team trainer

security officer

custodian

cook

guest service agent

U.S. Space & Rocket Center

Get To work Between 5:00 -7:00am go to pep and prep get you notes for the day, then go wake up your kids on your team tell them to get ready and be down stirs in 30min, take your kids to sick bay to take their morning Medications , go to Breakfast, do build rockets, rovers and Mars base. Go to various lectures. go to the Natural Geographies 3D theatre and the digital planetarium. Go to lunch Medications  at sick bay ether before, after or both depending on the trainees needs that you may have on your team. Go to lunch then do reenactment missions to the moon and international space-station. And specialized simulation missions to mars. Then go low  and high ropes obstacle course. Go zip ling, rock climbing , and pamper pole. Plus go to our outdoor and indoor(ride like) simulators  Moon shot, G Force and hyper-ship rides. Meet a real astronaut 2 twice to 3 times  a week. If your work a morning shift only, you'll get off at around 2:45- 3:15pm depending on when you night shift person can get in. But if work both morning and night shifts you stay 10:45-11:30pm. Go to presentations on various subjects such as Life on the international space station, NASA plans to how to get to Mars, How Space Technology and Inventions effects our Daily Lives, Space Weather, Space Laws, the Space Race from the Russian Prospective, and etc. Also finish any actives that weren't able to be finish during the morning shift. Go to dinner Medications at sick bay ether before, after or both depending on the trainees needs that you may have on your team. Go to dinner then go stars and constellations and use our various different telescopes. Do team building exercise like making a team mission patch or doing a space scavenger hunt. Bring you team to the Habitat they are sleeping at so they can get ready for bed, take the trainees who have night Medications to sick bay and finally put your teams to bed. 
And get ready for yet another busy day at Space Camp when ether you or morning shift person wakes your team up in the morning.

If you enjoy being called multiple times a day by a supervisor who assumes you are up to no good, this is the job for you. Even if you work your hardest, you will get the treatment that you are always slacking, and then sent to clean up after other workers who do less. Every once in a while, your biggest boss will thank you and complement you on your work, which at least one positive. Expect to be sent to multiple buildings in a day, walking constantly. Micromanagement is big here. You can clean something to the best of your ability; soon after you’ll have a crowd of people trashing the restroom. (Which is fine, restrooms get used, we are paid to clean.) But, you’ll  also get your fellow assistant manager calling you to complain that an Air freshener or a single roll of toilet paper is out whilst you clean multiple other bathrooms, areas of the museum,  spills, and taking care of garbage. They will speak to you with the energy that YOU are in the wrong for not being able to do it all. You get the joy of writing down that you cleaned a restroom while the department does not supply pens for you to write, then get onto you if it is not filled out. On top of receiving calls often, you also are required to carry around a radio that if you lose, costs essentially an entire paycheck. It’s a job, it pays money. The coworkers made working tolerable, along with the cheap cafeteria food. Don’t expect any benefits unless you work full time, which includes working eight days in a row. 

Being a Space Camp crew trainer was a great experience, with many opportunities available if you seek them. 
First it is a great resume builder. You gain extensive customer service and public speaking experience. 

Second it is great fun. During training, you learn what you are going to be required to do by doing it yourself. Esstianlly they pay you to go to Space Camp and then pay you to pass that education and fun on to the next generation of space nerds.

Third, it was a great place to network. If you are an engineer especially, this is a great place to meet local engineers from some of the top companies in the business. Astronauts, scientists and engineers are there almost every day. Some of the engineers that worked on the rocket that took men to the moon volunteer here. 

Fourth. Hours. During the spring, summer and fall , if you want hours and the pay associated with it, there are plenty to go around. 

Management. I have read some of the other reviews posted that say management isn't there for you when you need them. This is untrue. Spacecamp has a great leadership team that is dedicated and encouraging to its staff. There is always one or another around to answer questions or help you when you need it.

In summary, great job, great experience, and great fun.

Work is simple and easy to complete even on busy days. During field trips, the schedules tend to be a bit of a mess, but nothing the average person can't handle. You will learn a lot and the people you meet will be enough to keep you from leaving.  It truly could be an amazing place to work.The managers/supervisors you deal with on the daily aren't to blame for much of the issues. 

However the lack of compensation alone is enough to make me and my coworkers resent our time spent there.

The discounts in the museum's restaurant and gift shop are extremely low, especially for a position paying 8.50 an hour. There is no discount in the cafeteria that makes enough food for everyone in space camp and the museum as a whole, so you're paying $4 (half your hourly pay) to eat in the cafeteria.

The upper management has a very condescending culture as a whole and will try to avoid making eye contact with you.

