Volunteer
Job Description
FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/
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ADDRESS: Vernal Field Office; 170 South 500 East; Vernal, Utah 84078
DEPT:
DATES: 5/30/2021 – 9/30/2021
DESCRIPTION:
Vernal Bureau of Land Management is seeking enthusiastic volunteer campground hosts for Spring/Summer 2021 (Mid-May through September). Campground hosts perform a variety of duties including light maintenance, reporting safety concerns, and providing information to visitors. Volunteers are needed starting on May 30, 2021 through September 30, 2021 and will work 36 hours/week, with two weekdays off.
Campground hosts are needed from May 30 to September 30, 2021, spending at least 4 consecutive months volunteering at Pelican Lake Campground. Thirty-six hours of service time per week would be required. Duties include maintaining a safe environment for both coworkers and visitors, and some light maintenance. RV/trailer site is provided but no amenities are available on-site. A stipend is available to offset expenses. Please no RVs longer than 45 feet and trailers longer than 45 feet.
Pelican Lake includes Twenty Primitive campsites sites, two group sites and four day use sites are available for public use. Each site includes a picnic table, fire ring and convenient access to vault toilets.
DUTIES
Visitor and Fee Collection Services
Remove and collect expired laminated reservation cards from site marker posts and return them to the fee kiosk.
Walk, bicycle or drive golf cart through the campground, greeting and assisting visitors, answering questions and explaining regulations, which apply to them. Help visitors in understanding how to store food and other odorous items, and what they should do if encountering wildlife, including bears.
Be familiar with recreational opportunities, interpretive ranger programs, scenic drives, local points of interest and the location of services that might be requested by campers such as towing, groceries, churches, tourist attractions and local events.
Secure found items. Document lost or found items.
Offer public assistance in the use of self-registration system, if requested.
Safety and Park Regulations
Report emergencies via radio immediately to dispatch.
Notify fee supervisor and law-enforcement ranger of possible violations.
Be observant for activities within the campground requiring immediate attention – ranging from a tree-limb needing to be trimmed, bees, and stopped-up toilets to problem campers.
Inform rangers immediately of any type of wildlife sighting or incidents.
Schedule and Campground Coverage
Host is expected to work most weekends and all holidays during their term. However, your supervisor will work with you to accommodate your needs, as possible, for variances in schedule.
At least one person must be available at all times during a camp host’s on-duty schedule.
Camp hosts are to be available for regular duty from the time quiet hours end in the morning until quiet hours begin at night.
Camp hosts are expected to help respond to campground emergencies through communication with dispatch at any time.
Maintenance Services Assistance
Camp hosts may perform light maintenance work around the campground such as litter pickup. May perform minor maintenance tasks such as cleaning out fire rings, cleaning picnic tables, removing fallen limbs.
Check restrooms, empty trash cans and bags, replace toilet paper, and notify maintenance supervisor of problems.
QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants will be working outdoors primarily performing campground roves/checks and light maintenance. A minimum of 32 hours per week with two weekday days off. Some work may include public information about rules and regulations. Camp hosts must provide their own RV or tent for a minimum 4 month stay.