🚨Calling All Experienced FTC Volunteers – Step Into a Key Role!🚨
Lauren PeCoy
Have you volunteered with FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) before? Ready to take the next step and help lead events from the front lines?
We’re seeking dedicated and experienced volunteers to fill key leadership positions for the upcoming FTC season. Your knowledge, professionalism, and passion are precisely what our events need to run smoothly and make a meaningful impact.
Roles Needed:
Judge Advisors
The judge advisor coordinates the judging process, which includes facilitating group deliberation sessions, ensuring the award decisions are made, and the awards script is written. Sometimes the judge advisor trains judges and can help in scheduling the judging interviews. The judges, judge advisor assistant, and judge match observers look to the judge advisor for training materials, schedules, and other general questions throughout the event.
Prerequisite: Previous experience as a judge.
Head Referees
Refereeing a FIRST competition is different from a traditional sporting event in that the referees help the competitors to avoid breaking the rules of the game. Referees watch matches, identify rule violations, and “call” them.
Prerequisite: Previous experience as a referee
Event Coordinators/Leads
The event director’s role is to plan and deliver FIRST Tech Challenge events, following the requirements in the agreement between the program delivery partner (PDP) and the event director, or between the PDP and FIRST.
Prerequisite: FIRST experience. High level of technical knowledge and interpersonal skills.
Volunteer Coordinators
The volunteer coordinator is responsible for recruiting the necessary volunteers needed to run a successful FIRST Tech Challenge event and is the onsite point of contact for specific roles.
Prerequisite: Previous experience managing and communicating with multiple volunteers. FIRST experience
Technical Volunteers
The FIRST technical advisor (FTA) and field supervisor work together to keep the areas in and around the robot playing fields running smoothly. The FTA concentrates on the technical issues (robots, scoring software, etc.) and the field supervisor is responsible for operational activities (team queuing, playing field reset, etc.)
The scorekeeper helps the flow of the event and provides information and match scores to the teams and to the audience. The lead scorekeeper is the person responsible for making sure the scoring system is set up correctly (including displays and user tablets for other volunteers) and that match scores are entered accurately. The volunteer should work closely with the FTA and head referee.
The control system advisor (CSA) role is to help teams with robot control system related issues. The CSA works in collaboration with the FIRST technical advisor (FTA) and robot inspectors, who may direct teams experiencing issues on the field or in the pits to the CSA for help. This position requires a high-level of technical knowledge and people skills and can affect the quality of the event.
High level of technical knowledge and interpersonal skills, FIRST experience.
Training & Support Provided:
We’ll work with you to provide any certification, training, or mentoring needed to help you thrive in a leadership role.
Why Step Up?
You’ll shape the volunteer culture, ensure high-quality events, and directly mentor and inspire teams and other volunteers.
Interested? Let's Talk!
Please reach out to us at lauren...@gmail.com to express your interest or ask any questions you may have. Please let us know which roles you're open to and where you'd like to serve.
Lauren PeCoy (she/her)
North Texas FTC Volunteer Coordinator
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology