Retail
Job Description
Join the team at Tennessee NWR to help us with conservation needs on the ground! Located on a beautiful bay of Kentucky Lake, we offer a peaceful serene setting filled with wildlife encounters. This refuge is located near multiple other public lands to explore during your off hours. Bring your fishing poles, bikes, kayaks, and hiking boots for more adventures on the refuge and also nearby!
We exchange a large covered RV pad, with full hookups, propane, laundry facilities and wifi for 24 hours of work per week. A work vehicle, equipment and PPE for duties are all provided. Any previous federal equipment or ATV training is desirable, but not mandatory.
Duties vary with volunteer experience, but include mowing, weed eating, painting, light construction, staining, landscape maintenance, picking up trash, installing/maintenance of signs, trail maintenance and other grounds/facility maintenance.
Duties may also include working the reception desk for the visitor center, working the counter for a nature bookstore, working events and possibly even field trips. (Currently our visitor center is closed, but we hope to resume normal functions in the future. So, all these duties are contingent on our visitor center being open.)
- Carpentry
- Clerical/Office Machines
- Conservation Education
- Drivers License
- Hand Power Tools
- Heavy Equipment
- Landscaping/Reforestation
- Other Trade Skills
- Visitor Information
- Working with People
With instructions and guidance, workers typically are out on the refuge completing tasks not with staff present.
- Slip, trip, and fall hazards
- Equipment operation
- Equipment maintenance