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Hocking Woods Nature Center Support - Nature Center
Position Title Hocking Woods Nature Center Support - Nature Center
SubcodeNRTERP
Function Under the direct supervision of the Site Manager
% of Time Job Duties Skills & Knowledge
100%
  • Winter especially (but all seasons) facility upkeep, general maintenance, cleaning cages & caring of animals, greeting visitors & assisting faculty & students
  • Spring, Summer, and Fall: Grounds maintenance & upkeep, evening programs
  • All seasons: schedule & provide public school program for area schools, tour groups scouts, general public, daily facility maintenance & upkeep
  • Computer skills (set up and produce newsletter)
  • Customer Service Skills
  • Communication Skills (written & oral, telephone and email )
  • Animal Handling Care & Feeding (including raptors and large venomous snakes)
  • Program Presentation Skills Janitorial Skills for daily Maintenance & upkeep
  • Fire Building
  • Land Navigation Skills
  • Grounds Equipment, Use of hand & power tools, woodshop, and chainsaw skills preferred
Success Skills
  • Communicate Effectively (reading, writing, speaking, listening skills)
  • Demonstrate Knowledge of Science and the Environment (knowledge of scientific principles. Scientific method, awareness of ecological principles/ physical health/social development)
  • Demonstrate Learning and Critical Thinking Skills (analyze, evaluate, use logic, establish goals)
  • Maintains Professional Skills and Attitudes (follow polices, show initiative, prioritize, work safely, arrive promptly, attend regularly, maintain professional image)
  • Practice Human Relation Skills (trustworthy, confident, team worker, maintain sense of humor, empathize, practice good interpersonal skills, resolve conflicts, work well with others)
  • Demonstrate Community, Cultural, and Global Awareness (practice good citizenship, respect diversity, know contribution of career to the economy, understand historical and current events)
  • Maintain a Code of Ethics (honest, responsible, resolve conflicts and moral dilemmas through decision-making process)
Minimum Requirements
  • Willingness to work hard with or without direct supervision
  • Follow written directions
  • Knowledge of & use of hand & power tools
  • Self Starter
  • Flexiable/Able to work weekends and evenings.
Technology Preferred Natural Resources / prefer Interpretation major
Contact Dave Sagan
(740)753-6326 ext. 6326
sagan_d@hocking.edu