Public Safety Intern

Applicants should be prepared to work primarily outdoors and on most weekends for their internship.  Provide education and encourage public safety which includes all aspects of recreation safety on USACE lands and waters.  The primary responsibility will be educating public visitors regarding public safety through face-to-face contact.  This personal contact will take place at beaches, boat ramps, boat patrol, campgrounds, and other venues where you have direct contact with the visitors.  Other responsibilities will include developing outreach mechanisms for this target audience, update bulletin boards, maintain life jacket loaner stations, organize events, and will also potentially serve as a second (safety) person for boat patrols made by park rangers.  May also present programming to local schools, civic organizations and related public events.  Moreover, you will increase safety awareness through communication, and lead by example anytime you are near the water or participating in water-related activities, providing valuable information on how to improve our programs by maintaining open communication with rangers and managers, passing on ideas for improvement gathered during daily contact with visitors, and finally, keep our parks friendly places for outdoor recreation and socialization by assisting park rangers and other employees as they perform their routine tasks pertinent to their natural resources/recreation management and public safety programs.  Additional tasks will include minor maintenance work in the campgrounds, boundary line surveillance/repair along wildlife management areas.  This is a great opportunity for future teachers, parks and recreation majors and students interested in working with government land management agencies such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.