Bacon & Bourbon Fest Volunteer Job Descriptions
Check out some basic job descriptions for the different volunteer jobs at Bacon & Bourbon Fest.
GENERAL INFO FOR ALL VOLUNTEER JOBS:
(Scroll down for job titles and basic job descriptions)
(Scroll down for job titles and basic job descriptions)
- You may be reassigned to a different job if needed, so please be flexible.
- If the area you are assigned does not need you, please do not leave. We always need help somewhere! Stay at your assigned area and have the group leader radio Cristin, our volunteer manager, and she will reassign you.
- All Volunteers working during the fest must be 21 & UP. Do not bring children or pets with you. Note, there are some jobs assigned to youth groups before or after the festival.
- Unless you have purchased a ticket, all volunteers must sign out and leave festival after their shift. After signing out, you can go eat at Volunteer Food if you want.
- Volunteers need to work sober and may not consume alcohol or any other substance before or during their shift.
- We encourage groups who have them to wear your own organizations hats, shirts, buttons so folks know what organization you are representing.
- Since we make donations back to your organization, we do not give group volunteers an event shirt, but you can purchase them before the deadline on our website if you want one.
- Volunteers will park in designated Volunteer Parking (tell our parking crew you are a volunteer) and then report to Volunteer Check-In located in the white 2-story house to sign in.
BASIC JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR BACON & BOURBON FEST:
YOU WILL GET MORE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AT THE EVENT
YOU WILL GET MORE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AT THE EVENT
Bacon Condiments: This is a standing position and serves food. Please pull long hair back and wear a hat, otherwise you will be provided with a hairnet. This position serves or preps various food items for the bacon condiment tent. Some other jobs are ticket-takers or greeters. Food-handling gloves, hairnets (or you can wear your own hat) and beard-nets are provided. Area Captain will supervise and ensure safe food handling procedures are followed.
Bacon Cook/Serve: This is a standing position and serves food. Please pull long hair back and wear a hat, otherwise you will be provided with a hairnet. Prepare and cook bacon. Some positions serve the bacon in a bacon boat with flour tortillas. Food handling gloves, hair and beard nets are provided. Area Captain will supervise and ensure safe food handling procedures are followed.
Bourbon Pourer: This is a standing position. Volunteers will take correct number of drink tickets, check attendees’ wristbands and pour bourbon to attendees. There will be Bourbon Managers and Bourbon Captains that will give you more specific instructions. Should you have an issue with an attendee being overserved, etc., please alert one of the Bourbon Managers. At the end of the festival, volunteers do general cleanup of the area.
Beer Pourer: This is a standing position. Volunteers will take correct number of drink tickets, check attendees’ wristbands and pour beer to attendees. There will be Beer Managers and Beer Captains that will give you more specific instructions. Should you have an issue with an attendee being overserved, etc., please alert one of the Beer Managers. At the end of the festival, volunteers do general cleanup of the area.
Check Points: This is a seated position, but at times does require standing. There are various checkpoints for entry/exit into the fest. Depending on which checkpoint you are working the tasks may vary but include directing attendees to enter through the proper Gate Area, checking wristbands for entry, ensuring no one is leaving the festival with alcohol, including full or partial growlers. You may also be given a radio for festival communications.
Cleanup - Saturday/Sunday: This is a standing, walking and potential lifting position. Help pick up any trash, help put away trash cans as well as other items, such as umbrellas, coolers, linens, take down signs, etc. There are area Captains to give you specific instructions.
Command Center: This is a seated position. Shifts can be pre/post or during the event on Saturday. Mostly office type tasks: making copies, laminating, organizing files, sorting wristbands, counting tickets, or etc. There will be an area Captain to give you specific instructions.
Drink Tickets: This is a standing, sometimes seated, position. Drink Ticket Workers will sell drink tickets to attendees which are used at various booths to get beverages at the event. There will be a list provided that tells you how many tickets are needed for a specific drink. This booth also sells empty new SVAE growlers. Requires handling both cash and credit card machines. There will be an area Captain to give you specific instructions. The Booth Captain after signing in, needs to report to the Command Security Room before going to the tent to pick up cash box and get instructions.
Gate Worker (Main or VIP): This is a sometimes seated or standing position. Entrances are split into two areas: Main Gate and VIP gate. The gate captain will assign you when you arrive. As a gate greeter, you will be checking IDs, taking tickets, putting on attendee wristbands, passing out stadium cups/tasting glasses and potentially answering questions about the area (for our out-of-town guests) and the festival. There will be a Gate Captain that will give you specific instructions and can help you with any questions attendees may have.
Golf Carts: Either Limo or 4-Passenger, will be helping before and after the event to move stuff around. During the event, drivers will safely be taking attendees to and from the parking lots. Once you sign in at Volunteer Check-in, proceed to the radio room to get your radio and key issued. You will be outdoors; please dress accordingly.
