Visitor services/Fish production

Facility

Norfork Entrance Sign
Norfork National Fish Hatchery
The next time you go fishing, you might just catch a fish that was raised at Norfork NFH. Since 1871, National Fish Hatcheries have been responding to conservation challenges affecting America’s fish and other aquatic species. Producing fish continues to be an irreplaceable tool in managing or...
National Fish Hatchery
Mountain Home,AR

Location

Address

Mountain Home, AR 72653
United States

Volunteer Position Overview

Volunteers Needed
-
Recruitment Start Date
Recruitment End Date
Days
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Training Required
No
Security Clearance Needed
No
Virtual
No
Suitability
Families, 55+
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About This Position

We are looking for 2-person teams to help staff the visitor center and to help with fish production duties. One person would work in the visitor center and the other would help outside with grounds maintenance, building maintenance, and fish production duties. We ask that each team member provide a minimum of 24 hours of volunteer work per week and stay for a minimum of 3 months.


In exchange for your services, you will be provided with a full hook up campsite--level gravel lot, picnic table, 50-30 amp service, water and sewer hook ups. There is also a volunteer services building for laundry and interaction with other volunteers.


Duties include: meeting/greeting public; answering questions; performing majority of cleaning (including public restrooms); minor maintenance (depending on skillset); helping with events and tours; raceway/tank cleaning; moving, weighing, and feeding fish; grounds and building maintenance. Must be able to bend, stoop, use ladders and lift up to 50 lbs.

Duties/Activities

Conservation Education
Construction/Maintenance
Fish/Wildlife
General Assistance
Science
Tour Guide/Interpretation
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