Idaho Conservation Corps
Address:
5657 Warm Springs Ave
Boise, Idaho
83716
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve – Facilities Maintenance Internship
JOB DETAILS
Actively Recruiting: Yes
Position title: Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve – Facilities Maintenance Internship
Deadline to apply: 2024-04-15
Type of Position: Intern / Individual Placement
Town, City, Park, etc: arco
State / Territory: Idaho
Benefits: Public Land Corps Hiring Authority
Project/Program Focus: Visitor Services
ORGANIZATION/PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
History Philosophy
Idaho Conservation Corps is a state wide program of Northwest Youth Corps. Northwest Youth Corps (NYC) was started in 1982—during a tough economic period—with the mission of helping youth and young adults to learn, grow, and experience success. Since that time, NYC has helped 17,000 diverse young people benefit from education, leadership, empowerment, and challenge, while completing high priority resource management objectives across the state. Annually NYC crews carry out 180,000 hours of projects such as invasive plant removal, riparian planting, stream restoration, fence construction, and trail maintenance for a variety of federal, state, and local partners.
Our core purpose is to provide opportunities for youth and young adults to learn, grow, and experience success. Our programs focus on education, challenge, community, leadership and empowerment, giving youth critical life skills and confidence. Programs stress teamwork, inclusion, and leadership while promoting a solid work ethic and individual achievement. Youth leave Idaho Conservation Corps knowing that they can overcome obstacles, solve problems, make friends, and attain their objectives in life.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is recruiting two 640 HR Facilities Maintenance Interns beginning May through August 2024. This internship is located in a National Park Service Unit. The intern will perform simple and routine tasks involved in the maintenance and repair of grounds, exterior structures, buildings, and related utilities, requiring the use of a variety of trade practices associated with occupations such as carpentry, masonry, plumbing, electrical, cement work, painting, and other related trades. Interns may also interact with visitors while performing maintenance work. Some projects include an asphalt trail project and stain and seal sidewalk project.
JOB DUTIES
FACILITIES: Lifts and carries light to medium weight materials, tools and packages. Opens and unpacks cardboard cartons by hand and removes contents. Uses hand truck to move bulky, but light loads. Performs such duties as picking up trash and paper from grounds, raking leaves or grass, pulling weeds, watering and trimming grass, spreading abrasives and/or chemicals on icy surfaces, washing motor vehicles and cleaning hand tools after use. May spray pre-mixed weed and/or pest control solutions under controlled conditions and close supervision. Utilizes safety practices and procedures following established safety rules and regulations and maintains a safe work environment. Uses and assures proper fit of required safety equipment and clothing (e.g., safety gloves, ear plugs, safety glasses, steel-toe shoes, or respirators). Maintains a clean work environment. Cleans and lines up hand tools, performs simple clean-up duties, such as sweeping and straightening assigned area.
CUSTODIAL: Scrubs, strips, waxes, and polishes floors using heavy (industrial type) powered scrubbers and buffers. Washes walls using powered wall washing machine. Vacuums/cleans rugs using heavy vacuum cleaner. Adjusts, cleans, and oils these machines and changes brushes, rollers, buffers, and other attachments on them. Washes and replaces blinds and washes ceiling fixtures and room partitions using ladders and scaffolds. Moves heavy furniture, supplies and equipment. Does the full range of cleaning duties in an assigned area following general instructions on the work to be done. Uses various preparations to clean and maintain linoleum, wood, marble, and various kinds of floor, wall, and ceiling surfaces. Removes stains from a variety of surfaces using chemicals and cleaning solutions. Occasionally works on ladders and scaffolds to change light bulbs, wash walls, etc. Runs powered cleaning equipment; cleans and oils it, and changes brushes and accessories. Keeps shop areas clean and in order. Sweeps and wet mops floor and removes oil, hydraulic fluid, grease, and other spilled liquids. Moves heavy boxes, crates, parts, or other obstacles in order to clean up the area and picks up scraps of wood, metal and other materials. Removes scrap and trash cans from area to central pickup point. Wipes benches, machinery etc. as directed. Occasionally provides general facilities assistance to others in the maintenance of buildings, grounds, roads, trails, etc. Occasionally drives passenger cars and pickup trucks to ¾ ton size to and from job sites.
