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First Name*

Surname*

Email*

Confirm Email Address*

Phone contact during the festival*

Emergency Contact Number*

Postal Address*

Postcode*

I have read and accept the Illawarra Folk Festival’s Limitation of Liability information*

Yes

No

The Festival’s Limitation of Liability information CAN BE READ HERE.

Age (if you are over 18 you can skip the next section)*

12 to 18 (Youth)

18-40

40-60

60-80

80+

Youth Volunteer

It is Festival policy that all volunteers between the ages of 12 to 18 must be the children of an active volunteer or be sponsored by an active adult volunteer who will take responsibility for them. A consent and waiver form will need to be provided.
GO TO THIS WEBPAGE FOR MORE DETAILS AND DOWNLOAD THE FORM.

Have the consenting parent sign the form and submit online with the upload button below or email to volunteer@illawarrafolkfestival.com.au

Upload the signed Youth Consent Waiver Form

If you wish to proceed with your Youth Volunteer Appliction then provide your age, the name of a parent/guardian providing permission and a contact phone number for them here. For example, "Age 14, Parent Pete Seeger, Mobile 0050123456"

Senior Volunteer

Senior Volunteer: I would like to be considered for a senior volunteer position during the Festival. This involves more responsibility, hours and team leadership skills. If you answer yes, we'll be in touch!*

No Thanks!

Yes Please

Volunteer Type

Please indicate type of volunteer*

Green Folk Volunteer (contribute 12 hours)

General Volunteer (contribute 12 hours)

General Volunteer + (contribute MORE than 12 hours)

General Partial Volunteer (specify hours below)

Partial Volunteer Hours

If you are unable to contribute 12 hours, please indicate how many hours you are able to work. If you provide 4 hours or more on a day you will receive a day pass for that day.

Availability

While we recognise that work and other considerations may limit availability we ask for a minimum commitment of availability of 8am Friday to 9pm Sunday. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (from 8am to 2pm) are set-up days. The festival then runs from Friday afternoon until Sunday evening. The following Monday and Tuesday are pack-down days. Please note that onsite camping will open Friday 9am 20th January 2023. Campsites need to be vacated by 10am 23 January 2023.*

Available Wednesday 18 January (set up) to Tuesday 24 January (pack down). (You don’t need to answer the next question)

Available from 4pm Friday 20 January 2023 to Sunday evening 22 January. (You don’t need to answer the next question)

Available from 8am Friday 20 January to 9pm Sun 22 January

Available for Tuesday 24 January for Day 2 of packdown

I am unavailable at some times during the festival (Please fill out the following question)

Daily Availability

If you are partially available, please select the third option in the lists below and indicate the hours you are not available on each day. Please fill in all days. For Example: "After 9pm" "Between 12noon and 3pm" "6am - 9am & 5pm - 7pm"

Wed 18th Jan 2023

Available ALL day

Not available this day

Not available at the following times

Thu 19th Jan 2023

Available ALL day

Not available this day

Not available at the following times

Fri 20th Jan 2023

Available ALL day

Not available this day

Not available at the following times

Sat 21st Jan 2023

Available ALL day

Not available this day

Not available at the following times

Sun 22nd Jan 2023

Available ALL day

Not available this day

Not available at the following times

Mon 22rd Jan 2023

Available ALL day

Not available this day

Not available at the following times

Tues 24th Jan 2023

Available ALL day

Not available this day

Not available at the following times

Volunteer Jobs

Please indicate whether you have preferences for the type of volunteer role you are assigned. If you select the first option and are willing to be assigned according to festival requirements, you should not indicate job preferences in the next question.

I am willing to do ANY festival job assigned to me (skip the JOBS PREFERENCE section)

I would like to indicate my JOBS PREFERENCES below

Job Preferences

Check at least one role (in Column 1) and then other roles in order of preference (from Column 2).

