The volunteers will be well prepared for the task of looking after guests from around the world, particularly when it comes to their language skills. Between them, they cover 45 different languages, including Hindi, Korean and Japanese.

The areas in which the volunteers will be working are many and varied, and include accreditation, media, transportation and traffic control, IT and telecommunications, fan services, competition, logistics, project management and ticketing. Helpers will be involved in all areas of the organisational structure, and are without exception described as ”unpaid, but worth their weight in gold“.

Candidates will receive notice of the results of their applications from the Organising Committee by mid-March.

Volunteers in training

From the end of March, the volunteers will receive specific training for their 2006 FIFA World Cup roles. There will be a “kick-off event“ in all 12 of the FIFA World Cup venues to get things underway, featuring representatives of the various cities as well as past and current footballers and stars from the worlds of politics, sport and entertainment.

Things will start off with a ”team talk“, in which the volunteers in the various FIFA World Cup Host Cities will have the various tournament procedures explained to them. Hospitality, service and helpfulness are the three key elements of this “conduct training”, as it is known.

The second training of the Volunteer Programme will be in the preparation for the specific tasks, where the successful applicants will be geared up for their particular roles. Afterwards, the volunteers will be informed as to which area they will be concentrating on, and given examples of various situations and how to react to them.

Source: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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