Volunteers Needed!!
Volunteers are needed to staff four Qualifying Events (Q-vents) and the Regional Championship for the upcoming FTC season.
The roles and hours vary widely, and we ask that you commit to a minimum of 4 hours, though most positions require that you participate
full-time.
Times are Friday afternoons and all day Saturday for Q-vents. Times on Friday will vary by location. For the regional event, the time on Friday will be 1-6 PM, except for
key volunteers who will arrive at 8 AM.
Details will vary for each event as to parking, arrival and departure times, and meals. Be on the alert for information emails before each event you have
volunteered for.
Training… Key/Lead/Head volunteers in these positions will contact you. Please let the volunteer coordinator know if you do not hear anything by the week prior to
your first event.
If you'd like to volunteer, please complete the registration form even if you have volunteered for an FTC event in the past. Select all events you are
available for in this season. You can send an email to the webmaster later if you need to add or delete an event.
What Volunteers Are Needed For!!
The following are jobs available at each event (click each for more info):
- Referee -
- Observe matches, “call” rule infractions; determine penalties
- Participate in deliberations regarding contested calls
- Complete and submit a scoring sheet, after each match, to the field runners
- Participate in discussions with other referees to determine official match scores
- Monitor and promote safe practices on and around the playing field
- Field Reset -
- Resets the field after each match
- Assists the referees in maintaining order in and around the fields
- Scorekeeper -
- Assists with setup and breakdown of scoring system and field components
- Records and posts the results of each match
- Provides score information as needed
- Judge -
- Interview and observe teams in the Judging rooms, Pit, and on the playing field
- Review team introduction sheet
- Participate on Judge Panel to decide team awards recipients
- Judge's Assistant -
- Assist Judge Advisor to keep judge panel on schedule and performs other duties as assigned by the Judge Advisor
- Provide clerical assistance, i.e., type awards scripts on laptop
- Organize and ensure all materials and supplies needed are available, and correctly placed on tables
- Ensure all Judges sign a Consent, Release, Hold Harmless form prior to start of event
- Breakdown of Judge Room at end of competition, repack FIRST materials, return materials to Volunteer Coordinator
- Inspector -
- Perform mandatory inspections of robots for compliance to the game rules
- Perform random inspections, and work under the direction of the Lead Robot Inspector
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- Queuer -
- Stage and position teams for matches
- Restrict access to field for unauthorized individuals
- Maintain an uninterrupted flow of teams to the playing field
- Direct teams to fields, and facilitate team departure from field
- Pit Administrator -
- Registers teams and volunteers
- Provides information to the teams or the general public
- Crowd Control -
- Keep aisles, hallways, and team traffic pathways clear in the Pit and near the playing field
- Limits team, volunteer, and public access to field
- Monitor access to designated Judge areas
- Floater/Runner -
- Frequently help with last-minute tasks identified by event staff
- Get information where it needs to go
- Fill volunteer positions for “No-Show” volunteers who were assigned a specific position prior to the event, but did not show-up
- Load-in/Load-out Crew -
- Responsible for setting up and tearing down the event, both before and after the competitions
- Photographer/Videographer -
- Captures the competition on film and/or video for archival and future publicity
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