Laundry: Wash linens in the storage barn, fold or hang them up. Count tablecloths and repack them into their labeled storage bin with the correct counts.
Logistics - Before or After Event: This is a standing, walking and lifting position. Hang signs, pass out trash cans, setup/ knockdown tables/chairs, change out trash, empty oyster buckets – really anything that needs to be done in the moment to support all areas. There will be area Captains to give you specific instructions.
Merchandise: This is a seated and standing position. Merchandise Booth Workers will enthusiastically sell event merchandise such t-shirts, sweatshirts, oyster knives or gloves. Requires handling both cash and credit card machines. There will be a booth captain as well as a member of event staff to give you specific instruction and answer any questions you may have. The merchandise booths must remain open and available for attendee purchases until the end of the festival. Once event is over, workers will pack up any remaining inventory and at least one booth worker must stay at booth with inventory until our logistic team can come pick it up. The Booth Captain after signing in, needs to report to the Command Security Room before going to the tent to pick up cash box and get instructions.
Refer Truck: This is a standing, walking and lifting position. It is an outside position so dress for the weather and for being inside a refrigerated truck. Help check inventory, maintain, and deliver items coming off the refrigerator truck to various areas. Monitor temperature settings. May require heavy lifting.
Sponsor Check-In/VIP Host: This is a standing position. Greets sponsors with a smile. Handles deliver of pre-ordered wines/drink tix and gift bags. Checks on chalets and sponsor tables during the event and can get them ice. Someone always remains in the tent.
Storage Barn: This is a standing, walking and lifting position and may require you to be outside. Help check inventory, maintain, and deliver items coming out of the storage barn to various areas. May require heavy lifting. You will be in the Storage Barn or walking to/from the barn to the tents outside so dress for the weather.
Tablecloths: This is a walking position. Prior to the event, put tablecloths, sponsor signage and for some festivals a sponsor gift buckets on festival sponsor tables. After the festival, tablecloths will then be gathered up and taken to the designated area in the storage barn.
Volunteer Check-In: This is a seated, sometimes standing position. Assist volunteers with check in process. Finding clipboards, signing in/out, passing out vol wristbands/neck tags, handing out t-shirts for individual volunteers, and giving directions to Volunteer Holding. All volunteers must be escorted to their job, so sending them to Volunteer Holding is important.
Volunteer Holding: This is a walking position, though seats are available for down time. Workers at this booth need to review the tent map and be totally knowledgeable on where everything is located. After volunteer's sign-in, they walk out to the event tents and enter thru the Volunteer Holding Tent (located on the side of the Food Tent). Workers at Vol Holding will give each volunteer a “position sticker label” with their job name on it. Then, volunteer holding workers will escort the volunteers to their job assignment area (a lot of them will not know where to go or they will be confused as to what their assigned job is). You will also ensure that they have checked-in and that they have a wristband and lanyard. If they do not have a wristband or lanyard, they must be sent back to check-in. Everyone on site, attendees and volunteers, must always have a wristband on.
Wine Booth Worker: This is a standing, sometimes seated position. Sell wine by the bottle or and sometimes by the glass. Takes cash and credit cards. Captain is responsible for procuring the cash box in the morning and returning it at the end of the festival. Area Captain will be available to give more specific instructions.
Bacon Cook/Serve: This is a standing position and serves food. Please pull long hair back and wear a hat, otherwise you will be provided with a hairnet. Prepare and cook bacon. Some positions serve the bacon in a bacon boat with flour tortillas. Food handling gloves, hair and beard nets are provided. Area Captain will supervise and ensure safe food handling procedures are followed.
Bourbon Pourer: This is a standing position. Volunteers will take correct number of drink tickets, check attendees’ wristbands and pour bourbon to attendees. There will be Bourbon Managers and Bourbon Captains that will give you more specific instructions. Should you have an issue with an attendee being overserved, etc., please alert one of the Bourbon Managers. At the end of the festival, volunteers do general cleanup of the area.
Beer Pourer: This is a standing position. Volunteers will take correct number of drink tickets, check attendees’ wristbands and pour beer to attendees. There will be Beer Managers and Beer Captains that will give you more specific instructions. Should you have an issue with an attendee being overserved, etc., please alert one of the Beer Managers. At the end of the festival, volunteers do general cleanup of the area.
Check Points: This is a seated position, but at times does require standing. There are various checkpoints for entry/exit into the fest. Depending on which checkpoint you are working the tasks may vary but include directing attendees to enter through the proper Gate Area, checking wristbands for entry, ensuring no one is leaving the festival with alcohol, including full or partial growlers. You may also be given a radio for festival communications.
