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🔗HPTC Maintenance Action Team Intern – Indiana Dunes National Park

Stewards Individual Placements - Conservation Legacy
Stewards Individual Placement Program (SIPP) provides individuals with service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources. Participants work with federal agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofits building institutional capacity, developing community relationships, and supporting ecosystem health.
SIPP in partnership with the NPS are seeking an intern who will successfully serve as an integral crew member on a historic preservation team. The Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC) is dedicated to the safe preservation and maintenance of 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 in the career fields of Historic Preservation Skills, Risk Management, Maintenance, and Planning, Design, and Construction.
The HPTC utilizes historic preservation projects as the main vehicle for teaching preservation philosophy and building crafts, technology, and project management skills. Our experiential learning approach emphasizes flexibility in addressing the unknown conditions encountered during the project and ensures that the goals of preservation are met.
This internship position will work with Park facilities team and the Historic Preservation Training Center to focus on the historic preservation of Indiana Dunes National Park. The member will participate in numerous historic preservation projects including historic building structures within the park. The participant will learn how to perform different skills of historic trades such as carpentry, masonry, and painting to help retain and preserve the historic character of Indiana Dunes National Park as well as provide improved visitation experiences for the public.
Position Responsibilities will include:
- Working with wood, brick, stone, and metal materials associated with historic preservation.
- Use of powered and hand tools.
- Maintenance, repair, and preservation of historic buildings.
- Jobsite safety & use of personal protective equipment.
- Physical fitness to perform job duties.