Volunteering with alberta weightlifting

Competitions are only made possible with the people who volunteer their time. If you’ve volunteered with us before, we are extremely grateful for your time and we hope you will continue volunteering.

If you’re interested in volunteering, there are many different ways you can offer your time.

Some of the main volunteer roles are outlined below. Check out our Event Page for upcoming competitions you can volunteer at!

Volunteer positions that don’t require certification:

  • Equipment set up (typically the night before a competition)

  • Competition bar loading (“Loaders”) during a competition

    • Scroll down to watch a short video on weight loading at the Olympics

    • Scroll down on this page for more information about Loader duties

  • Equipment take down (usually starts right after the last session has received their medals)

Volunteer positions that require a brief certification:

  • Technical Official

Click here for more information on technical officials.

 Loader Duties 

  1. Load the barbell in accordance with IWF rules and as directed by the Competition Speaker 

  2. Clean the bar and the competition platform as required and/or as directed by the Technical Controller during the competition 

  3. Prepare the podium for the Medal Ceremonies at theconclusion of the session 

  4. Remove the podium from the platform at the conclusion of the medal ceremony 

  5. Unload the barbell and return the discs to the weight racks 

  6. Clean the bar and competition platform after the conclusion of the medal ceremony 

Note: 

Loaders must not go up on stage to endeavour to render assistance to an athlete in case of an accident; instead, loaders should form a wall in front of the platform to minimize the public’s view and TV coverage of such incidents.

Decontamination Attendant Duties

  1. Safely remove blood and other contaminants from the bar and competition platform as required and/or as directed by the Technical Controller 

  2. Ensure the safe disposal of contaminated materials in accordance with applicable policy 

  3. Clean the bar with antiseptic at the conclusion of each session 

Note: 

Decontamination Attendants must respect universal precautions by wearing gloves in the performance of their duties and must not go up on stage to endeavour to render assistance to an athlete in case of accident; instead, together with the loaders they should form a wall in front of the platform to minimize the public’s view and TV coverage of such incidents

Alberta Weightlifting Association acknowledges that we are on the traditional lands of the Indigenous Peoples who lived among and travelled through the land in the area currently known as Alberta. We honour the Peoples of Treaty 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10, Alberta’s Métis and Inuit people and their profound contributions to the health and well-being of this region and to our members, where we recognize that health and well-being through our sport of weightlifting is not only physical, but also spiritual, emotion and mental and is accessible to all, rooted in the principles of respect, equity, diversity and inclusivity.