Park Ranger Trainee

CALIFORNIA PARK & REC SOCIETY; California; On-site; USD 64,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

The California Park & Rec Society is looking for a Park Ranger Trainee to learn park operations and promote visitor safety. As a trainee, you will interact with park visitors, conduct inspections, administer first aid, and eventually advance to the role of Park Ranger after program completion.

Qualifications

• Experience providing basic first aid and emergency medical care.
• Experience handling and reconciling cash transactions.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Learn park rules and engage with visitors to promote safety and education.
• Inspect park areas for cleanliness and safety and perform light maintenance.
• Administer medical care and maintain records.

Skills

First Aid

Customer Service

Communication

Microsoft Office

Job description

Salary: $64,554.62 - $78,475.71 Annually

Description:

As a Park Ranger Trainee, you will learn park rules and use verbal engagement to promote safety, education, and positive visitor interactions in support of park visitors. This position involves interacting with visitors, collecting visitor experience data, learning patrol routes, inspecting park areas for cleanliness and safety, cleaning facilities, and correcting hazardous conditions, which may include performing light maintenance. Additionally, trainees will learn dispatch communication protocols, administer medical care, and update and maintain records.

The Park Ranger Trainee position is the first step toward becoming a full-fledged Park Ranger with Sonoma County Regional Parks. Upon successful completion of the program, trainees are promoted to Park Ranger. Park Rangers play a vital role in delivering a positive visitor experience through providing first aid, educating visitors, and enforcing park rules.

Our Park Rangers are Public Officers and certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). They combine emergency medical response with proactive public service, ensuring parks are safe, clean, and welcoming.

Qualifications:

Ideal candidates are self-motivated, empathetic, tactful, positive, and possess many of the following:

• Experience providing basic first aid and emergency medical care
• Experience handling and reconciling cash transactions
• Excellent customer service skills
• Public speaking, writing, and communication skills
• The ability to interact with and foster effective relationships with diverse groups
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• The ability to adapt quickly and work effectively in a fast-paced environment

This position requires wearing a uniform and working evenings, weekends, and holidays. Work is performed outdoors year-round in various weather conditions.

Please note: This position requires possession of a valid California Driver’s License.