Equipment Officer

Responsibilities

• Organize telescope-related equipment and environments.
• Make sure telescopes are in good-working order. When possible, improve their alignment, update their pointing maps, upgrade their software, etc.
• Coordinate with the Head TA and the holder of the departmental purse-strings (normally Millie) to obtain new or replacement equipment.
• Make sure each telescope has an instructive "how-to" attached to it and keep manuals up-to-date.
• Assign people to do daily roof checks to notice problems and review the Roof Captain's log.
• Hold a few training sessions at the beginning of each semester to train new students in how to use the telescopes.
• Make sure there are charged batteries in the transit room for the telrads.
• Approximate time commitment is 10 hours / semester.

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