Maintenance / construction Position: Builder/Carpenter Location: Maquipucuna Reserve, Ecuador Qualifications: Carpentry skills; must be able to lift 25 – 50 lbs Goal: Maintain & increase reserve Eco-amenities Responsibilities: Maintain trail Build bamboo stairs on trails & walkways Repair bridges & hand railings on trails Design camping area Construct bird watching towers Construct area to attract mammals for tourist viewing Minimum commitment: 3 months Project Manager: Carlos Sevilla Lodging: Maquipucuna Reserve Available: yes no Position: Builder/Carpenter Location: Maquipucuna Reserve, Ecuador Qualifications: Building maintenance & carpentry skills; must be able to lift 25 – 50 lbs Goal: Maintain & increase lodging amenities Responsibilities: Replace roofing on several buildings Repair lodge furniture Replace screens on research lodging Build bamboo houses Clean bamboo throughout reserve Build a fence around chicken and pig shed Minimum commitment: 3 months Project Manager: Marco Suasnnavas, Maintenance & Construction Coordinator Lodging: Maquipucuna Reserve Available: yes no Position: Wood Carver Location: Maquipucuna Reserve Qualifications: Lettering, drawing, artist Goal: Provide signs for the entire Reserve, to include trails and general tourist areas Responsibilities: Design signs Draw & carve signs Minimum commitment: 2 months Project Manager: Juan-Carlos Unda, Eco-signs Coordinator / Alejandro Mosquera Lodging: Maquipucuna Reserve Available: yes no Position: Organic Gardener/Farmer Location: Maquipucuna Reserve, Ecuador Qualifications: Experience in maintaining organic garden & managing farm animals Goal: Provide experience & labor for the development of a model organic farming project designed to demonstrate the use of small space for large production Responsibilities: Plant & maintain organic vegetable & fruit garden Pick vegetables & fruit Develop pest management regimes Feed & water animals (pigs, chickens, & fish) Maintain animal living quarters Minimum commitment: 3 months Project Manager: Jorge Riasgos Lodging: Maquipucuna Reserve Available: yes no Position: Organic Gardener Location: Yunguilla, Ecuador Qualifications: Experience in maintaining organic garden Goal: Provide experience & labor for the development of a model organic farming project designed to demonstrate the use of small space for large production Responsibilities: Plant & maintain organic vegetable & fruit garden Pick vegetables & fruit Develop pest management regimes Minimum commitment: 3 months Project Manager: Mercy Morales, Organic Garden Coordinator Lodging: Community homes Available: yes no