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Maintenance Worker Trails

Austin Community College, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Maintenance Worker Trails

Locations: Tehama County, CA | Kings Canyon National Park, CA | Mammoth Lakes, CA | Paicines, CA | Point Reyes Station, CA | San Francisco, CA | Sequoia National Park, CA | Yosemite National Park, CA | Maui County, HI | Klamath County, OR | Cave Junction, OR | Carbonado, WA | Enumclaw, WA | Longmire, WA | Marblemount, WA | Packwood, WA | Port Angeles, WA | Stehekin, WA

Summary

The typical seasonal entry-on-duty period is April through October but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: April - May 2025.

Open to the first 425 applicants or until 12/18/2024, whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

The duty stations for the parks are:

Pinnacle National Park: Paicines, CA

North Cascades National Park: Marblemount, WA and Stehekin, WA

Crater Lake National Park: Klamath County, OR

Lassen Volcanic National Park: Tehama County, CA

Golden Gate National Recreation Area: San Francisco, CA

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: Tulare County, CA

Haleakala National Park: Maui County, HI

Mount Rainier National Park: Longmire, WA, Packwood, WA, Enumclaw, WA, Carbonado, WA

Devils Postpile National Monument: Mono County, CA

Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve: Josephine County, OR

Point Reyes National Seashore: Marin County, CA

Olympic National Park: Port Angeles, WA

Yosemite National Park: Mariposa County, CA

WG-05 Maintenance Worker (Trails)

Performs trail maintenance, construction, and repair. Tasks include clearing trails of windfalls, limbs, rocks, landslides, and other debris; digging or cleaning culverts and ditches for drainage purposes; clearing brush; and tread work on native soil, gravel, and asphalt trails. Assists or leads trail crews on bridge building, tread, brushing, drainage, and trail clearing projects. Constructs or repairs bridges, food boxes, ramps, corrals, outbuildings, and pit toilets. May assist in or perform masonry work. Paints or stains boxes, corrals, pit toilets, and bridges. May assist in maintenance of historic structures. May assist Packer with preparing loads, as well as saddling and transporting stock. Services and repairs chain saws, brushing saws, gas rock drills and breakers, and generators. Repairs tents, hand tools, lanterns, stoves; sharpens axes, pulaskis, shovels, and clippers. Responsible for inventory updates and issuance of trails equipment, parts, and materials.

WG-07 Maintenance Worker (Trails)

Provides daily guidance and direction to field crews completing trail maintenance/construction. Repairs trail tread and drainage structures, constructs rock walls, turnpiking, cribbing, and foot bridges, removes windfalls, fells trees, and utilizes block, tackle, and winches for moving and placing heavy objects. Constructs and maintains rock and wood water bars, retaining walls, cribbing, and other trail structures. Lays out and constructs new trails in rocky, mountainous terrain, and performs landscape restoration of abandoned trails.

Physical Effort:

Heavy physical effort is required in bending, lifting, and using hand and power tools in trail work. Examples of typical strenuous activity include: Frequently lifts and carries objects weighing over 100 pounds, must carry and roll rocks and logs, move rocks of several tons with rock bars, use hammers to crush or shape rock, and use shovels extensively. Frequently hikes up to 20 miles daily and must be able to do so while carrying a backpack, power, and/or hand tools.

Working Conditions:

Incumbent must have the ability to live and work effectively in backcountry areas in close contact with small groups of people for extended periods. Incumbent must live and work outdoors on projects in various terrains up to 13,000 feet elevation in all extremes of adverse weather conditions. Trail work is dusty, and hazardous conditions may exist when moving rocks and logs, working in and around rockslide areas, working around stock, working around explosives, falling and bucking trees, and working around machinery.

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