AZCC - Tonto National Forest - GLOBE YCC Mentors - Summer 2024
Conservation Legacy
- Globe, AZ
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Be between the ages of 21 and 24
- Have US Citizenship or Legal Permanent Residency status.
- Have a high school diploma or GED.
- Pass background checks: all offers of positions are conditional upon completion of an acceptable check of the National Sex Offender Public
- Registry and Federal criminal background check.
- Must be eligible to receive an AmeriCorps Education Award.
- Must have a valid driver's license and be eligible to be insured by us – for example no DUIs in the past 3 years.
- Work effectively as a team member despite potentially stressful and challenging conditions. This may require problem-solving on an interpersonal or group level and a willingness to accept differences.
- Contribute to a safe learning environment; no harassment of others for any reason.
- Willingness and ability to complete all aspects of the program, including conservation projects, education, training, and National Service. Members must commit to participating in all crew/team activities, including service days in local communities where applicable.
- Effectively communicate ideas and concerns as they arise directly to supervisors, colleagues, and organization staff.
- Have the cognitive ability to learn necessary skills and apply them to carry out the service work requirements effectively
- Appropriately represent the Program and AmeriCorps to the public and project partners at all times.
- Effectively communicate danger to others in the form of either a warning of danger others may be encountering or a notification of personal distress, injury, or need for assistance. You must be able to do so at a distance of up to 50 meters and in conditions with limited visibility or loud background noise, such as darkness or high winds.
- Effectively perceive, understand, and follow directions from others so that you can successfully execute appropriate and perhaps unfamiliar techniques to manage hazards. These directions may be given before the risk is encountered or must be given during exposure to the risk.
- Stay alert and focused for several hours while traveling and working in varied weather conditions.
- Perceive and comprehend significant and apparent hazards, including those previously identified by others.
- Respond appropriately to stress or crises.
- If taking prescription medications, participants must be able to maintain proper dosage by self-medicating without assistance from others.
- Learn and practice ‘Leave no Trace’ techniques
- Outdoor Skills and Fitness (where appropriate)
- Learn and safely perform fundamental outdoor living/travel and work skills appropriate to the project. Additionally, remain adequately hydrated, fed, and appropriately dressed to stay generally healthy and safe, avoiding environmental injuries.
- Conditions of this environment may vary significantly and include severe and trying weather. The remoteness is such that it may require a minimum of one hour, but perhaps over 12 hours, to reach the nearest advanced medical care.