Equipment manager

An equipment manager is the person in charge of equipment used by a business or organization. Their duties include purchasing, maintenance, repair, inventory, transportation, storage, cleaning, and liquidation of equipment. They are responsible for providing the proper equipment for the job, either on-site or off-site. In sports, an equipment manager is a person who is in charge of a sports team's equipment. In professional and collegiate sports, this is usually a full-time job, and includes transportation, laundry, repairs, proper safety fittings, and regular service for the team members (such as sharpening of skates for ice hockey).

Sports equipment

See: Sports equipment#Various sports

Association football (soccer)

See: Kit (association football)#Equipment

In association football, the kit manager or kit man oversees the players' equipment. According to Law 4 (Players' Equipment), the basic equipment required for all players consists of five items: a shirt (also known as a jersey), shorts, socks (also known as stockings), footwear, and shin pads.^[1]

Golf

In golf, the equipment manager oversees the fleet of equipment used on the golf course for turf management. This may include:

Power take-off Tractors
Hydraulics or Belt (mechanical) driven Rotary mowers
Bobcats
Reel and Bedknife mowers (Hydraulic or belt driven)
Spray rigs
Irrigation systems
Fork lifts
Front-end loaders
Gator utility vehicles
Chain saws
Trimmers
Sand Rakers
Stump grinders
Golf carts
Blowers
Greens rollers
Pressure washers

And numerous other pieces of equipment a Golf Course or the Turf Care industry employs.

The term has also been used less frequently as a synonym with "Fleet Manager" (fleet management).

Ice hockey

In ice hockey, the equipment manager takes care of the players and coaches equipment needs by performing the following

Sharpening skates
Ordering equipment
Being prepared on the bench for in-game equipment malfunctions
Distributing practice gear such as jerseys and socks and pants^[2]

References

^ Will Bennett (2010). "Replica Football Kits". Interpretation of the laws of the game and guidelines for referees: Law 4 – The Players' Equipment. FIFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
^ "5 things a hockey equipment manager must do (video)". cleveland. February 18, 2016.

External links

Athletic Equipment Managers Association

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[1] Will Bennett (2010). "Replica Football Kits". Interpretation of the laws of the game and guidelines for referees: Law 4 – The Players' Equipment. FIFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

[2] "5 things a hockey equipment manager must do (video)". cleveland. February 18, 2016.

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