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Volunteer Task Descriptions

Most positions require at least a 4-hour per week commitment. All positions focus on creating an extraordinary visitor experience.

Interactive Exhibits Presenter

Interact with visitors, help them experience our exhibits and have fun learning science while working on the exhibit floors, including roboworld^™, Exploration Station, and BodyQuest. There are over 100 hands-on activities for kids and adults. Help pique imaginations at the water table, play robot hockey, introduce visitors to our animal ambassadors, and much more.

Highmark SportsWorks^®

Help visitors climb a wall, bounce on a bungee trampoline, become a human yo-yo and much more at Highmark SportsWorks^®, the largest science of sport exhibit in the world.

SeaScape Presenter or Assistant

Learn about and present sea creature information to visitors, or assist in the "behind-the-scenes" maintenance of SeaScape as well as the development and research of educational materials.

XPLOR Store

Demonstrate gift shop merchandise to visitors in the store, lobby and outdoors. Assist visitors in selecting a CSC remembrance to take home or help other XPLOR Store team members with general retail functions.

OMNIMAX^® Support

Greet guests, control traffic, take tickets, help at the concession stand and maintain the Omnimax theater.

Visitor Service Representative

Make a good first impression and help visitors navigate the Science Center. Greet visitors and provide answers to myriad questions that visitors have about the Science Center as well as the Greater Pittsburgh region.

Education Program Assistant

Assist the presenters and interact with children during one of our fun educational programs: Workshops, Summer Camps, Science Sleepovers.

Buhl Planetarium

Help visitors explore the galaxy by greeting visitors or leading a planetarium show.

Science Theaters

Assist with fun and tasty learning in the Kitchen Theater or encounter generators and power transformers in the Works Theater.

Miniature Railroad & Village^®

Become a part of the tradition. Climb aboard and guide visitors through our Miniature Railroad & Village^® filled with rich, historical Western Pennsylvania culture.

USS Requin Submarine

Learn how our cold war submarine operates and share what life onboard was like for the USS Requin submarine crew.

Administrative Support

Help out behind the scenes by providing to support to one of our various departments.

Could involve helping in the mailroom, taking surveys, data entry or creating newsletters.

Girls, Math & Science Partnership

Help girls change the world! Volunteer to work in one of the following areas (or suggest a new idea of your own): project planning, events, science content and writing, website (www.braincake.org), or community partnership. We welcome volunteers of all ages above 16.

Special Events

Help the Science Center in a variety of different ways when we have a special program, from assisting with activities to behind the scenes preparations.  Some of our popular special events include SciTech Days, Mess Fest, and Breakfast Express.