Found 68 Trades & Maintenance volunteering opportunities in Australia

Join our Bushcare volunteer program and assist in the rehabilitation of our beautiful bushland reserves

Do you have basic sewing machine skills? Can you thread a machine, fill a bobbin and change stitch length? Use a series of step-by-step samples and/or pattern sheets to make large and small Wildlife Pouches. If you can knit and/or crochet, we make Possum Palaces and bird nests for wildlife carers. Some volunteers take home materials and make the products at home, allowing us to provide a flexible volunteer experience.

Love the outdoors and walking? Why not help maintain walking trails and join in other environmental projects? Help in a variety of tasks such as planting, nestbox monitoring, fencing, weed control and anything else that helps maintain the walking trails! Enjoy the outdoors and fresh air, either on weekdays or other times depending on current projects.

Festival Setup/Down - Assisting with building the festival site/community village. Required from 1st June to 6th June, and from 10th June and possibly 11th June. #festival#recreation#musicevent#camping

Do you enjoy hands-on work in interesting places? Are you looking to share your skills, or develop new skills, in gardening or maintenance? The National Trust (NSW) is currently recruiting volunteers to work as valuable members of the Trust’s Green Team at our prestigious Maitland property!

Do you enjoy hands-on work in interesting places? Are you looking to share your skills, or develop new skills, in gardening or maintenance? The National Trust (NSW) is currently recruiting volunteers to work as valuable members of the Trust’s Green Team at our prestigious Armidale property!

Do you enjoy hands-on work in interesting places? Are you looking to share your skills, or develop new skills, in gardening or maintenance? The National Trust (NSW) is currently recruiting garden and maintenance volunteers to work as valuable members of the Trust’s team at our prestigious Everglades property at Leura!

Want hands-on work that actually helps the environment? We grow local native (indigenous) plants from seed or cuttings for revegetation projects or local gardens. Our retail area is open to the public for plant sales. More indigenous plants in gardens and larger revegetation projects provide habitat for native animals, birds and insects, and reduce species loss. We rely on volunteers but lockdowns hit us hard. Please help us get back to the thriving nursery from before the pandemic!

This important job involves collecting our visiting performers from the airport and bringing them to the festival site. This role will entail driving a buggy between the performer camp area and festival site for transport of performers and their instruments. #festival#driving#recreation#camping#tranportation

This role entails educating our punters on how to recycle their waste. We are passionate about becoming a zero waste event. These energetic, friendly folk are amongst our most valued volunteers. #festival#events#waste#cleaning#recreation

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. If you are someone who finds satisfaction in keeping everything looking nice, a way to keep fit and healthy, this is the role for you. Days and Times are flexible to suit the Volunteer!

Helping to maintain our manicured gardens and rainforest area. The village sits on 12 acres and provides a beautiful backdrop for weddings, parties and special events.

We are seeking volunteers to help us with a 'hands on' approach to do maintenance work, painting, clearing the grounds, gardening and burning a bonfire or two. This maybe an opportunity for Corporate Volunteering.

We require volunteers to assist with light cleaning of this heritage home and the historically significant contents. Light vacuuming and dusting, brush down cobwebs.

Based at 83 Princes Highway in St Peters, Circle Paints is Australia's first paint rescue charity. We would LOVE your help to sort and catalogue donated paint, so people who need cheap and environmentally friendly paint can find what they need.

Victorian Goldfields Railway are looking for Carriage Maintenance Volunteers

This local heritage organisation is looking for people to assist in various aspects of maintaining and servicing their fleet of vintage railway rolling stock and maintaining the grounds and gardens of their Depot Precinct. No previous experience or specific skills are required-just reliability and enthusiasm to join this friendly and passionate team. Main days of work are Mondays and Wednesdays. Must be fully vaccinated for COVID 19.

Your diesel experience, motor mechanic or trade's assistant will be highly regarded when you join this friendly and passionate team of volunteers. You'll be servicing railway vehicle engines, doing general maintenance and inspections etc for operation on the national rail network. Our maintenance facilities are located in our Depot at Paterson. Your reliability and enthusiasm will be appreciated.

Join this friendly and passionate team of volunteers, assisting with restoration and maintenance of heritage rail motors, and other general plumbing works around the depot. Your reliability and enthusiasm will be appreciated, as will your previous plumbing experience. Main days of work are Monday and Wednesday. Must be fully vaccinated for COVID 19.

This local heritage organisation is looking for people to assist in various aspects of maintaining and servicing our fleet of heritage railway rolling stockk, as well as helping with upkeep of the depot. No previous experience or specific skills are required-just your reliability and enthusiasm to join this friendly and passionate team. Must be fully vaccinated for COVID 19.