Park Ranger
State of Florida
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Dunedin • Florida • United States
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Salary
💰 $15 per hour
About the role
- Provide Visitor Services including explaining facilities and services provided for public use, enjoyment, and education.
- Meet visitors, answer questions, provide information and directions accurately and professionally.
- Attempt to resolve visitor complaints while maintaining good public relations.
- Provide natural and cultural history interpretive programs and services via presentations, walks, and other programs as directed.
- Participate in the execution of all facets of prescribed fire.
- Recognize biological communities and maintain their natural processes.
- Observe, maintain, and protect the natural, cultural, historic, and archaeological resources of the park.
- Implement vegetation and wildlife management plans, maintain control via natural and chemical means.
- Implement site restoration projects such as reforestation and erosion control.
- Collect and record resource management data.
- Maintain park structures, facilities, equipment, and grounds through routine, preventive, and corrective maintenance practices.
- Conduct routine inspections to ensure proper maintenance standards are met.
- Collect fees, perform cash register transactions, and reconcile receipts.
- Order, sell, and inventory resale merchandise.
- Ensure adherence to the Park Protection Plan through routine patrols and security checks.
- Enforce park rules pertaining to all natural and cultural resources for visitor safety and enjoyment.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Requirements
- Valid Driver’s License
- Knowledge of Florida’s natural and cultural resources
- Good public relations skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Skills in operating a cash register and reconciling receipts accurately.
- Skills in preparing reports.
- Skills in grounds and building maintenance including mowing, weed eating, pressure washing, and painting.
- Basic plumbing skills including repairing hose bibs, waterline repair.
- Basic electrical work including replacing outlets and circuit breakers.
- Basic carpentry skills including boardwalk and fence repairs.
- Ability to utilize a computer including software programs such as Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to participate in resource management tasks including prescribed fire activities and non-native plant removal which may include application of herbicide.
- Ability to follow verbal and written instructions/directions.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
- Ability to speak in public.
- Ability to understand and apply rules, directives, policies, laws, and regulations.
- Ability to conduct routine inspections, identify and investigate problems.
- Ability to clean park facilities including restrooms and picking up trash.
- Ability to work outdoors in inclement weather.
- Ability to perform physical labor, lift 40 pounds and assist in transporting items or supplies 100 pounds or more.
- Ability to work rotating shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Benefits
- Participation in state group insurance (must meet eligibility requirements*).
- State of Florida 401(a) FICA Alternative Plan (tax deferred Retirement Savings Plan, for more information, please visit Corebridge Financial).
- Flexible Spending Accounts;
- And more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
grounds maintenancebuilding maintenancecash register operationreport preparationplumbingelectrical workcarpentryresource managementprescribed fire activitiesherbicide application
Soft Skills
public relationseffective communicationindependent workrelationship buildingpublic speakingproblem identificationfollowing instructionsworking in inclement weatherphysical laborflexibility in scheduling
Certifications
Valid Driver’s License