Matrix

1

2

3

4

5

NA

Artistic Decoration Setup & Packdown

Bar Team (requires NSW RSA)

Camping Team

Electrical Team

Festival Office

First Aid

Folk School

Green Folk Team (note there are additional benefits - see webpage)

Instrument Lockup

Marketing, Media & Sponsorship

Merchandise Shop

Monitor Smoke Zones

Pack-down Team (Monday and Tuesday)

Patron Services

Performer Registration

Production Manager

Photography / Videography

Set-up Team

Shift Management

Signage Setup & Packdown

Site Area Setup Manager

Site Control & Traffic

Sound / PA Systems Operation

Traffic Management Team

Transport Team

Venue Management/MC

Volunteer Kitchen (including Thursday Tripe Night)

Volunteer Registration

Additional Green Team Information

You are entitled to some further benefits as a Green Team Voluneer. Please specify the following information.

WASTE RECYCLING EXPERIENCE: Please provide us details of any experience you have had with recycling of waste.

GREEN TEAM SUNHAT (free): Green Team members are entitled to a free sunhat! Please specify size.

Small/Medium

Large

I do not need one

GREEN TEAM T-SHIRT (free): Please select size of T-Shirt.

Small

Medium

Large

XL

XXL

XXXL

I do not need one

Additional Information to be Provided by all Volunters

Have you volunteered at the Illawarra Folk Festival before?*

Yes

No

Which Illawarra Folk Festival team or teams have you been assigned to in the past?

Have you volunteered at another festival before?

No

Yes

Please Specify

Do you have any medical conditions that may affect your ability to work safely?

No

Yes

Please provide details

DRIVER'S LICENSE: Please specify the type/s of drivers licence you hold. *

Class C (Normal Car Licence)

LR

MR

HR

HC

MC

None

Please tell us any qualifications or skills you have that you can utilise at the festival.

N/A

Senior First Aid or greater

Traffic Controller Licence

Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) - registered in NSW

Trades qualifications – carpenter, electrician, plumber, signwriter etc

Rigging ticket

Forklift Operator ticket

Working with children

Experienced PA/sound operator

Experienced photographer / viedographer (with Facebook/Youtube uploading skills)

Other - please provide details

Festival Performers

If you are a festival artist or performer, please tell us either the name of the group you are in, or (if you are a solo artist) what name your act is booked under.

N/A

I am booked under the following artist/act name:

Artistic Name

On-Site Camping

There is a $50 campsite fee and a $20 per person on each campsite charge for validated volunteers.

You are responsible for booking your volunteer campsite or sharing a campsite pass.

After submitting your volunteer application please book your volunteer camping at your earliest convenience via the ticket website. Scroll down to the Volunteer Campsite and Volunteer Folk Music School Session Tickets section.

After booking, if you later advise you no longer require camping, you will be refunded immediately.

PLEASE NOTE

There are NO powered sites.
Onsite camping will open Wednesday 9am 15th January 2020.
Campsites need to be vacated by 10am Monday 20th January 2020.

IMPORTANT! If you are camping on the same site with other volunteers, please ensure you submit only one camping site request.

Camping request (please book via FESTIVAL TICKET website)

No campsite required

Campsite required from 10am Wednesday (please book your camping as soon as possible, accessible on the TICKETS page)

Campsite required from Thursday (please book your camping as soon as possible, accessible on the TICKETS page)

Campsite required from Friday (please book your camping as soon as possible, accessible on the TICKETS page)

Anything Else to Tell Us?

Provide information here

Confirmation

Please confirm the following.
I acknowledge by submitting this volunteer application I am agreeing to comply with the Illawarra Folk Festival Code of Conduct and Terms of Agreement below.
• I have read and agree to abide by the Festival Code of Conduct. CLICK HERE TO READ THE CODE OF CONDUCT.
• I agree to carry out my volunteer tasks according to the rostered hours.
• I agree to contact my team leader as early as possible if circumstances prevent my commencing a shift.
• If I breach the Festival Code of Conduct, I acknowledge I may be relieved of my duties and escorted from the site. Such conduct may also result in denial of future volunteer applications.
• I am over 18 years of age. (If under 18, please provide details as requested earlier in this form including the Consent and Waiver Form)

confirmation*

I acknowledge by submitting this volunteer application I am agreeing to comply with the Illawarra Folk Festival Code of Conduct and Terms of Agreement.

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