Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument – Facilities Maintenance Individual Placement

Idaho Conservation Corps 640 HR

Individual Placement

National Park Service

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument

Hagerman ID

Position Title: Facilities Maintenance Individual Placement 640 HR

Position Summary:

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument is recruiting one 640 HR (16 weeks) Maintenance Individual Placements beginning May through August 2026. This internship is located in a National Park Service Unit. The Individual Placement will perform simple and routine tasks involved in the maintenance and repair of grounds exterior structures buildings and related utilities requiring the use of a variety of trade practices associated with occupations such as carpentry masonry plumbing electrical cement work painting and other related trades. Individual Placement may also interact with visitors while performing maintenance work.

About Northwest Youth Corps (NYC):

Northwest Youth Corps was created in 1984 to offer teenagers and young adults an education-based work experience modeled after the historic Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s. Today we serve over 1000 youth and young adults each year across a four-state region who restore critical habitat build trails lead volunteers educate youth and respond to local and national disasters.

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument (HAFO):

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument was established to preserve fossils from approximately 4 to 3 million years ago during the mid to late Pliocene Epoch. The monument is significant for its variety quantity and quality of animal and plant fossils including mastodons saber-toothed cats and giant ground sloths. HAFO also preserves fossils of horses beavers and many types of waterbirds which can be found in Hagerman today. Learn more about HAFO and its partner agency Thousand Springs State Park (TSSP) here:

Duties and Responsibilities:

FACILITIES: Lifts and carries light to medium weight materials tools and packages. Opens and unpacks cardboard cartons by hand and removes contents. Uses hand truck to move bulky but light loads. Performs such duties as picking up trash and paper from grounds raking leaves or grass pulling weeds watering and trimming grass spreading abrasives and/or chemicals on icy surfaces washing motor vehicles and cleaning hand tools after use. May spray pre-mixed weed and/or pest control solutions under controlled conditions and close supervision. Utilizes safety practices and procedures following established safety rules and regulations and maintains a safe work environment. Uses and assures proper fit of required safety equipment and clothing (e.g. safety gloves ear plugs safety glasses steel-toe shoes or respirators). Maintains a clean work environment. Cleans and lines up hand tools performs simple clean-up duties such as sweeping and straightening assigned area.

CUSTODIAL: Scrubs strips waxes and polishes floors using heavy (industrial type) powered scrubbers and buffers. Washes walls using powered wall washing machine. Vacuums/cleans rugs using heavy vacuum cleaner. Adjusts cleans and oils these machines and changes brushes rollers buffers and other attachments on them. Washes and replaces blinds and washes ceiling fixtures and room partitions using ladders and scaffolds. Moves heavy furniture supplies and equipment. Does the full range of cleaning duties in an assigned area following general instructions on the work to be done. Uses various preparations to clean and maintain linoleum wood marble and various kinds of floor wall and ceiling surfaces. Removes stains from a variety of surfaces using chemicals and cleaning solutions. Occasionally works on ladders and scaffolds to change light bulbs wash walls etc. Runs powered cleaning equipment; cleans and oils it and changes brushes and accessories. Keeps shop areas clean and in order. Sweeps and wet mops floor and removes oil hydraulic fluid grease and other spilled liquids. Moves heavy boxes crates parts or other obstacles in order to clean up the area and picks up scraps of wood metal and other materials. Removes scrap and trash cans from area to central pickup point. Wipes benches machinery etc. as directed. Occasionally provides general facilities assistance to others in the maintenance of buildings grounds roads trails etc. Occasionally drives passenger cars and pickup trucks to ¾ ton size to and from job sites.

