TRAINING SCHEME

Øyafestivalen has created a training scheme where the other festivals have the ability to apply for various departments within their area of interest. The scheme is intended to provide training in understanding how the organization is built up, how the festival is planned and how the current team goes about their work at the festival. The scheme will also provide good insight into how the festival as a whole works.

Program for training
Trainees participate in a general briefing and site review, which is held the first day of the festival in the park, ie Wednesday 11 August. They are free for the rest of the day after the briefing, with free admission to the festival. Three days of this training scheme involves participating actively as a volunteer personnel in the department they have sought and been granted a place in.

The program is designed to give trainees a good overview of everything that goes on with the experienced people in various roles in the department. Working hours will be from approximately 09:00 pm to around 23:00 pm depending on the department the trainee is in. It is assumed that the trainee will arrive awake and rested, as the other personnel will. The Øya festival has a rule that all personnel on the job must be completely sober.

Application Process

The application deadline is Thursday 25th June. You can find the application form HERE. Applicants should submit their application by e-mail to: hospitant@oyafestivalen.com. The application shall contain the following:
• CV
• Application Form
• Recommendation from the festival / event manager
All applicants must be over 18 and have (or should have) a responsible role in a festival or similar event where the experience can be relevant to us. Any applicants must be able to be in Oslo for the festival period, 11th-15th August, and be able to cover food and lodging themselves. It is expected that applicants would like to actively participate and help to get the most out of their stay.

Departments that you can apply for are:
-Arena (working on rig, 9th-10th August and de-rig, 16th August)
-Artist
-Accreditation
-Bar
-Ticket
-Voluntary Management
-Environment (in collaboration with the Nature and Youth)
-Security (must be over 20 years and have impeccable record)
-Transport (should have a driving license:)

If you can not find a department that you wish to apply for, you can just define what you want to do in the application form, and we will take the request on to the appropriate department in the Øya system. If you have further questions about the system, please send an e-mail to hospitant@oyafestivalen.com.