Team/Volunteers/Common duties
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This is a list of things that pretty much anyone volunteering will have to carry out. Please add to it
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Steward Policy
This needs to be refined but all stewards need to sign up to a policy. This is not limited to but includes:
- No drinking on shift
- Turn up to shifts sober and not under the influence of any drugs
- Punctuality
- Behaviour (not sure if this is needed but perhaps a note on it?)
- http://www.oxfam.org.uk/EventAndCommunityFiles/Stewarding/content/pdf/glastonbury_stewarding_guide_2011.pdf - this guide is pretty tip top
Steward Responsibilities
- To understand their general responsibilities towards the health and safety of all categories of spectator
- To carry out pre event safety checks
- To control or direct spectators who are entering or leaving the event, or a viewing area
- To assist in the safe operation of the event, and not to view the activity going on
- To recognise crowd conditions so as to ensure the safe dispersal of spectators and the prevention of over-crowding
- To assist the emergency services as required
- To respond to emergencies
- To undertake specific duties in an emergency or as directed by the safety officer or appropriate emergency service officer
Common Duties
Things that are common to pretty much every roll at the camp:
- Emergency contact
- Getting hold of security/first aid
- Acting as a liaison in case of large scale incident
- Giving directions, mainly to
- stages
- infodesk/HQ
- villages
- Giving information about what's on
- Litter
Common Briefing
- Emergency policies
- Dealing with:
- Harassment
- Conflicts
- lost children?
- Basic first aid?
- Dehydration
- Heat stroke
- Hypothermia (ah, Britain!)
- Burns
- Electrical shock
- Drunks
- Site walk
- Landmarks and what they are
- The program (current events as an announce via radio/PR?)
- Litter
Specific Duties
can be found on the associated page:
