Maintenance
Volunteer
Job Description
Redwood National and State Parks is seeking enthusiastic volunteer cabin/maintenance hosts from December 2021 through October 2022. Cabin hosts perform a variety of duties including cleaning cabins, light maintenance, selling firewood, reporting safety concerns, and providing park information to visitors. Volunteers are needed starting anytime and will work 32+ hours/week, with days off to explore. It is required that volunteers have their own RV/trailer in order to qualify for this position.
Main duties will be cleaning the cabins (4 total) after 12 pm check out and before check-in at 3pm each day. Between 3 to 4 days a week cleaning cabins.
- Wiping down all surfaces
- Sweeping
- Cleaning windows
- Raking outside area as needed
- Leaf blowing stairs, ramps, and surrounding area
- Checking on the condition of the cabins and if things need to be fixed reporting to kiosk and maintenance staff for repairs.
- Working with California State Park maintenance for these duties when using supplies and tools.
Visitor and Fee Collection Services
1. At the beginning of the workday, cabin hosts collect self-registration/fee envelopes from two “iron rangers,” which are used by campers who arrived the night before, after the fee booth was closed for the evening. They then travel through the campground checking for occupied campsites that may not have registered and paid the previous evening. They report these sites to fee booth employees.
2. Remove and collect expired laminated reservation cards from site marker posts and return them to the fee kiosk.
3. 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.
4. Be familiar with park 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, tourist attractions, and local events.
5. Sell firewood and fire starters.
6. Maintain and keep accountable quarters for showers.
7. Secure found items, document lost or found items.
8. Offer public assistance in the use of self-registration system, if requested.
Safety and Park Regulations
1. Report emergencies via park radio immediately to dispatch.
2. Notify fee supervisor and law-enforcement ranger of possible park violations.
3. Be observant for activities within the campground requiring immediate attention – ranging from a tree-limb needing to be trimmed, bees, stopped-up toilets, or problem campers.
4. Inform rangers immediately of any type of wildlife incidents.
5. Drive park “golf carts” throughout campground.
Schedule and Campground Coverage
1. Host is expected to work most weekends and all holidays during their term. However, the fee supervisor will work with you to accommodate your needs, as possible, for variances in schedule.
2. When one cabin host is off duty, the other cabin hosts must be on-site and available to respond to visitor needs. At least one person must be available at all times during a cabin host’s on-duty schedule.
3. Cabin hosts are to be available for regular duty from the time quiet hours end in the morning until quiet hours begin at night.
4. Cabin hosts are expected to help respond to campground emergencies through communication with park dispatch at any time.
Maintenance Services Assistance
1. Cabin hosts may perform light maintenance work around the campground such as litter pickup, cleaning out fire rings, cleaning picnic tables, or removing fallen limbs.
2. Check restrooms and notify maintenance supervisor of problems.
Applicants should have a strong desire and willingness to work in a busy campground, be able to get along with others in a team setting, and able to work outdoors. Applicants must be reliable and willing to seriously commit to their agreed upon schedule. Being able to lift up to 50 lbs. is desired. Applicants need to have a valid driver’s license, as well as their own RV/trailer to stay in.
- Drivers License
- General Assistance
- Visitor Information
- Working with People
Applicants will be working outdoors primarily performing campground roves/checks and light maintenance. Some work will occasionally be done inside of the small kiosk for this campground. Weather is typically quite nice during the summer; it can be foggy on the coast though with mild temperatures.
- General housekeeping
- Slip, trip, and fall hazards
Tagged as: SPRING '25, SUMMER '25