Informal educators undertake six basic kinds of work.
These can be labelled as follows. Being about involves activities such as walking round the area, visiting local drinking places and going into the school at break times. In centres 'being about' translates into the time spent sitting round the bar, and coffee lounge. The aim, generally, is to be seen, to make and maintain contact with people, and then to undertake work as it arises. Being there' is a holding operation.