Maintenance Worker

Explore the places, and the people who influenced and helped shape Lincoln in his early years.Born in a one-room log cabin on his father's Sinking Spring Farm on Sunday, February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln's early years on the Kentucky frontier helped to shape his character and prepare the boy who would grow up to become the 16th President of the United States to lead the nation through the tragic and turbulent times of the Civil War. His legacy of liberty and equality remains relevant today and continues to impact people around the world.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park (ABLI) seeks a Skillbridge intern to work with the Facilities and Maintenance team. The SkillBridge intern will have a chance to learn and gain experience and knowledge, skills and abilities associated with working at a national park. Duties will include maintenance and repair of grounds, exterior structures, buildings, and related utilities. As a uniformed volunteer with the National Park Service, the volunteer serves as a front-line representative of the agency working in the maintenance division. Volunteers will work with other volunteers and maintenance staff to help in the routine grounds maintenance and custodial duties of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park. This could include mowing, cleaning structures, cleaning signs, painting, staining, and more. Required trainings will be provided. Volunteers may also perform landscape maintenance, including, but not limited to: operating a variety of mowers, trimmers and other hand tools, assist in fertilizing, weeding, planting trees, shrubs and grass, tree trimming/ pruning, mulching, and related tasks. The volunteer may assist in work requiring carpentry, electrical repair, painting, plumbing, and masonry. The volunteer will be trained on the use of UTVs and may operate them. This will include an introduction to the park as well as the history of the park. Also included will be safety training.