Volunteers
The Student Union has many great opportunities for
volunteers... With us you'll gain new skills to make you more
employable, certifications and heaps of friends along
the way!
Volunteer sign up sheets- please collect/complete and hand in to your campus RUSU front counter. Next main volunteer intake will be in Semester 2 2012. Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering!
RUSU volunteers all take part in the RMIT LEAD accredited volunteer program, this means once you have completed 5 hours of training and 15 hours volunteering over the year, you'll receive recognition on your academic transcript, with a certificate also signed by the vice chancellor, crediting your time volunteering at RMIT. This looks great on your CV!
Campaigns & Communications Volunteer:
RUSU is all about helping students and making RMIT a better place
for everyone. As a Campaigns and Communications Volunteer, you can
be the driving force behind change and awareness campaigns, get
involved with Student Shout at our weekly events, and gain
reception and sales experience in the RUSU front counters. This is
a great way to meet new people, make friends and make a
difference.
Realfoods Organic Café Volunteer:
Volunteers will receive a full induction, which will include the
bonus of FREE Food Safety Handling
training by a registered provider, customer service and
retail experience (which all look great on your CV!). We'll give
you support specific to the tasks you'd like to help us out
with. Realfoods is a welcoming and
professionally-run place to make friends and learn about organics!
Visit the Realfoods page for more info on this awesome
cafe.
Activities & Events Volunteer:
We have an awesome team of events volunteers who help out at
things like Chill N Grill, where we serve free beer, cider and BBQ
to hundreds of hungry peeps. We have a free food/music/booze event
happening on every campus EVERY DAY, so we need more hands to help
make RMIT the most fun uni in Melbs. This event would be especially
good if you have an RSA certificate, want one or want to
learn about catering, event management, stage management, P.A and
sound equipment.
Semester One 2012 Volunteer Roster
Events Calendar and Welcome info for RUSU Volunteers
SO... what's in it for me???
All Volunteers Receive
- Accreditation on your transcript after minimum hours are completed
- On the job training in events, campaigns, promotion, kitchen and customer service skills and student rights
- Free RUSU membership after 5 hours training & 5 hours volunteering are completed
- Each semester we have huge volunteer thankyou parties with free food and drinks, these are the best parties... fo shizzz
Volunteers Can Also Recieve
- An away day training in leadership, teamwork and communication
- Responsible Service of Alcohol Cert (RSA)
- Food Handling Cert
- First Aid Training
- Manual Handling Training
- Mental Health First Aid Training
- Kitchen Skills Training
- P.A. sound eqipment training
Student Rights & Appeals Volunteer:
RUSU trains and coordinates student representatives to sit on
appeals panels for College Appeals, University Appeals Committee
Hearings and Discipline Board. Basically this means that if a
student is appealing a grade, accused of plagiarism or appealing a
special consideration decision, their case is heard by a panel.
This panel includes one student representative.
This is a great way to help stand up for students rights. It's also great experience for those of you who would like to rule the world some day...!!!
Collect a volunteer sign up form from your nearest RUSU counter!
Swanston street: Building 8 level 3
Bourke street: Building 108 level 3
Carlton: Building 57, level 4
Bundoora West: Building 204, level 1
Brunswick: Building 514 level 2
renee.thompson@rmit.edu.au
