Individual Placement - Natural Resource Maintenance Crew Member

Student Conservation Association•Oldtown, ID

12d

About The Position

Members support a wide range of natural resource maintenance tasks, including operating hand and power tools, performing grounds upkeep, assisting with repairs, and moving materials and equipment. They also help maintain recreation and wildlife sites through routine cleaning, debris removal, minor equipment servicing, and general site maintenance.

Requirements

Must be 18 years of age.
Must wear required attire by SCA while on duty.
Must possess and maintain valid driver’s license.
Possess good verbal and written communications skills.
Physical ability to navigate campground loops, swim areas and visit campsites, lift 50 lbs and carry a 50 lb. object 25 feet.
Positions may require extended periods in the outdoors during adverse conditions such as heat, cold or rain.

Nice To Haves

First aid and CPR certification.
Chainsaw operation.
Landscaping/yard work experience.
Previous maintenance experience as employee or volunteer.
Basic hand tool skills.

Responsibilities

Using a variety of common hand tools, such as hatchets, saws, tampers, rakes, and shovels in performing simple maintenance or repair jobs and/or assisting others in more complex and demanding tasks such as moving earth or sand
Setting forms and mixing and pouring concrete.
Lubricating equipment and similar tasks.
Operating simple power tools as required.
Moving materials by wheelbarrows or hand trucks.
Operating equipment on grades and slopes such as chain saws, jack hammers, compactors, heavy power mowers, power trimmers, power edgers, powered string trimmers and large electric drills.
Performing routine maintenance work required, such as painting, preparing metal surfaces for painting and/or epoxying, scrubbing, sweeping, debris removal, tree cutting, litter pickup, weeding, and other tasks.
On occasion, cutting or trimming grass using clippers of light or moderate weight.
Digging ditches and trenches, filling and leveling holes, cleaning and storing hand tools.
Weeding, raking leaves, emptying refuse cans, removing debris from public grounds.
Works with Albeni Falls Dam staff to maintain and make minor repairs to irrigation systems and fencing.
Uses common hand tools in repairing these items or assists by retrieving needed supplies and tools and moving and holding items while the maintenance workers perform the needed repairs.
With detailed instructions, digs ditches and trenches where grading and sloping is not required.
Fills and levels holes.
Loads, unloads and moves materials, supplies and equipment.
Cleans and stores hand tools.
Performs minor maintenance on grounds equipment such as daily servicing requirements and blade changes. Loads and unloads trucks, box cars and other conveyances.
Moves supplies and materials to proper location by wheelbarrows or hand trucks.
Stacks materials for storage or binning.
Collects refuse and salvageable material.
May clean and sanitize park buildings and facilities including restrooms, picnic shelters, RV dump stations, boating facilities, pump-houses, storage buildings, and park offices. Work crew members will also work with project staff, USACE volunteers and external volunteer organizations to accomplish some of these tasks.