NPS / Historic Preservation Training Center - Monuments and Masonry Member - Individual Placement

                                                                                                                                                                                

 

Position Title: NPS / Historic Preservation Training Center - Monuments and Masonry Member - Individual Placement 

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements

Site Location: HPTC Hargett Farm Facility, 6129 Butterfly Lane, Frederick, MD, 21703-5913

 

Dates of Employment:


* Anticipated Start Date: August 2026


* End Date: February 2027


* 26 week term 

 

Purpose:

Stewards Individual Placements (Stewards), a program of Conservation Legacy, provides individuals with internships service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources.

Participants serve with federal agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofits to provide institutional capacity, develop community relationships, and support ecosystem health.

 

This opportunity is brought in partnership with the NPS Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC) which 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.

 

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.

 

Historic structures and features in our national parks are constantly in need of thoughtful and careful preservation, repair, and maintenance.  By assisting and working alongside HPTC on these preservation projects the Intern will directly improve the physical conditions of a nationally significant park space that is accessed and enjoyed by thousands of visitors a year.

 

This member position will be assigned to the Monuments Section within the Historic Preservation Training Center of the National Park Service.

Member will learn monument preservation activities, such as how to appropriately clean historic masonry and bronze, masonry repairs such as removing and replacing mortar joints, patching and crack injection repairs, and bronze conservation work.

Projects vary greatly and are dependent upon the site where participants work.

Travel will be required.

Member may be placed with Monuments or Masonry sections. 

 

Description of Duties:


* Learning basic historic preservation activities such as masonry and metal cleaning, removing failed o...