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🔗Preservation Craftsperson Intern

Full Time
Internship
Cambridge, MA
Posted 10 months ago
$20-22 USD / Hour
Applications have closed
Department: Preservation Department
Job Summary: As a Preservation Intern you will gain valuable hands-on experience working with Mount Auburn’s preservation staff repairing monuments and headstones using a combination of traditional and modern methods and materials.
Job Qualifications:
Projects include repointing of various buildings and structures, adhesive repairs of broken marble, slate, sandstone and granite monuments and the repair and resetting of loose or leaning headstones. Learn to properly mix, lay-up and cure a variety of mortar mixes formulated for use with different types of stone as well as the proper preparation and execution of high-quality patches using a range of patching materials. Learn cleaning methods for a variety of stone types utilizing detergents, steam and chemicals. detergents, steam and chemicals.

Requirements include:

·         A strong preservation ethic, patience, and the desire to perform careful, conscientious and lasting repairs to these invaluable historic resources.

·         Prior hands-on preservation experience is preferred.

·         Must be able to operate a variety of hand and power tools safely and effectively including but not limited to various drills, circular saw, table saw, miter saw, angle grinder, reciprocating saw, and bench grinder

·         Basic computer skills required and the ability to use a mouse and/or standard keyboard and computer equipment.

·         lifting, outdoors throughout the summer in all weather conditions.

·         Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Position is 40 hours a week. Monday through Friday 7:30 -3:30. Internship runs from approximately June 2 to Aug. 31.   Paid 20 min. morning break and 45 minute lunch.

Mount Auburn Cemetery is an equal opportunity employer.
How to Apply:
How to Apply:
Please send a cover letter stating your career goals and objectives with a current resume, as Microsoft Word documents, and include “Arborist” in the subject area, to: jobs@mountauburn.org
Or by mail to: Human Resources
Mount Auburn Cemetery
580 Mount Auburn St.
Cambridge, MA 02138

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. No telephone calls please.
Physical Demands / Work Environment: Ability to lift and carry heavy materials (maximum 50 lbs.). · Ability to bend, walk, kneel, stoop, crouch, stand and/or reach overhead for long periods of time. · Employee must be able to perform physically strenuous work, including heavy.
Application Email: job@mountauburn.org

Website Mount Auburn Cemetery

Founded in 1831, Mount Auburn Cemetery is a National Historic Landmark renowned for its layered landscape reflecting one hundred and eighty-six years of changing tastes in monument and sculpture, innovations in landscape design and evolving attitudes towards commemoration. Marble, granite and sandstone monuments by local stone-carvers as well as many of America’s leading sculptors populate the Cemetery’s 175 acres marking the lives of locally and nationally significant figures. Mount Auburn is also home to an internationally recognized horticultural collection and remains an active cemetery.

Projects include repointing of various buildings and structures, adhesive repairs of broken marble, slate, sandstone and granite monuments and the repair and resetting of loose or leaning headstones. Learn to properly mix, lay-up and cure a variety of mortar mixes formulated for use with different types of stone as well as the proper preparation and execution of high-quality patches using a range of patching materials. Learn cleaning methods for a variety of stone types utilizing detergents, steam and chemicals. detergents, steam and chemicals.

Job Listing 🔗Preservation Craftsperson Intern

Job Listing
🔗Preservation Craftsperson Intern