Guard Survey

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* 1. Are you currently a guard?

Yes

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* 2. What best identifies your type of museum where you worked/ work?

Art Museum

Historical Museum

Science Museum

Natural History Museum

Historic Home

Children's Museum

Zoo or Aquarium

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How long have you been a guard/ how long did you work as a guard?

0-6 months

6 months to a year

1-2 years

3-5 years

6-10 years

11-15 years

16-20 years

21-25 years

26 plus years

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* 4. For the majority of your times as a guard were you full-time?

Yes

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* 5. For the guard role you held longest, what was the name for guards?

Guard

Gallery Attendant

Security Professional

Greeter

Other (please specify)

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* 6. For the guard role you held longest, were guards in the same division as front of house staff, like ticketing staff?

Yes

Don't know

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* 7. As a guard, were you given paid time to attend:

	yes	no
all staff meetings	all staff meetings yes	all staff meetings no
professional development	professional development yes	professional development no
staff parties	staff parties yes	staff parties no

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* 8. When you worked as a guard, did you also: (Or if you are currently a guard, do you?)

Attend school full-time

Attend school part-time

Work additional jobs

Apply for a different position at that museum

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* 9. Guards do many things. Rank the relative importance of each role.

Help visitors find their way

Protect the collection

Share information about the collection to visitors

Represent the museum

Make visitors feel welcome

Encourage people to go to exhibitions

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* 10. What other parts of the role of being a guard did I miss?

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* 11. How did your relative ranking of the guard's responsibility compare with your managers?

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* 12. What types of professional development did you receive? Would you like?

	Have Recieved	Would Love to Recieve
Diversity Training	Diversity Training Have Recieved	Diversity Training Would Love to Recieve
Aggression-Diffusion Training	Aggression-Diffusion Training Have Recieved	Aggression-Diffusion Training Would Love to Recieve
Cultural Competency Training	Cultural Competency Training Have Recieved	Cultural Competency Training Would Love to Recieve
Visitor Service Training	Visitor Service Training Have Recieved	Visitor Service Training Would Love to Recieve
Collection Information Training	Collection Information Training Have Recieved	Collection Information Training Would Love to Recieve
Education-methods Training	Education-methods Training Have Recieved	Education-methods Training Would Love to Recieve
Alice Training (Active-Shooter Training)	Alice Training (Active-Shooter Training) Have Recieved	Alice Training (Active-Shooter Training) Would Love to Recieve
Egress Training	Egress Training Have Recieved	Egress Training Would Love to Recieve
Natural DIstaster Readiness Training	Natural DIstaster Readiness Training Have Recieved	Natural DIstaster Readiness Training Would Love to Recieve
Self-Care	Self-Care Have Recieved	Self-Care Would Love to Recieve

Guard Survey

1. Working as a Guard

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* 1. Are you currently a guard?

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* 2. What best identifies your type of museum where you worked/ work?

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* 3. How long have you been a guard/ how long did you work as a guard?

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* 4. For the majority of your times as a guard were you full-time?

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* 5. For the guard role you held longest, what was the name for guards?

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* 6. For the guard role you held longest, were guards in the same division as front of house staff, like ticketing staff?

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* 7. As a guard, were you given paid time to attend:

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* 8. When you worked as a guard, did you also: (Or if you are currently a guard, do you?)

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* 9. Guards do many things. Rank the relative importance of each role.

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* 10. What other parts of the role of being a guard did I miss?

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* 11. How did your relative ranking of the guard's responsibility compare with your managers?

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* 12. What types of professional development did you receive? Would you like?

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* 13. What is the type of training that you most wished you could have? Why?

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* 14. What was the hardest thing about being a guard?

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* 15. What did senior staff not understand about being a guard?

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* 16. Why did you choose to be a guard?

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* 17. If you are no longer a guard, why did you leave guarding?