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CarFit for Volunteers
Many great opportunities exist for you to become involved in local CarFit events. As a volunteer, you may choose to become a CarFit Technician or CarFit Event Coordinator. To learn more about your role as a CarFit Technician, please review the information below.
If you would like to learn about the role of a CarFit Event Coordinator, please click here.
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CarFit Technician
CarFit Technicians must attend a half-day technician training hosted by an Event Coordinator. Upon completion, you will be able to take participants through a CarFit event safely. CarFit Technicians must:
- Be able to bend over, stoop down, and assist another in walking.
- Possess good observational skills.
- Demonstrate time management skills.
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Telephone/Scheduling
Taking phone reservations from participants for the CarFit program and later confirming with them their CarFit reservation time. Telephone schedulers must have:
- Demonstrated telephone skills.
- A friendly demeanor.
- Demonstrate an ability to coordinate a scheduling process.
- Able to hear with assistive devices.
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Traffic Direction
CarFit Technicians may help with traffic flow the day of the CarFit event. Traffic directors must have:
- Experience in directing traffic at events (e.g., at church, school, etc.).
- A friendly disposition.
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Participating in the CarFit Event
CarFit Technicians are instrumental to a successful CarFit event. CarFit Technicians assist senior driver participants with check-in, check-up and check-out at the events.
Special roles of the CarFit Technician may include:
Technician Training Events
If you would like to attend a Technician training, please select one from the list below.
| Date/Time | Location | Contact Person |
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| 9/14/2020 8-12 | Fort Wayne, IN | Jeanne Sowers |
| 9/21/2020 ATC OTA Students only | Anoka, MN | Barb Kloetzke |
| 9/21/2020 11 AM - 3 PM | Atlanta, GA | Elizabeth Head / Jim Kelly |
| 9/22/2020 For GMU OT Students Only | Gwynedd Valley, PA | Mindy MacRone-Wojton |
| 9/23/2020 9:00 am | Oklahoma City, OK | Leslie Gamble |
| 9/25/2020 1-4pm | Henderson, NV | Robyn Otty |
| 10/1/2020 Online Training for OT Students | Casper, WY | Bill Vasicek |
| 10/1/2020 Online Training for OT Students | Grand Forks, ND | Bill Vasicek |
| 10/10/2020 ongoing | Farmington, NM |