[term] Startup Guide - [co-op student name]

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Last updated: 2024-08-17
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Welcome to WARG

We’re happy to have you on board as our new [position]! To aid your first few days here at WARG, we have created a startup guide that you can refer to to see what your project will be, key contacts, and some steps you’ll have to take.

Contact information

These are your day to day contacts:

  • Mentor: @[name]

    • Your mentor is responsible for guiding you throughout your co-op (e.g. daily syncs)

  • Manager: @[name]

    • Your manager is responsible for the administrative aspects of your co-op (e.g. evaluations)

Additionally, feel free to contact the WARG leadership at any time if there are any issues that cannot be resolved through your co-op manager:

  • Subteam leads: @[name] @[name]

    • Subteam leads are responsible for the subteam you are part of

  • Directors: @[name] @[name]

    • Directors are responsible for the overall operation of WARG

  • Safety captain: @[name]

    • The safety captain is responsible for everyone’s safety

About WARG

WARG’s purpose is to:

  • Enable UW students to learn about and develop innovative new aerial robotic solutions through collaboration and non classroom instruction

  • Expose UW students to engineering challenges, such as mechanical, electrical, and controls

  • Expose UW students to organizational procedure, such as project management, documentation, finance, fundraising, and marketing

  • Provide UW students the opportunity to work with academic and industry professionals advising WARG

Copied from the team charter:

To meet these objectives, we compete annually in the AEAC student competition. For the most recent competition in [date (e.g. 2024 May)], we developed project [name], a [type (e.g. quadcopter, fixed wing, VTOL)] aircraft.

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The [name of subteam] subteam is responsible for [subteam responsibilities]. For the [term] term, we are focusing on [general overview]. Your project, involving [a few words], will [explain how the project will help the subteam and WARG in general].

Administrative tasks

Pre 1st day tasks

Safety training

Please complete the all of the following:

SO1001 Employee Safety Orientation
SO1081 Workplace Violence Awareness
WHMIS 2015 (you do not need to complete this if you have the Workplace Hazardous Materials milestone on your UW transcript)
SO1010 Laboratory Safety
Engineering Student Machine Shop Orientation [include or exclude this as required]

To start the safety training:

  1. Go to UW LEARN

  2. At the top, click Self Registration

  3. Find and click the course name

  4. Click Register

  5. Once enrolled, you can find the course again on the home page under All

Join Discord

WARG uses Discord as the primary means of communication.

Please follow steps 1-6 to join our Discord and introduce yourself:

1st day tasks

WARG bay

Meet with your co-op mentor and manager
Tour the WARG bay
Get the bay code

Scheduling

Schedule your daily sync time with your co-op mentor
Confirm which meetings you are required to attend:

Accounts

Join additional sites and accounts: TODO LINK

Bootcamp

Start the bootcamp: [link to subteam bootcamp]

1st week tasks

Onboarding

Project

Project

[context of project in a few sentences, optional if explained already above]

This projects goals are:

  • [some high level goals]

  • [it doesn’t have to be complicated, you’ll explain it in detail when you meet]

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Useful links

  • What do all the acronyms mean? Check it out here:

  • Subteam pages: [link to subteam Confluence homepage]

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