wiredsafety.org is the world's largest online safety and help group

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• Please, fill out the WiredSafety volunteer application, selecting your desired division, and submit it online.
• Make sure you also insert your whole given name into the space in the agreement at the bottom of the application.
• We must have your real ISP e-mail address not a cyber remailer or web e-mail address, such as yahoo, iwon, hotmail, etc.
• All volunteers must provide a police clearance letter. U.K. volunteers, with the exception of teens and children, must provide a specific document [a Data Protection Certificate]. You can proceed with the orientation while we await receipt of the letter.
• We must receive the certificate/statement before you will be allowed to work in the division you have selected.

While waiting for your certificate/statement to arrive here, please DO attend the basic training classes and feel free to attend any others that may interest you. You can e-mail the 4-6 weeks after you mail your certificate/statement stating that you have no criminal convictions.

• Follow this link for details about this certificate/statement >>

You must send the original certificate/statement, including your WiredSafety nickname and ID#, via air mail to:

WiredSafety
96 Linwood Plaza
#417
Ft. Lee, NJ
USA 07024-3701

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A "Welcome" e-mail will be sent to you shortly after your application is processed.

Most applicants receive this within 24 hours, but as we said, we are experiencing delays due to the high volume of new volunteers lately.

This letter will include information about what you can expect, a schedule of the upcoming week's classes, information on getting on IRC (our class channels) and the names of members whom you may contact if you have any questions.

If something was missing on your application you may instead receive an e-mail asking for the missing info or clarification.

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All new volunteers will have to take online orientation classes, which include information about our mission and code of conduct.

These classes are conducted in our online chat rooms, and will give you a chance to meet some other WiredSafety and make some new friends. Specific information about the classes (where, when, and how to get there) can be found on our Wired-Ed pages.

We encourage you to spend several weeks taking these classes, as well as spending time in the WiredSafety chat rooms - so we can get to know you too :-)

Tutoring can be arranged online, on a one-to-one basis for those who cannot make the scheduled classes.

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While you are taking your orientation classes, you will also be taking two Safe Sites Team classes, showing you how to rate and review sites. The first class is Ratings 1, and here you will have 3 sites to rate and send in to the teacher before you go on to the next rating class. Rating #2 class will be held as soon as you have sent the 3 site reports in.

The Safe Sites Team Director will send you a total of 15 sites to rate. (Two others are also rating the same sites, and a combination of all three ratings will determine the classification of the site.) You will have up to 4 weeks to complete your review and rating of the 15 sites. If for some reason you are unable to finish them in that length of time, just contact the Rating Director. If any of this isn't clear, don't worry - by the time you are finished the class, it will be!!

When you have finished the 15 site ratings, the Rating Director will notify the Wired-Ed director, who will keep track of all of your orientation classes.

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When you think you have fulfilled all of your orientation classes (and Safe Sites Team classes if required), please e-mail  with your nick and ID # and ask for a printout of your attendance. When you receive this, you will forward it to the . Let them know what teams you wish to join, and they will, in turn, notify the appropriate director of the team (or teams!) that you want to work with.

Some teams and divisions, such as Cyberstalking and Harassment team, are by invitation only. You can request an assignment to that team, but due to security issues and the delicate nature of the work, some of our teams are very careful in choosing team members. Most teams and divisions are open for all volunteers.

At that point, the Director of the division will contact you and welcome you and get you started on any training needed to work with this division, or integrate you into the division or team right away.

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