Found 28 Environment & Conservation Trades & Maintenance, volunteering opportunities in Australia

Sometimes what we value most needs a helping hand. The Busselton-Dunsborough Environment Centre Inc (BDEC). is one of many organisations that bring together two of the most appreciated aspects of life in the Southwest. BDEC are currently seeking people to assist with Fencing, Weed Spraying, Weeding and site maintenance. Training will be provided.

Working with a group of 6 to 8 volunteers to maintain the 11 km of walk-trails in the park. This includes annual pruning of overgrowth, oiling/staining some wooden bridges, etc. Repairing steps, signs, etc, and occasionally removing rubbish. General duties as required.

Do you love working outside in a relaxed bushland setting, assisting in the propagation and rearing of native plants to put back into our environment. We need your help with propagation of seedlings and maintaining our grounds in Hazelmere.

Repair Café Cockburn is committed to reducing landfill by repairing items which might otherwise be discarded. We value the skills in our community and want to share our knowledge and ideas to Repair, Re-use and Reduce. We are looking for volunteer repairers, people who have an interest and experience in repairing items such as computers, bikes, woodwork, electrical or sewing.

Reverse Garbage education programs require a handy person for at least half a day each week. (Mon-Fri you choose) Simple tasks like sawing and drilling are required in preparation for our education workshops. Commencing Oct 2021

Help maintain the Bribie Island Butterfly House, laboratory building and nursery areas. Work includes general maintenance on irrigation, electrical, some machinery. Keeping the water features operating nicely in the butterfly house. Some experience preferred in mechanical, irrigation, electrical OR general maintenance. Good general handyperson taking pride in keeping the Butterfly House running smoothly. Training in Butterfly House maintenance work is provided.

Volunteers needed to help with running monthly Repair Café at the Castlemaine Community House.

Trillion Trees’ mission is to grow trees and restore our environment. We hold several community plantings each year, and these planting sites need to be managed over the hot summer months to assist the survival of the seedlings. Tasks associated with this include weeding, watering and monitoring of the planting sites. This is a great opportunity to help the environment. If you have an interest in this or relevant experience, we would love to hear from you.

The Volunteer Gardener will help with the general maintenance of the grounds and gardens of the NG Centre School.

Knox Environment Society is looking for nursery volunteers to help propogate and sell native plants. The Knox Environment Society (KES) is a membership-based organization of like-minded individuals that have a concern for the environment. KES work closely with Knox Council, other Environmental Groups, Friends Groups and individuals to achieve the Society's objectives.

Gardening and small carpentry or associated jobs around the facility, assisting the gardener and activities co-ordinator.

Our World Heritage neighbour is being restored to become a wildlife sanctuary and breeding site for frogs. We need volunteers to remove the invasive weeds, plant cassowary food plants and other flowering species for bees plus add in a few more frog ponds.

One of the most important jobs we have here at the frog hospital is washing up! We need someone to wash all our items in simple cleaners and most of our components are plastic or ramekins. There are some glass aquariums for any big strong fellas that turn up! Attention to detail is important for this task and it goes by faster if participants are in pairs.

Create your own volunteering opportunity with Adopt-A-Spot! Adopt-a-Spot is an anti-litter program that engages volunteers (individuals, community groups, business groups) to undertake coordinated litter clean-ups of designated sites in their communities. Sites include but are not limited to: roadsides, streets, parks, waterways, bush trails, beaches and wetlands. Participants are provided with tools and support and receive an adoption certificate to acknowledge their commitment.

Are you passionate about a sustainable future and supporting your local community? Repair Café Redcliffe Peninsula is looking for a Volunteer Coordinator to support their Repair Café workshops, held monthly at Encircle Redcliffe Neighbourhood Centre. The Repair Café Redcliffe Peninsula’s philosophy is to help the community give items another life by stopping them from going into landfill. The types of items the Repair Café typically repair are clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycl

This role is to assist staff with maintaining outdoor areas around our Nerang centre, to enable a clean, safe working environment for our patrons. Activities and tasks will include: Weeding, pruning, edging and mowing. Basic maintenance General yard cleanups (C)

Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare is a not-for-profit community group, dedicated to conservation and re-vegetation activities in the Townsville region. We operate numerous Landcare sites around Townsville which hold monthly volunteer site days. Landcare site volunteers help remove invasive weeds, participate in tree planting events, water plants, spread mulch, pick up litter and other general duties involved in maintaining the sites. #EventVolunteering #YouthVol

We are looking for people to help with grounds maintenance and gardening at Central Coast Wetlands Pioneer Dairy. Depending on the needs on any particular day your duties may include mostly mowing using tractor, ride-on and push mowers, whipper snipping, and possibly cutting up fallen wood with a chainsaw if qualified, weeding walking trails and gardens.

This position will suit a person who's contented to work alone, who enjoys being outside in the fresh air and working in a peaceful environment. This role would also suit a person who has a love for nature and gardening Days and Times are flexible to suit Volunteer.

Regeneration and restoration of the natural environment of Norah Head Headland.