An equipment manager is the person in charge of equipment used by a business or organization. Their duties include purchasing, maintenance, repair, inventory, transportation, storage, cleaning, and liquidation of equipment. They are responsible for providing the proper equipment for the job, either on-site or off-site. In sports, an equipment manager is a person who is in charge of a sports team's equipment. In professional and collegiate sports, this is usually a full-time job, and includes transportation, laundry, repairs, proper safety fittings, and regular service for the team members (such as sharpening of skates for ice hockey).
See: Sports equipment#Various sports
See: Kit (association football)#EquipmentIn association football, the kit manager or kit man oversees the players' equipment.
See also: Greenskeeper. In golf, the equipment manager oversees the fleet of equipment used on the golf course for turf management. This may include:
And numerous other pieces of equipment a Golf Course or the Turf Care industry employs.
The term has also been used less frequently as a synonym with "Fleet Manager" (fleet management).
See main article: Ice hockey equipment. In ice hockey, the equipment manager takes care of the players and coaches equipment needs by performing the following