PK AST R - Student Ranger Crew Lead
Listed on 2025-12-30
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Outdoor/Nature/Animal Care
Outdoor / Nature
Location: Penticton
The Team:
The BC Parks Student Ranger Program is a provincial youth employment initiative with crews working across multiple regions in BC’s parks and protected areas. Each crew typically includes one Crew Lead and two Crew Members, with a couple locations operating as two-person teams. Crew Leads work closely with BC Parks staff, Park Rangers, and regional specialists to complete field-based projects.
The Role:The Crew Lead coordinates daily crew operations, plans aspects of projects, and acts as the primary liaison with BC Parks’ staff. They guide Crew Members in completing projects within the four (4) Program Areas of conservation, recreation, Indigenous Relations, and public outreach. Crew Leads ensure that program deliverables such as reporting and inventory tracking are completed. This role offers hands‑on leadership experience while working outdoors in a wide range of parks and protected areas.
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Student Rangers.
- Enroled in full-time studies at an accredited secondary or post‑secondary institution within six (6) months prior to the position start date.
- Experience leading a group of two (2) or more to complete a project or task during an academic, work, community, Nation or volunteer experience.
- Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada.
- Legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations.
- This position requires you to have a valid BC Class 5 Driver’s Licence, or an equivalent class driver's licence from another province or jurisdiction.
- Must participate and successfully pass the training requirements at the program training event held at the beginning of the work term.
Preference may be given to candidates with one (1) or more of the following:
- Public Outreach and
Education:
this includes experience performing public outreach and education to the public, participation in volunteer events, related studies, educational material creation, interpretive displays and/or presentations, and event planning. - Conservation/Resource Management: this includes experience performing related academic research, field surveys and monitoring, traditional ecological knowledge, foraging, invasive plant treatment/removal, and species identification.
- Recreation/Facility Management: this includes experience performing trail enhancement, gardening/landscaping, equipment operation and maintenance, replacement and repairs to signs, monitoring the condition of existing facilities, carpentry, and facility repair and maintenance.
- Indigenous Relations and/or other diverse cultures: this includes experience learning and/or applying information and practices of your culture or that of another culture.
- HIKING:
Intermediate experience means you occasionally (every few months) hike over 5km in one day. - CAMPING:
Intermediate experience means you have camped in the backcountry (area of challenging accessibility), but the majority of your camping experience is in the front country (area of easy accessibility) within the last two (2) years. - MULTI‑OVERNIGHT TRIP:
Intermediate experience means you have planned and completed a multi‑overnight trip (within the last two (2) years). This could include a hiking, kayak, canoe, ski or other related trip. - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:
Intermediate experience means you have created a trip plan and carried safety equipment (ex. first aid kit), for an outdoor personal or work trip. - NAVIGATION:
Intermediate experience means you have effectively used a navigation tool (GPS, compass or traditional form of navigation) while travelling in the outdoors to guide yourself. - TRAVEL:
Intermediate experience means you have driven a vehicle (or ATV) off a maintained road (ex. Forest Service Road) to access a recreational area (ex. park, campsite, hiking trail, lake)…
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