SLIDE 9 Redwood National and State Parks - Maintenance Worker (Trails)
posted Feb 2, 2016, 6:30 AM by Christine Funderburk [ updated Feb 2, 2016, 6:31 AM ] PARK NAME – JOB TI TLE: Redwood National and State Parks, Maintenance Worker-Trails DUTY STATI ON CI TY/ CI TI ES: Orick and Crescent City, CA SERI ES/ GRADE( S) : WG-4749-05 SALARY RANGE ( either Per Hour or Annually) : $17.71 - $20.65 per hour APPROXI MATE NUMBER OF POSI TI ONS TO BE FI LLED AT THI S LOCATI ON: 8 GOVERNMENT HOUSI NG: May Be Available ANTI CI PATED LENGTH OF SEASON: April – September, 2016 POSI TI ON CONTACT: Lynn Erickson-Levi 707-465-7737 Email: lynn_erickson-levi@nps.gov PARK/ AREA I NFORMATI ON: Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) stretch along the northern California coast, beginning northeast of Crescent City south to the watershed protecting the magnificent Tall Trees Grove near Orick. An amazing diversity of life exists at RNSP. The ancient coast redwood ecosystem preserved in the parks contains some of the planet’s most majestic forests. Here, banana slugs, gray whales, Douglas fir, black bears, and sea anemones are equally at home with redwoods and oak woodlands. For more information about this unique ecosystem, please visit our web site at http: / / www.nps.gov/ redw. MAJOR DUTI ES: The Maintenance Worker (Trails) operates as part of a team under the direction of the Maintenance Worker Supervisor. The major duties that the incumbent is responsible for is performing maintenance, construction and repairs on trails, trail bridges, associated structures, backcountry campgrounds and public use facilities. This requires knowledge of and experience with: basic carpentry, the use of both hand and power tools, construction and repairs of trail tread, foot bridges, drainage structures, retaining walls; vegetation removal using both hand tools and power equipment; with certification, safely using various sizes of chainsaws in felling timber, cutting, bucking, and limbing trees; utilizing griphoists, winches and rigging for moving and placing heavy objects. This position requires the ability to safely operate a variety of power equipment such as chainsaws, hedge trimmers, brush cutters, vibrating compactors and motorized carriers, including providing preventative maintenance. This position may require assisting the custodial and facilities management
- perations as needed, along with providing assistance and support for the Resource Management Division in the park with various tasks
and projects. At times, this position may require providing leadership and guidance to seasonal laborers, volunteers and youth work groups in performing the work listed above. The work is performed outdoors in various types of weather and requires heavy physical exertion and strenuous physical activity, lifting and carrying objects weighing up to 50 pounds, hiking long distances (15 miles or more miles in a day) on backcountry trails which traverse steep terrain. JOB REQUI REMENTS:
- Possession of Valid State Driver’s License
- Must wear National Park Service uniform (allowance is included)
- Physical Ability to Perform Arduous Duties (ability to lift up to 50 pounds)
