Entering and exiting for museum Volunteers will only be allowed through the West Entrance.
Volunteers will enter the Museum down the North Hallway, after your temperature is taken. Exiting will be down the South Hallway per usual..
We ask that Volunteers bring as few personal belongings as possible and try to come prepared for volunteering without needing to change.
At the time of entry, your temperature will be taken.
Volunteers will serve no more than 4 hours per day. We are minimizing the use of the Volunteers Center for breaks.
Clocking your volunteers hours will be through Volgistics. Please add hours at the end of your shift to minimize the use of the Volunteer Center and computers inside the center.
Log into Volgistics
Click post hours
Choose Which assignment did you serve in? / Select how many hours you served…. Then click continue.
A 2 way radio will be available and additional training for the radio will be provided.
Radio Communications
The Field Museum is equipped with two very important and effective means of internal communication. First, the use of the telephone system puts you in touch with most exhibits and operational facilities within the Museum as well as important parties outside of the Museum. However, the telephone is not always the most effective means of communication when trying to locate a specific individual within the Museum. In these instances, the Field Museum maintains a second means of communication: two-way radios. Radios enhance internal communication by allowing for quick, direct, and effective means of locating other personnel. Misuse of the radio is strictly forbidden. You should practice and be proficient in the proper use and operation of the radios. Please treat the radios carefully; you are responsible for them. All radios are to be signed-out on the Sign-In Sheet when you obtain a radio.
Operation Guidelines
Turn power on by turning the volume knob clockwise 1/4 turn.
If your radio has a squelch do not adjust it, it is automatic.
Adjust volume to an appropriate level for your position.
Press the large button on the side of the radio to speak, release button to listen.
Radios are not for personal conversation; they are a working tool, use them as such.
Keep radio communications at a professional level while using the radios.
NOTE: The radios are monitored throughout the Museum, and can be heard easily by guests. It is very important that you not convey confidential information (such as specific details of an emergency) over the radio. Please be discreet in what you say and how you say it. Remember, people are listening.
The following is a list of codes (“ten codes”) that we use to effectively and concisely communicate with each other over the radio:
Protection Services/Security Housekeeping
10-1 Officer needs assistance 10-51 Washroom Cleanup
10-2 Signal good 10-52 Replenish paper
10-3 Radio Silence (stop transmitting) 10-53 Clogged toilet
10-4 Affirmative (acknowledge, ok) 10-54 Sink clogged
10-7 Out of Services 10-55 Pan Up
10-8 In Services 10-56 Trash Overflow/Removal
10-9 Say Again (repeat) 10-57 Spill cleanup
10-10 Disgruntled visitor 10-58 Flood cleanup
10-12 Stand By 10-59 Blood cleanup
10-13 Pickpocket 10-60 Vomit cleanup
10-14 Suspicious Person (m=male f=female) 10-61 Chemical spill
10-17 Enroute to Assignment 10-62 Graffiti
10-18 Urgent 10-63 Outside/Inside entrance
10-20 Location 10-64 Grounds cleanup
10-21 Call by Phone 10-65 Ice/snow removal
10-22 Disregard 10-66 Glass cleanup
10-24 Assignment Completed 10-67 Gum removal
10-25 Report Meet
10-26 Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)
10-30 On break or lunch
10-44 Bomb threat
10-45 Looking for lost child
10-46 Have lost child
10-47 Medical Assistance
10-100 Bathroom Break
Code Blue – Major Medical Code Orange – Explosion
Code Red – Fire Code Green- Fight
Code Black - Active Shoot Code Silver - Firearm
Amber Alert - Child Abduction