Volunteer

Description

Montgomery Parks Agricultural History Farm Park provides a variety of historic, as well as present day, farm education programs for the public. A variety of animals live on the Farm to support the interpretive programs and enhance the visitor experience. These may include goats, pigs, chickens, and ducks. Each of these animals has special needs and is cared for daily through the support of trained Farm Animal Caretaker volunteers.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Examples of important duties, include:

Weekly:

• Change the bedding of all animals.


• Ensure biosecurity of stalls and animal housing areas.


• Maintain animal accountability records.

Daily:

• Feed and water animals.


• Clean troughs and water buckets.


• Rake barn, pasture, and stall areas.

IMPORTANT SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Ability to:

• Treat animals with appropriate care and respect.


• Work comfortably with many different types of farm animals.


• Communicate and work well with Park Staff and Farm visitors.


• To learn more about the animals and share this knowledge with the public.


• Work independently.


• Follow directions with accuracy and attention to detail.

ORIENTATION AND TRAINING:

• Orientation and Training will be provided by supervisor and/or additional staff, including safety, call-in policy, site orientation and introduction to other staff and volunteers. Will include training on animal care, emergency procedures, customer relations and other topics as required.


• Training provided for equipment; must demonstrate proficiency.

AUTHORITY:

Volunteers will have access to secure animal pens and feed. May be allowed to use off road vehicle (cart) to move between animal sites with feed and supplies.

BENEFITS:

Volunteers may be recognized for their contributions in various ways, including recognition events, shirts and name tags, access to training and programming, and learning from specialists.

Onsite contact person: Edward Trey (301-563-7535 or 301-672-4713)

Background check required: Yes

Minimum age of volunteers: 16

Volunteer Type: Adult, Family, Senior (55+), Youth, Student Service Learning

Job Type: Long-term (6 months+)

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Job Details

Description

Are you a group leader looking to do some Team Building, have your group give back to the environment, or just them get out in the parks? We can help you with that!

We are always looking from groups like yours to help us with several types of projects in the parks, including Weed Warrioring (removing bad plants so good plants can thrive); Park Cleanups; Nature Center Projects (can including gardening/mulching/restoring play areas/trails/etc.); Gardening; helping New Trees Survive; Spreading Wood Fiber at Plagrounds and many more.

Contact our office by applying to this job, emailing parksvolunteers@montgomeryparks.org, or just give us a call at 301-495-2474.

We will need to know some basic information to set you up with the right project, including:
- Size and ages of group
- When and Where would be convenient for your group
- Any restrictions (need bathrooms, running water on site)
- Group Leader contact information (and anyone who needs to be copied on any correspondence.

Thanks - we look forward to working with your group on setting up a great project in the Parks!

When applying, choose the GROUP application with the Leader Contact information. Volunteer Group Leaders must be 18 or older, but group ages can range from 5 on up, depending upon the project.

Background check required: No

Minimum age of volunteers: 5

Volunteer Type: Adult, Family, Senior (55+), Youth, Student Service Learning, Group, Scout, Corporate

Job Type: Event (1-7 days)

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Job Details