Found 24 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.

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!

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 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!

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.

Remembrance Park Central Victoria manages a number of cemeteries in the Bendigo area and is looking for Gardening and Painting volunteers for a variety of tasks. Someone who is friendly and enjoys meeting and talking to people.

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.

We take all volunteers, young and old. You can either use your existing Sales, Management or other skills or we can teach you some new ones. We provide low-cost local native plants to the public and park organisations. We hope that by encouraging the planting of local native plants this will increase the biodiversity & climate resilience of the Whitehorse area.

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. ***

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.

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.

At Central Coast ARAFMI, our qualified carer and mental health lived-experience staff walk alongside individuals and their families, providing personalised, flexible support. We are looking for Gardeners and Handypersons to help us maintain and develop the gardens across 2 sites and assist with general upkeep of the facilities. ***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. ***

At Central Coast ARAFMI, our qualified carer and mental health lived-experience staff walk alongside individuals and their families, providing personalised, flexible support. We are looking for someone to help establish a workshop program, teaching skills, building creations, have fun and give back to the community. ***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. ***

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

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.

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.