• Receive a parking space for their RV, close to their work site.  Full hook-ups are provided whenever possible, but check at each location for details. 
• Work a minimum of one month in any one location. Multiple month positions are available and may be arranged with park staff in advance.  Longer-term assignments are available primarily during the winter and shoulder seasons and will be pre-arranged according to specific park needs.
• Receive orientation, training, day-use park passes, a volunteer uniform and recognition.
• Have a job description with specified duties and scheduled times to work.
• Work under signed agreements with applicable volunteer insurance coverage.
• Understand and explain rules that apply to park users.  This is in an advisory role only and does not include enforcement of park rules.
• Be expected to personally follow park regulations and abide by the OPRD Volunteer Code of Conduct.

• Work and live in the campground loops near campers.
• Have a sign identifying them as park hosts at their site
• Perform routine visitor services such as:

1. Greet visitors and make them feel welcome.
2. Distribute park literature, answer questions, receive comments and be readily accessible to the public.
3. Represent OPRD, serving as a contact point for campers and travelers.
4. Pick up litter and clean fire pits.
5. Check and stock restrooms.
6. Notify park staff or law enforcement when emergencies arise or activities within park area warrant this.
7. Maintain a tidy host site.
8. May sell firewood and ice.
9. May assist with registration and cleaning of yurts, cabins and other special facilities.
10. May include other specific duties as agreed upon with park staff.

• Will live in park, but may or may not live in the campground loops.
• May work in entrance stations, campground or day-use kiosk, museums, visitor centers or recreation/hospitality centers.
• Usually have a sign identifying them as park hosts at their site.
• Perform regular visitor services tasks such as:

1. Provide information and distribute park literature.
2. Collect user fees.
3. Work on cash registers, selling retail items in park stores and hospitality centers.
4. May do stocking, ordering and inventory of retail items.
5. May perform some clerical work such as computer input, filing, answering phones in park offices.

• May work for one month, but it’s preferred that they accept a position for several months in a row during the summer.
• Will live in park, but may or may not live in the campground loops.
• May or may not have a sign identifying them as park hosts at their site.
• Provide special visitor services or programs such as:

1. Lead or assist in park interpretive or educational programs.
2. Lead or assist with Junior Ranger Program for youth.
3. Provide lighthouse or historic tours.
4. May assist with the development of new interpretive or educational programs.
5. May assist with the writing and development of interpretive brochures.
6. May introduce interpretive rangers or guest speakers and provide assistance during before, during or after programs.
7. May conduct/assist with research on park interpretive topics.
8. May assist with the development of other interpretive projects or services as requested.

• Will live in the park, but may or may not live in the campground loops.
• May or may not have a sign identifying them as park hosts at their site.
• Perform duties such as:

1. Work on maintenance or service projects.
2. Mow, weed, do landscaping or gardening.
3. Operate and maintain a variety of equipment.
4. Paint, build, or work on construction projects.
5. May work with park recycling program.
6. May provide small engine repair.
7. May route and paint signs.
8. May move irrigation equipment.
9. May include other specific duties as agreed upon with park staff.

• May or may not live in the park.
• May or may not have a sign identifying them as park hosts at their site.
• May work at fairly remote locations where there may be no permanent park staff on-site.
• Work fairly independently, either having responsibility for:

a)  most maintenance tasks and/or operations at a specific campground or day-use site.
b)  an agreed-upon assignment which falls outside the typical realm of other hosting duties as described above.

• By design, are not typically first time volunteers, but are hosts who have volunteered over a period of years at OPRD  and have moved into jobs with increasingly responsible duties.
• Will not work in any one location longer than a 10-month period under a renewable contract.
• Perform duties such as:

1. Work on special programs or longer-term projects that have been designated by park staff.
2. May utilize unique vocational skills, licensures or certification to contribute to special projects as defined by park staff.
3. May coordinate schedules, train or oversee work of other hosts on occasion.
4. Greet visitors and make them feel welcome.
5. Represent OPRD, serving as a contact point for campers and travelers.
6. Open and close gates.
7. Pick-up litter.
8. Mow, weed, do landscaping or irrigation.
9. May maintain and sometimes clean restrooms.
10. Notify park staff or law enforcement when emergencies arise or activities within park area warrant this action.
11. Maintain a tidy host site.
12. Provide an on-site security presence for parks which don’t always have regular staff working at them.
13. Provide other general maintenance or project work, with duties as agreed upon.