Found 22 Trades & Maintenance volunteering opportunities in Australia

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.

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.

James Craig is a magnificent operating tall ship – a 3-masted barque built in 1874 so she is now 148 years old – and she needs you to help look after her!

Do you like being outdoors in the bush? Come and assist Susannah Brook catchment Group with their re-vegetation program and see the amazing results”. Several helping hands are needed to re-vegetate a weedy reserve for the return of local native vegetation. We require planters and weeders to continue our revegetation work in The Susannah Brook Reserve.

Be part of a team that restores and repairs historic aircraft. Persons with a disability are welcome to apply if they can meet the position requirements.

An opportunity for those who love model/miniature railways. We have a 7 ¼” gauge railway around the grounds that is available to visitors most days we are open. We have 3 locomotives (Steam, petrol, hydraulic). We are looking for someone who will be a practical leading-hand for this museum activity: From driving to track-work. The line has opportunities for development and a range of projects are possible with the right person to take the lead.

Pearn's Steam World has one of the best collection of agricultural steam engines, tractors and other farming artifacts in Australia. These need maintenance, preservation, restoration, or rebuilding depending on their condition. We welcome anyone with the skills and/or aptitude to join the team who care for the collection. The collection ranges from large steam engines to small items such as hand-cranked seeders and butter churns.

Do you fancy yourself as a bit of a Jack / Jan of all trades? Join our restoration team, which you would join, is tasked with the responsibility of restoring and maintaining the train collection at Bennett Brook Railway. Tradies and non tradies welcome!

Our school is designed for young people who need an innovative, flexible and personalised approach to learning. We are looking for a Volunteer Gardener who can help with the general maintenance of the grounds and gardens of the NG Centre School. ***To be referred to this role an interview with Volunteering Central Coast is required. You will be contacted soon to arrange a mutually convenient time and place. ***

The duties of this opportunity are to assist with the maintenance of the Puffing Billy Railways' buildings and infrastructure in accordance with the organisations training regime and safe operating procedures. You may also engage visitors in conversations about Puffing Billy Railway and provide assistance to visitors to enhance their visit.

Train enthusiasts - this one is for you. Bennett Brook Railway are in search of new Train Drivers to welcome tourists and visitors visiting Whiteman Park for a fun experience. This is a great opportunity to gain qualifications as full training to qualification standard will be provided if required.

Call out for handy persons - are you handy with a passion for helping others - please contact us!

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.

Our organisation runs out of a house on an acreage property and is subject to real estate inspection every three months. Additionally, our President is allergic to dust and can't let too much dust pile up or else she gets sick. We need help with this so that the facility is spotless for those inspections and also for visitors who expect that a wildlife hospital is always in pristine condition!!

We are presently in an urban setting and need to clean up the weeds, mow the lawn regularly and try to enhance the property with shrubs to bring some nature to this bland backyard.

The Kwinana Heritage Group requires the services of a volunteer mechanic to work on old engines/motors in their machine shop. The prospective volunteer should have a working knowledge of mechanics. The Museum and buildings house a large collection of donated items that tell the story of the development of modern Kwinana.

Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare is a not-for-profit community group, dedicated to conservation and re-vegetation activities in the Townsville region. 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 #enviroment #gardening #fitness #outdoors

Your gardening experience, or your willingness to learn new gardening skills, will be greatly appreciated in this role. You'll be working outdoors in a beautiful setting: planting, weeding, pruning and mulching as well as other garden related activities. Days and hours are negotiable to suit your schedule. The role requires a current Criminal Record Check and would prefer a current Working with Children Check.

Are you concerned about the amount of rubbish on our coastline? Adopt a Spot are recruiting volunteers to nominate an area of coastline to manage the removal of marine debris. Tasks will include daily cleans, collation of data (taking pictures of marine debris & reporting back on data via email or social media), disposal of materials in accordance with Local Council rubbish/recycling guidelines and provide community education in sustainable practices.