To learn more about any of these worker positions, please talk to someone who's doing them and they'll point you in the right direction. If you see a worker position missing from this list, please notify the webmaster.
- Tech Check
- Tech workers are responsible for running cars through the tech inspection line, checking them for safety problems, and marking cars that pass the safety inspection.
- Gate
- At all times while we're on site, gate workers must make sure that people either don't enter the site or sign the appropriate waivers and receive wrist bands as a result. The exact duties and positions of gate workers depend on the site. The gate position can only be worked by an SCCA member.
- Grid
- Grid workers signal cars to continue to the starting line for a run. They are responsible for ensuring everyone gets their three runs, including cars driven by multiple people and cars that need re-runs out of order.
- Timing
- Timing workers spend the heat inside the truck, recording times from the timing equipment, recording cone calls and off-course calls from the radios, and recording that data in the system for the announcer and results.
- Starter
- The starter stands at the starting line, signaling with a green flag to a driver that they can being their run. The starter is responsible for ensuring that there's enough time between runs, including consideration for which cars will be faster than others.
- Announcer
- The announcer watches a live feed of the data in the timing system to keep people apprised of how event timing announcements and how the competition is going.
- Course Setup
- Course setup workers are responsible for laying out the course with the course designer in the morning.
- Registration
- The registration workers are responsible for accepting money and forms for those who register on site and preparing the timing database for the event.
- Safety Steward
- Safety Stewards are an SCCA licensed position and the responsibility is generally to take responsibility for the safety aspects of an event, by approving the course and monitoring people and situations during the day.
- Sound Monitor
- The sound monitor is responsible for watching sound meter readings on course while cars go by and radioing in about cars that exceed the warning thresholds.
- Course Worker
- Working course means that you're on the course resetting cones or calling in penalties on the radio. Course work is considered by some to be fairly monotonous work, but it is one of the most important positions in regard to a smooth running event.
- Don't be in the way of a car, first and foremost. Don't force a car to a car to stop because you're fixing a cone. If the driver wants a rerun because a cone hasn't been fixed, they need to stop and point the misplaced out to you (for you to radio into control).
- Run to cones to fix them. You only have so long to fix them before another car comes through. Watch for that next car as you’re running out onto the course, and remember not to turn your back on a fast-moving vehicle.
- Make a temporary mental note of each car's class and number as it goes by. Sometimes it's too late to read those when you notice see a cone falling of wiggling in the wake of a vehicle.
- Watch for cones nudged by watching the cones as a car passes them. If you're watching the car, you'll miss the cone shaking in its wake. If it's nudged, run and place it squarely in the box again so that it's in the right place for the next driver. On key cones, even an inch of placement or the rotation of the base of the cone matters.
- Watch for the less obvious off-course vehicle. Sometimes it's difficult to remember which side of a slalom is correct.
- If you notice a cone is down where you didn't see who knocked it down, don't call it in for the last car to go by. It's better to give the driver who hit it a freeby than to assign it incorrectly to a driver who may not have hit it.
- When there's down time on course, due to technical difficulties, switching from junior karts to adult competition, or due to red flag conditions, please check the cones nearest you to ensure they are still squarely in their box.
- If workers spread out, you should only have a small area of responsibility, but pay attention to what’s happening on either side of you. If the next worker is dealing with a car taking out several cones, hustle over and help out. Adjust where you’re standing to be closer to Kenny cones.
- Be alert to whether the workers around you are aware of potentially dangerous situations you can see but they can’t: you may need to shout.