Cleanup - Saturday/Sunday: This is a standing, walking and potential lifting position. Help pick up any trash, help put away trash cans as well as other items, such as umbrellas, coolers, linens, take down signs, etc. There are area Captains to give you specific instructions.
Command Center: This is a seated position. Shifts can be pre/post or during the event on Saturday. Mostly office type tasks: making copies, laminating, organizing files, sorting wristbands, counting tickets, or etc. There will be an area Captain to give you specific instructions.
Drink Tickets: This is a standing, sometimes seated, position. Drink Ticket Workers will sell drink tickets to attendees which are used at various booths to get beverages at the event. There will be a list provided that tells you how many tickets are needed for a specific drink. This booth also sells empty new SVAE growlers. Requires handling both cash and credit card machines. There will be an area Captain to give you specific instructions. The Booth Captain after signing in, needs to report to the Command Security Room before going to the tent to pick up cash box and get instructions.
Gate Worker (Main or VIP): This is a sometimes seated or standing position. Entrances are split into two areas: Main Gate and VIP gate. The gate captain will assign you when you arrive. As a gate greeter, you will be checking IDs, taking tickets, putting on attendee wristbands, passing out stadium cups/tasting glasses and potentially answering questions about the area (for our out-of-town guests) and the festival. There will be a Gate Captain that will give you specific instructions and can help you with any questions attendees may have.
Golf Carts: Either Limo or 4-Passenger, will be helping before and after the event to move stuff around. During the event, drivers will safely be taking attendees to and from the parking lots. Once you sign in at Volunteer Check-in, proceed to the radio room to get your radio and key issued. You will be outdoors; please dress accordingly.
Laundry: Wash linens in the storage barn, fold or hang them up. Count tablecloths and repack them into their labeled storage bin with the correct counts.
Logistics - Before or After Event: This is a standing, walking and lifting position. Hang signs, pass out trash cans, setup/ knockdown tables/chairs, change out trash, empty oyster buckets – really anything that needs to be done in the moment to support all areas. There will be area Captains to give you specific instructions.
Merchandise: This is a seated and standing position. Merchandise Booth Workers will enthusiastically sell event merchandise such t-shirts, sweatshirts, oyster knives or gloves. Requires handling both cash and credit card machines. There will be a booth captain as well as a member of event staff to give you specific instruction and answer any questions you may have. The merchandise booths must remain open and available for attendee purchases until the end of the festival. Once event is over, workers will pack up any remaining inventory and at least one booth worker must stay at booth with inventory until our logistic team can come pick it up. The Booth Captain after signing in, needs to report to the Command Security Room before going to the tent to pick up cash box and get instructions.
Refer Truck: This is a standing, walking and lifting position. It is an outside position so dress for the weather and for being inside a refrigerated truck. Help check inventory, maintain, and deliver items coming off the refrigerator truck to various areas. Monitor temperature settings. May require heavy lifting.
Sponsor Check-In/VIP Host: This is a standing position. Greets sponsors with a smile. Handles deliver of pre-ordered wines/drink tix and gift bags. Checks on chalets and sponsor tables during the event and can get them ice. Someone always remains in the tent.
Storage Barn: This is a standing, walking and lifting position and may require you to be outside. Help check inventory, maintain, and deliver items coming out of the storage barn to various areas. May require heavy lifting. You will be in the Storage Barn or walking to/from the barn to the tents outside so dress for the weather.
Tablecloths: This is a walking position. Prior to the event, put tablecloths, sponsor signage and for some festivals a sponsor gift buckets on festival sponsor tables. After the festival, tablecloths will then be gathered up and taken to the designated area in the storage barn.
Volunteer Check-In: This is a seated, sometimes standing position. Assist volunteers with check in process. Finding clipboards, signing in/out, passing out vol wristbands/neck tags, handing out t-shirts for individual volunteers, and giving directions to Volunteer Holding. All volunteers must be escorted to their job, so sending them to Volunteer Holding is important.
Volunteer Holding: This is a walking position, though seats are available for down time. Workers at this booth need to review the tent map and be totally knowledgeable on where everything is located. After volunteer's sign-in, they walk out to the event tents and enter thru the Volunteer Holding Tent (located on the side of the Food Tent). Workers at Vol Holding will give each volunteer a “position sticker label” with their job name on it. Then, volunteer holding workers will escort the volunteers to their job assignment area (a lot of them will not know where to go or they will be confused as to what their assigned job is). You will also ensure that they have checked-in and that they have a wristband and lanyard. If they do not have a wristband or lanyard, they must be sent back to check-in. Everyone on site, attendees and volunteers, must always have a wristband on.
Wine Booth Worker: This is a standing, sometimes seated position. Sell wine by the bottle or and sometimes by the glass. Takes cash and credit cards. Captain is responsible for procuring the cash box in the morning and returning it at the end of the festival. Area Captain will be available to give more specific instructions.