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Crowd Control

Summary
  • Facilitate smooth pedestrian traffic flow throughout the facility; monitor audience.

Benefits
  • Make a difference in the lives of youth by creating a fun, meaningful, and inspirational experience for team members.
  • High visibility role
  • Physically active role; not sedentary
  • Opportunity to work in an exciting, fun, highly-charged environment

Responsibilities
  • Demonstrate Gracious Professionalism
  • Attend Volunteer Meeting; participate in training
  • Restrict team access to Pit prior to morning opening of area; clear Pit of people after close of area
  • Keep aisles, hallways and team traffic pathways clear in the Pit, near the playing field
  • Limits team, volunteer, and public access to field
  • Monitor access to designated Judge and Media/VIP areas
  • Prohibit teams from "saving" blocks of seats
  • Provide directions, i.e., to bathroom, concessions, Pit, Emergency Medical Technicians
  • Safety Glasses supervision
  • Pit Area traffic management
  • Practice field safety supervision
  • Team Stands traffic management
  • Game Field perimeter safety supervision

Experience
  • FIRST experience not required
  • Outgoing, friendly personality
  • Strong interpersonal/communication skills
  • Ability to take charge; be assertive, but tactful
  • Ability to move about facility
  • General knowledge of facility and event layout
  • Adults preferred, older teens may be considered


Training
  • Event Assistant conducts training during the Volunteer Meeting, and provides guidance during the competition.

Commitment
  • Minimum one full-day, and Wednesday Dinner Meeting (orientation and training.

Activities
  • Attend Volunteer Meeting; position training conducted.

Prior to start of shift:
  • Check-in at Volunteer Registration/Information Table
  • Attend Volunteer Breakfast

Supervision
  • Event Manager provides direct supervision to Crowd Control.
  • Oversight by Volunteer Coordinator

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