Maintenance Internship

 

Applicants preferred skill sets in:

  • Electrical

  • Plumbing

  • Infrastructure Repair

Fun experiments beyond typical maintenance repairs:

These potential projects will vary on what the current needs of the community are

  • Grey water systems for communal kitchens

  • Design & implementation of a solar smoker, cooker and/or water heater

  • Exploration of alternative building materials (such as airecrete)

  • Human-powered forge to blacksmith items

  • Repair wood-fired hot tub

  • Create a plastic shredder & solar-powered forge to melt plastic into usable bricks

 

Lost Valley Educational Center is looking for 1 maintenance interns to join our land team this season!

  • We are looking for dedicated and passionate maintenance intern who wants to live and participate in community. This is a great role for someone with some experience in electrical, plumbing and infrastructure repair.

  • The maintenance internship role works with the Site & Maintenance Circle to accomplish the community infrastructure repair goals.

  • We are looking for 20 hours a week with a three-month commitment. This can be extended if both parties are amenable.


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Program supervisor

Sam McLarty - Head of Infrastructure