find the tags or have the planner try again!

• Arrange for the controls to be visited on the day before paying customers start on the courses. Usually this means visiting them all yourself. Clear your card before you start and if SIAC, Check as well. Make sure the number on top of the control matches the number on the tag and the number on the map. Try swiping the control, if that doesn't work (hanger forgot to wake the control), punch and then you can swipe to check SIAC afterwards. Back at Download, ask for a SI Card Data Dump printout and check all the controls are returning the number you expect.

• If a control misbehaves, there should be a couple of spares. Make sure they show the correct number.

Mentoring

• Provide guidance to the planner and/or organiser on any aspect of their role, especially reminding them of what they need to do next.  If they are inexperienced the Events Coordinator will have made you aware in advance.