TRAILS: Performs all aspects of trail maintenance and construction as assigned by the trails maintenance work leader or designee. Examples of the work performed include: clears brush and fallen logs from trail corridor; cleans repairs and constructs log or rock drains; installs log or rock retainer bars/steps and checks and/or constructs foot and stock bridges from native materials; constructs and maintains trail structures such as turnpikes causeways cribbing trail tread riprap and rock retaining walls; constructs new segments of trail; and performs rehabilitation and meadow restoration on abandoned or heavily impacted sections of trail. Uses shovels picks rakes axes Pulaskis various types of saws (e.g. McLeods crosscut pole bow etc.) boppers chisels sledgehammers single jacks rock bars draw knives measuring tapes levels squares scribes gasoline-powered jackhammers and rock drills chainsaws and other trade tools when performing trail maintenance and construction duties. Maintains the tools and equipment used in safe operating condition. Ensures work is performed safely and within prescribed NPS standards. May assist with other park crews and/or projects on an irregular basis.

Required Qualifications:

• Ages 18-30 (up to 35 for veterans)

• U.S. Citizen or lawful permanent resident

• Must pass a background/driver check

• Knowledge of the proper use and routine operator maintenance of hand tools and equipment and the location and proper storage of materials tools and equipment.

• Basic understanding of cleaning grounds maintenance and lifting procedures.

• Ability to lift or move light to medium-weight objects and to use basic hand tools such as rake hand-truck and brush.

• Ability to work safely and properly use industrial cleaners basic hand and yard tools and equipment such as a rake pitchfork wheelbarrow hand pump sprayer hand truck shovel push lawn mower (manual) hammer screwdriver wrench and pliers.

• Ability to handle and control heavy powered equipment and to do minor maintenance on this equipment.

• Knowledge of and ability to perform trails maintenance and construction and safely use the heavy hand and power tools associated with trails maintenance and construction (e.g. axes shovels hammers rock bars chainsaws rock drills weed eaters etc.).

• Knowledge of work and living conditions in remote backcountry locations including standards for minimum impact camping and the social demands of such a camp.

• The Individual Placement performs work that requires moderately heavy to very heavy physical effort. The incumbent routinely lifts pushes pulls and carries items weighing 50 pounds and up to 150 pounds (or more) with assistance. Work will routinely require walking several miles per day over park trails to and from job sites.

Desired Qualifications:

• Drivers License

• Personal transportation

Working Conditions:

Outside work is usually performed under all kinds of weather conditions. Indoor work is often accomplished in office buildings or in well-lit heated and ventilated areas such as warehouses loading docks or trade shops. Frequently exposed to weather and temperature extremes drafts noise dust and dirt poisonous plants sunburn insect bites and the possibility of bruises muscle strains cuts and scrapes. Work requires the Individual Placement to follow proper safety procedures and use standard safety equipment such as hardhats gloves ear protectors safety glasses and steel-toe shoes to avoid possible hazards in the work area. Individual Placement may be exposed to vibration from heavy equipment and to skin irritations from strong cleaning solutions used in stripping floors etc. Care is required to avoid serious injuries when working on ladders and scaffolds and when using heavy powered equipment.

Duty Location:

Duties are performed within the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument in Hagerman ID.

Terms of Employment:

Individual Placement will complete the 16-week (640 Hour) program May-August 2026. The Individual Placement will average 40 hours of labor per week minus holidays.

Individual Placements are responsible for providing their own housing and food. Personal transportation needed. Weekends may be occasionally mandatory.

Program Benefits:

The Individual Placement will earn $8960 living allowance. Individual placements will be required to make their own housing arrangements in the local southern Idaho area. Housing reimbursement may be available upon request. The living allowance is taxable.

Application Instructions

Application Deadline: Until Filled

Interviews: Will occur as qualified applications are received.

Type of position: Individual Placement

Date: May - August 2026

Length of Term: 16 Weeks (640 Hours)

To Apply:

Please submit a cover letter resume and contact information for three professional references and completely fill out the application form found at

Please select Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Facilities Maintenance Individual Placement when applying.

Additional Information:

If you have questions about the position please reach out to the Interns department at or Ray Vader at

All job offers are contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background check (criminal history and driving history).