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What it’s all about
Event or facility based stewards play an essential role in ensuring the health and safety of members of the general public and staff at sporting and recreational events, helping to avert major incidents.
After the Hillsborough disaster, SkillsActive worked with the Football Licensing Authority to develop National Occupational Standards (NOS) which form the basis for qualifications in Spectator Safety at levels 2, 3 and 4. Since the introduction of the Spectator NVQs, we have seen an increase in the number of people undertaking the qualification, but we don’t know whether this leads to paid work or opportunities to volunteer at sporting and recreational events. It’s also important for us to hear from employers and volunteer co-ordinators about the key skills required in core stewarding and spectator safety roles.
Who should take part?
Given SkillsActive’s role in developing qualifications to meet industry needs, we would like to hear your views on the appropriateness and quality of training provision, and the barriers to learning and development that you face. We would like the most senior person responsible for Spectator Safety to complete this online survey. With such a wide range of sporting events and stadia, it is really important that we hear from as many sporting facilities, event venues and stadium as possible to get an accurate picture of stewarding experiences and requirements.
About the survey
SkillsActive operate to the Market Research Society code of conduct. Your business or organisation will not be identified against any responses. The results will be reported anonymously at an aggregated level. Separate to the research, at the end of the survey we ask if you would like further information about SkillsActive.
The online survey is easy to complete and a progress bar at the bottom will show you how far you are. We understand how busy your days can be, and have minimised the questions to aid speedy completion. It should only take about 15 minutes, and we’ll enter you into a prize draw for £50 worth of Amazon vouchers!
If you have a network of contacts please share this opportunity to contribute with them. The survey will run throughout the autumn and early winter, and the results will be published on our website early in 2012. To take part, you will need to fill out our form.
If you have any queries about this survey, please contact the Research team on 020 7632 2000 or by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . You can find out further information about the role of SkillsActive at www.skillsactive.com.
NB The prize draw will be drawn on Wednesday 8th February 2012.