Bouldering Head Setter
- Richmond, BC, Canada
$30 – $35 per hour, depending on experience. · Full-time
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- Pay
- $30 – $35 per hour, depending on experience.
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Approach Climbing is a bouldering gym at 12080 Bridgeport Road in Richmond, with about 3,000 square feet of walls in 8 sections. We are hiring a head setter to lead our setting program and the existing team behind it.
What You’ll Do
- Plan and run the set rotation across all eight sections, maintaining a bell curve of grades and range of styles on the wall at all times.
- Lead set days: assign setters, forerunners and hold-washing, make the setting plan, calls on grades and changes, and run the debrief.
- Maintain safe setting practices for the crew and for customers: close off and mark the areas being set, keep ladders, lifts and tools in good working order, and check that every boulder is safe to fall from.
- Coach and develop a small crew of setters, including apprentices, and help hire new ones.
- Keep the record of every boulder on the wall current, with its grade, section, setter and set date (we use KAYA today).
- Manage the hold, volume, and equipment collection, including ordering from suppliers. Propose and justify new equipment purchases.
- Gather and act on member feedback about the sets.
- Previous experience as a head setter, or management experience together with significant commercial setting experience.
- Range: you can set good boulders from beginner through hard grades, and forerun them honestly and consider feedback from your team.
- Strong organizational and communication skills.
- Comfort working at height and with power tools, ladders and lifts, and a commitment to safe setting practice.
- First aid certification, or willingness to get it.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead the gym’s bouldering setting program across eight wall sections, including planning rotations, directing set days, assessing grades, and maintaining safe work practices. Develop the setting team, maintain current route records, manage holds and equipment, and gather and act on member feedback.
Requirements
Candidates should have prior head-setting experience, or management experience combined with significant commercial setting experience, and be able to set and assess boulders across a broad range of grades. Strong organizational and communication skills, comfort working at height with tools and access equipment, and first aid certification or willingness to obtain it are required.
Skills
- Bouldering Route Setting
- Team Leadership
- Set Rotation Planning
- Grade Assessment
- Forerunning
- Safety Practices
- Setter Coaching
- Hiring
- Record Keeping
- Inventory Management
- Supplier Ordering
- Member Feedback
- Communication
- Organization
- Power Tool Use
- First Aid
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Categories
- Sports & Recreation
- Management & Leadership
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Bouldering
- Commercial Route Setting
- Head Setter
- Set Rotation
- Grade Range
- Forerunning
- Set-Day Planning
- Setter Assignments
- Hold Washing
- Route Safety
- Ladders
- Lifts
- Power Tools
- Setter Training
- Apprentices
- KAYA
- Route Records
- Hold Inventory
- Volumes
- Equipment Procurement
- Supplier Management
- Member Feedback
- First Aid