Caretaking & Maintenance Staff
Responsible for repairing and maintaining buildings, other
facilities, roads and grounds. Carry out basic land management
activities.
Duties
- Repair and improve existing buildings
- Solicit and oversee contracted maintenance work
- Develop systems to organize and maintain tools, equipment and supplies
- Cut and manage firewood
- Install and maintain fencing
- Maintain roads (blading, snow plowing, tree removal, etc.)
- Maintain and improve grounds (mowing, planting, irrigating)
- Remove and manage snow & ice on walks, roofs, etc.
- Remove, prune trees around house (esp. hazard trees)
- Maintain vehicles and equipment
- Manage waste (recycling, compost, trash)
- Install and maintain signage
Responsible to:
Rural Operations Manager
Land Stewardship Committee
Determine values, goals, and objectives for KCC's management of the
natural resources on the land and document this. Make plans and conduct
activities to meet the objectives. Manage forest, meadow, water,
riparian, soils, wildlife, aesthetic, recreation and other resources in
light of values and goals. Oversee activities in fire prevention and
management, pest, disease and noxious weed control, etc. Coordinate use
of volunteers to carry out activities. Consult with relevant agencies
and others with relevant expertise. Coordinate with neighbors as needed.
Duties
Most of these are just samples of the kinds of activities that would be carried out.
- Create and maintain resource management plans
- Cut, prune & thin trees; clear brush
- Make & burn slash piles
- Create and maintain fire breaks
- Plant and maintain trees and other plants
- Build and maintain trails
- Maintain nest boxes
- Control weeds
- Determine where fencing is needed
- Conduct special projects such as road rehabilitation, riparian area improvement, etc.
- Coordinate and direct land stewardship volunteers
- Document completed work
- Follow system (as established by maintenance staff) for obtaining, organizing and maintaining tools
Responsible to:
Rural Operations Manager
Garden Committee
For future consideration. This position was not approved by the Board of Directors.
Create, improve and maintain vegetable and flower gardens as needed
to support and enhance activities at the retreat center. This committee
is envisioned to start with minimal goals which would expand over the
years. Caretaking and maintenance staff may provide daily care of the
gardens, allowing the committee to be populated from Portland.
Duties
- Plan, till, plant, tend garden
- Develop garden irrigation system
- Replace, enlarge deer fence for garden
- Follow system (as established by maintenance staff) for obtaining, organizing and maintaining tools
Responsible to:
Rural Operations Manager
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