Location: Elkins,WV, USA
Hands-on Historic Trades Team - Preserve WV AmeriCorps
The Preserve WV AmeriCorps Historic Trades three-person Team will serve closely alongside their site supervisor, who is an Architectural Historian for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, to complete hands-on historic preservation and documentation projects across 10 counties. The Monongahela National Forest is a unit of the USDA Forest Service and includes approximately 920,000 acres throughout the Allegheny Highlands region of West Virginia - an area world renowned for its rugged landscape and spectacular views, rivers, blueberry thickets, highland bogs, and open areas with exposed rocks. The Heritage Program is tasked with the management of a wealth of above-ground cultural resources throughout the forest including transportation resources, homesites, recreation resources from the mid-century and CCC-era, and more. Created in 2013, Preserve WV AmeriCorps is the statewide national service initiative where AmeriCorps members help main streets thrive, cultivate cultural heritage tourism, and preserve beloved West Virginia history. Preserve WV AmeriCorps members serve directly with rural grassroots organizations and public agencies charged with preserving West Virginia history. Members' service is site-dependent but generally involves historic preservation, communications, educational outreach, and volunteer management. The primary goal of this program is to build efficient, effective, and sustainable organizations working to improve economic, social, and cultural opportunities in West Virginia. Further help on this page can be found by clicking here.
Member Duties : Historic Trades Team Members will serve approximately 35-40 hours per week. The team will primarily serve as a unit conducting hands-on historic preservation repairs and maintenance on cultural resources and will be based at the Forest Service headquarters in Elkins. Regional travel will be required to complete projects. The Forest Service will provide transportation for team activities requiring regional travel. Team activities will include: (1) Hands-on Historic Trades to Address Deferred Maintenance - Window restoration - Vegetation and biological growth removal - Cemetery maintenance - Minor log and wood treatments - Repainting (2) Identification & Documentation - Photograph historic resources - Write physical descriptions of properties with measurements and site drawings - Evaluation for eligibility and nominations for listing on National Register of Historic Places (3) Educational & Interpretation - Research and develop digital and physical content for the public
Program Benefits : Living Allowance , Childcare assistance if eligible , Training , Health Coverage , Education award upon successful completion of service .
Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours , Car recommended , Permits working at another job during off hours , Uniforms provided and required .
Service Areas :
Neighborhood Revitalization .
Skills :
Trade/Construction .