Also, once again, they only pay you 8.50 an hour. The work in this position is doable and can be very rewarding at times, but the cost of living in Huntsville does not allow a person making 8.50 to do anything. Working 6 days a week I still couldn't afford to save for anything at all. Most companies in the area are paying much better which is shameful.

I have worked there a number of years. I came back after the cv layoffs. It had it's challenges in the past, as any job does, but was in general a fun place to work as a retired professional. I noticed immediately that there was a huge issue not only between staff and remaining mngmnt (mostly inexperienced and young), but also dept to dept. I was warned it was this way, but I still wanted to try. Little to no communication. Upper mngmnt put the heavy work on staff, who get paid much less and get shorter breaks, and didn't help much. They rarely promote from within. The decisions made by mngmnt are chaotic, poorly thought out, and seemingly thoughtless of not only fellow employees as humans, but also customers. They get yelled at for their mask wearing infractions, but not if they are walking around eating purchased food. The cv rules and restrictions are illogical and inconsistently applied. There is gossip, undermining and a general culture of divisiveness there. It quickly became hard to go to work each day. Forget going to hr or upper mngmnt with issues, it hurts you in the end if you are career driven. Good starter job for teens to learn about the real world!

My job here was at best a "temporary-seasonal" position that was in reality a full time job. A typical day started at 6:15 for a staff meeting that lasted 5 minutes and then for the next half hour- sat around and did absolutely nothing until the customers woke for the day. There were some great managers, and then there were the staff on management that were not helpful in any capacity. Many of my co-workers were some of the best and brightest adults in the nation- and were honestly were wasting their skills and talents at the company. The hardest part of my job was separating myself from it. For many years I had let my job essentially take over every part of my life. My identity was completely defined by my job. The ABSOLUTE best part of working at such a well-known company has been the lasting relationships that I made during my tenure at the USSRC. The people that I met that came through the doors varied week to week, and some of my closest friends that I have today are all due to working at Space Camp.

A typical day at work for me is setting up concession stand, taking customers orders, checking tickets, watching the movies, and cleaning concessions stand. 

I've learned alot about customer service - what to say and do in certain situations and how to treat people and kids! I've also learned alot about what it's like to work as a team. 

The management (depending on who) is not as great. There are some managers who just like to fire people, some who seem to not understand how important communication is, and some who are very friendly and fun to be around. It's a mixed bag. 

My co-workers are great! You meet alot of nice people from all walks of life and places. 

The hardest part of the job for me would have to be just the customer service. It's just hard to make people happy sometimes no matter how hard you try. There's also been drama in the department, which is hard to ignore and stay positive. 

The most enjoyable part of the job is getting to meet all kinds of people, easy job, and you get paid more than minimum wage for it.

It's a great job for people leaving home and starting out in the work force. Most everyone is friendly and will go out of their way to make sure you are doing okay. You do get trained pretty well for camp side. It's an awesome job because you work with such a wide variety of kids from all over the world. Management for the majority can be lacking depending on the week. You get free food if you're leading a team, if not and you're on support or some other shift, it will be deducted from your pay. They have yet to pay me for being trained for a different area of camp. Hours can be super long especially with a difficult team. Each team can contain about 17 kids ranging in different ages. The VP and CEO are actually very down to earth and great. The VP is very down to earth and isn't intimidating. Over all it's a great experience with just some kinks to work out.

To start theres very little communication between upper management and staff. They also have a tendency to accommodate people that don't do their jobs but glance over the people that do. Theres an assistant manager that's been there for 15 years hasn't done a bit of work in that 15 years( why are they still there? Nobody knows....) The pay is awful for the amount of work you're expected to do. You will 100% be doing your job and the jobs of the people that don't do their own jobs. Their are good hard working people there but unfortunately they are overshadowed by the lazy unmotivated "workers". All in all id just stay away from the custodial/EVS depth. In general it isn't worth it. Security and everything else seemed to be much better but save yourself the trouble of being under appreciated and under paid. It's very sad the department has become what it has it used to be a fun and wonderful place to work with a sense of family and appreciation now its just toxic and stressful.

When you first start working at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, you feel like you are about to change the world, but the truth is, the company is poorly run. Obviously, any position you get will require that you go beyond the job description, which is not a position; however, on numerous occasions, employees are shuffled from department to department into positions that they are not even interested it. The reason this happens is if you are not performing in the manner that a director, manager, or the CEO prefers, instead of talking to you about those issues, they will move you into an area of less significance. It seems almost a passive-aggressive way of making you leave without having to fire you.
There is almost no opportunity to advance and pay raises are out of the question. I do not recommend working at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center; you will find yourself trapped, overworked, and under-appreciated.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Team trainer 10 salaries reported	$14.60 per hour
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Custodian 10 salaries reported	$13.80 per hour
Cook 3 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour
Guest service agent 1 salary reported	$16.00 per hour

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