Our volunteers

The Batemans Bay  Broken Bay unit is based at Hanging Rock Boat Ramp Rowland Reserve at the mouth of the Clyde River.   Our in beautiful Bayview where our amazing team of volunteers fulfil a variety of Operational and Non-Operational roles and community support functions throughout the year.

Fundraising: All our volunteers are required to support our various fundraising activities throughout the year.  Here at Batemans Bay we operator monthly markets at Corrgens Beach just off Beach Road in Bateheaven.  We not only manage the site but we also have a margue where we seel sausages and bacon and egg rolls.  There are lots of different jobs that are required to make these successful and without volunteer help these would not be possible.  We also run bingo at the xxxxxxxx every Saturday afternoon which everyone is welcome to attand and play. There are lots of different jobs that are required to make these events successful and without volunteer help these would not be possible. 

The money rasied at these events is critical to our training and fuel budgets to keep our volunteers  It takes volunteers to run these events and the money the

Operational Crew:  Our boat crews are broken down into three categories.

• Competent Crew: Most of our members operate as crew. They are responsible for interacting with vessels or people needing assistance and generally are the first point of contact when we attend.
• Leading Crew: Master and operate our smaller 20 class rescue vessel and have overall responsibility for managing and controlling on-water assists and rescues in calm or near shore localities.
• Coxswain/Master: Master and operate our large 30 class rescue vessel and have overall responsibility for Search and Rescue, managing and controlling on water assists and rescues out to 30 nautical miles to sea.

These members are the volunteers who skipper and/or crew our rescue vessels in our primary mission of Saving Lives on the water. For each role, there is an extensive training program, comprising of both on-water practical skills and theory.

At the Broken Bay unit, we work on a fixed number of trainee intakes per year.  This means when you join you will be part of a larger induction group all learning and progressing together. 

Non Operational Specialist:  We have a number of critical positions required to help run our unit that do not require an Operational Crew Rating (although many roles are held by members doubling up as Crew and a support role).  There are no intake dates for these roles as we recruit for these positions when we have a vacancy.  Examples of the type of roles would be Admin, Boat Maintenance, Fund Raising, Social Media Marketing, Treasurer, Membership, Property, Radio Club Manager, Media Manager, Radio Operator and more.