Description:
Schedule: Monday-Thursday, 7am-5pm, 10/hrs day
Dates 05-07-2019 - 08-15-2019
Agency: United States Forest Service (USFS)
Location: Cedar City
Overview:
As a trails crew leader, your primary responsibility will be leading a group of high school aged youth on a variety of recreation projects throughout the summer. Focus will be on trail maintenance and construction throughout Iron and Washington County area as well as reestablishing trails destructed by local fires. Crew work will be carried out in an outdoor setting in many different environments and elements and can be extremely intense at times.
Position Responsibilities:
- Coordinate projects and logistics with crew, IIC staff and public land managers.
- Manage all operations of specific crew efficiently and independently.
- Ensure proper clothing, equipment, essentials, and tools are brought daily.
- Maintain program structure and ensure goals and risk management procedures are met.
- Create a fun and meaningful learning/work experience for youth members.
- Communicate tasks clearly and effectively in both oral and written manner.
- Adhere to all rules and regulations as stated in the IIC Intern Guidebook.
- Must be flexible with schedules and daily duties.
- Maintain daily log and photo documentation of crew, projects, and work completed.
Qualifications:
- Complete in good standing a paid three-week field training period working alongside fellow crew leaders and land managers.
- High emphasis on workplace safety, situational awareness and risk management procedures.
- Must be at least 21 years or older and possess valid driver’s license.
- The familiarity of basic hand and power tools as well as some knowledge of trail building, fencing, facility maintenance, vegetation, wildlife and interpretation.
- Crew leaders should have solid outdoor leadership skills, teaching ability, a vigorous work ethic, outdoor/natural resource experience, a positive attitude, maturity, and flexibility.
- Have a clean record and able to pass a background check.
- Preference given to candidates with Wilderness First Aid cert. (or greater), Leave No Trace training, chainsaw cert. and prior conservation or land management crew experience.
Application Instructions:
- Go to https://go.suu.edu/iic
- Click on “Apply Today”
- Fill in online application
- Attach all other requested documents
- Send to appropriate hiring manager