Nps / Historical Preservation Training Center – Facilities Member

The Facilities Member position at Conservation Legacy involves preserving and maintaining national parks through leadership and quality preservation services. Responsibilities include routine maintenance, landscaping, minor carpentry, plumbing, masonry repairs, and custodial duties. This is an hourly internship position located in Frederick, MD, working on various historic preservation projects within the National Park Service.
This Facilities Member position is an hourly internship position that will work to preserve and maintain national parks or partner facilities by demonstrating outstanding leadership, delivering quality preservation services, and developing educational courses that fulfill the competency requirements of service employees. This will include general and routine maintenance of HPTC facilities, including but not limited to Hargett Farm, Gambrill House, and Jenkins Cannery.


This member position will be assigned to a Preservation Trades Section within the Historic Preservation Training Center Facilities Team, part of the National Park Service. The purpose of the position is to perform work on typical preservation projects for a variety of historic structures. Projects vary greatly and are dependent upon the site where participants work.



Performs simple and routine maintenance and repair of grounds, exterior structures, buildings, equipment and related utilities
Perform landscaping work such as mowing grass, weeding, mulching, seasonal cleanup
Perform minor carpentry repairs using simple measures and hand tools in fabricating replacement wood components, rough framing, shelving, roofing
Perform minor painting using, brush and roller according to specific instructions on projects
Performs minor plumbing repairs such as tightening/replacing in-kind fittings and fixtures, replaces faucet washers, unplugs drains
Performs masonry repairs, raking and repointing of masonry joinery, brick and block, concrete/cement repairs, re-grading grounds, spreading gravel
Performs custodial duties such as wiping, mopping, vacuuming horizontal and vertical surfaces, remove trash and recycling, cleans bathroom toilets, bathroom sinks, kitchens
Receive detailed instructions for all new assignments, and unusual problems. The member works closely with higher graded employees