TRAILS: Performs all aspects of trail maintenance and construction as assigned by the trails maintenance work leader, or designee. Examples of the work performed include: clears brush and fallen logs from trail corridor; cleans, repairs, and constructs log or rock drains; installs log or rock retainer bars/steps and checks and/or constructs foot and stock bridges from native materials; constructs and maintains trail structures such as turnpikes, causeways, cribbing trail tread, riprap and rock retaining walls; constructs new segments of trail; and performs rehabilitation and meadow restoration on abandoned or heavily impacted sections of trail. Uses shovels, picks, rakes, axes, Pulaski’s, various types of saws (e.g., McLeod's crosscut, pole, bow, etc.), boppers, chisels, sledgehammers, single jacks, rock bars, draw knives, measuring tapes, levels, squares, scribes, gasoline-powered jackhammers and rock drills, chainsaws, and other trade tools when performing trail maintenance and construction duties. Maintains the tools and equipment used in safe operating condition. Ensures work is performed safely and within prescribed NPS standards. May assist with other park crews and/or projects on an irregular basis.
REQUIREMENTS
Required Qualifications:
- Knowledge of the proper use and routine operator maintenance of hand tools and equipment, and the location and proper storage of materials, tools, and equipment.
- Basic understanding of cleaning, grounds maintenance and lifting procedures.
- Ability to lift or move light to medium-weight objects and to use basic hand tools such as rake, hand-truck, and brush.
- Ability to work safely and properly use industrial cleaners, basic hand and yard tools, and equipment such as a rake, pitch fork, wheelbarrow, hand pump sprayer, hand truck, shovel, push lawn mower (manual) hammer, screwdriver, wrench, and pliers.
- Ability to handle and control heavy powered equipment and to do minor maintenance on this equipment.
- Knowledge of and ability to perform trails maintenance and construction and safely use the heavy hand and power tools associated with trails maintenance and construction (e.g. axes, shovels, hammers, rockbars, chainsaws, rock drills, weed eaters, etc.).
- Knowledge of work and living conditions in remote backcountry locations, including standards for minimum impact camping, and the social demands of such a camp.
- The intern performs work that requires moderately heavy to very heavy physical effort. The incumbent routinely lifts, pushes, pulls, and carries items weighing 50 pounds, and up to 150 pounds (or more) with assistance. Work will routinely require walking several miles per day over park trails to and from job sites.
CONTACT INFORMATION
To Apply:
Please submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references and completely fill out the application form found at https://nwyouthcorps.workbrightats.com/jobsearch/?job_board_classification=Internships
Please select “Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve – Facilities Maintenance Internship” when applying.
Additional Information:
If you have questions about the position, please contact Idaho Conservation Corps Internship Program Coordinator, Matthew Schlegel at 208-593-7622 or [email protected] or Kody Hill at [email protected].
All job offers are contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background check (criminal history and driving history).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Working Conditions:
Outside work is usually performed under all kinds of weather conditions. Indoor work is often accomplished in office buildings or in well-lighted, heated and ventilated areas such as warehouses, loading docks, or trade shops. Frequently exposed to weather and temperature extremes, drafts, noise, dust and dirt, poisonous plants, sunburn, insect bites, and the possibility of bruises, muscle strains, cuts and scrapes. Work requires the intern to follow proper safety procedures and use standard safety equipment such as hardhats, gloves, ear protectors, safety glasses, and steel-toe shoes to avoid possible hazards in the work area. Intern may be exposed to vibration from heavy equipment and to skin irritations from strong cleaning solutions used in stripping floors, etc. Care is required to avoid serious injuries when working on ladders and scaffolds and when using heavy powered equipment.
Duty Location:
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve – Arco, ID
Terms of Employment:
Intern will complete the 16-week (640 Hour) program May-August 2024. The intern will average 40 hours of labor per week, Monday through Friday (9a-5p), minus holidays. Housing may be provided. Interns are responsible for providing their own housing and food. Personal transportation needed.
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