Training for volunteers at the Tokyo Olympics and Para Games begins | NHK News

Tokyo Olympics and Para Games Volunteer training begins October 4: 18:47

Next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the training for 80,000 people selected as tournament volunteers began on the 4th.

In the Tokyo Games, 80,000 people are required for event volunteers called “field casts” who are active in competition venues and athlete villages, and the event organizing committee selected 80,000 people from over 200,000 people who applied last month. I was

The training started sequentially at 13 venues in 11 prefectures nationwide, and on the 4th day of the first day, about 550 people participated in the venues in Tokyo, and a common training was held to learn the basic activity rules of tournament volunteers.

Participants take this shared training once, and then use “e-learning” to learn using the Internet, so participants can learn about the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, how to contact people with disabilities, and SNS. We received explanations about rules such as cautions when posting.

After that, I wrote a note to record my activities and said, “Let's enjoy the tournament”.

The 28-year-old man who participated said, “I've been playing wheelchair basketball since I was an elementary school student, so I'd like to support athletes and spectators as volunteers.”

Around March next year, tournament volunteers will be notified of their active roles and places, will be officially hired, will begin more specific training in April, and will proceed with preparations for production from July. Become.

9 activity areas

80,000 tournament volunteers will be divided into nine activities at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next year.

Nine activity areas are “guidance” to provide guidance and security check for related parties, “competition” to support operation at competition venues and practice venues, and “movement support” to drive cars when relevant parties move. "Attend" to support foreign language communication of key players and teams from overseas, "Operation support" to distribute uniforms to tournament staff and issue ID cards for related persons, Medical room for injured and suddenly ill “Healthcare” engaged in medical care such as transport to the hospital and helping with doping tests, “Technology” that lends communication equipment and inputs competition results, “Media” that supports reporters and photographers, and each competition It is a “ceremony” to help guide players and related people and manage medals at the award ceremony.

The 80,000 people who take the training this time are the most in their 50s, 22%, followed by 19s in the 40s, 17% in the teens, and 36% at the recruitment stage, the 20s who were the most. The number of people who did not participate even when invited to orientation decreased to 16%.

The ratio of males and females was 39% for men and 61% for women, and the number of foreign nationals who accounted for 36% at the recruitment stage was limited to 12% due to their ability to speak Japanese.