Opportunity summary
Term length
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06/01/2024 - 06/30/2027
Application window
04/01/2024 - 04/15/2026
Location
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Hourly pay equivalent
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$17.20
Project summary
Conduct conservation in a wide variety of projects on public lands, and prepare for federal or private hiring. Projects can include wildland firefighting, support and fuels reduction, timber management including surveys, removal, and pruning, invasives mitigation, watershed rehabilitation, and developed and dispersed recreation, among others.
Opportunity description
Learn natural resource management in both forest and urban environment, tree identification, tree climbing, tree pruning and felling, and operation of heavy equipment such as fellerbunchers. Learn safety. Use this to clear roads, maintain public areas, maintain tree and forest health and mitigate invasive species; operate and maintain specialized tools and equipment. There are as many as 10 openings.
Benefits
- Living stipend
- Paid time off
- Free housing
- Healthcare
- Meals
- Uniforms
- Transportation from home
- Counseling
- Education and GED/high school diploma
- Drivers licensing, and trade certifications
- Each student can engage in paid work-based learning on National Forests (see pay equivalent), and earn a public land corps certificate for federal hiring preference
- Enrollment open year round
- Progress self paced up to two years
Requirements and qualifications
Requirements
Must meet income limitations and be between 16 and 24 years old or have a disability. The next step will take you to an eligibility screening. This trade includes significant outdoor activity and physical training, hiking with a pack, and requires strength to use tools. Those who are not able to meet physical requirements are nonetheless encouraged to apply as there are other trades which also are conservation focused. Please ask. There is no requirement for a high school diploma or GED.
Preferred qualifications
Urban Forestry requires an interest in working outdoors, protecting the land and serving people. The CCCs offer many other trades that also support conservation and public lands, such as heavy equipment operation, welding, construction and maintenance, office administration, and culinary. Please apply if you are interested in any of these, or other trade training.
