Facilities Volunteer

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Facilities Volunteer

Location(s): Sloan Museum of Discovery, Longway Planetarium, Buick Gallery, and off-site warehouse

Department: Facilities

Reports To: Exhibits and Facilities Manager and Lead Facilities Technician

Impact of the Position: You will help maintain the buildings that serve our community by assisting Facility staff to inspect, clean, and maintain building hardware and mechanical spaces, so every visitor and internal staff member can have a safe, welcoming, and secure environment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Based on your experience facilities and maintenance work:

• Carpenter Experience - Help maintain, clean, and repair doors, cabinets and other fixtures.
• Electrical Experience - Help replace lamps, clean lenses, and basic electrical trouble shooting.
• Plumbing Experience - Help service drains, clean, replace, and repair damaged pipes.

This position is for you if:

• Like fixing things with your own hands
• Enjoy leaving a space nicer and brighter than when you entered

You will succeed in this position if:

• You enjoy working on systems including those that new and old
• You have experience in electrical, plumbing, carpenter, painting, etc.

Time Commitment: minimum 2-4 hour shift 1 day a week (preferably Mondays)

Orientation and Training: You will need to complete a safety training based on the tools that used to complete work.

Outside of specific department position training, all volunteers must complete a Sloan Museum of Discovery and Longway Planetarium volunteer orientation session that provide a building familiarization tour and an overview of volunteer related policies and procedures. Volunteers will be asked to submit to a criminal background check. Volunteers who do not agree to the background check will be refused assignment.

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