{"id":10239,"date":"2017-10-16T09:18:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T16:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/?p=10239"},"modified":"2017-10-16T09:19:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T16:19:37","slug":"benton-county-fairgrounds-landscape-internship-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/2017\/10\/16\/benton-county-fairgrounds-landscape-internship-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Benton County Fairgrounds Landscape Internship Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2017\/10\/Landscape-Intern-Flyer-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10240 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2017\/10\/Landscape-Intern-Flyer-2017-300x152.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Benton County Fairgrounds is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic intern to join our team! This internship is intended to provide hands-on work experience in the design and development of landscaping for the fairgrounds 29-acre facility. The Benton County Fairgrounds hosts more than 1,100 rentals each year, in addition to organizing the annual Benton County Fair &amp; Rodeo.<\/p>\n<p>The intern will generate plans and update existing planting and irrigation strategies, work with staff to develop a stewardship plan for the existing oak grove, and perform general landscape maintenance duties including pruning. The applicant must be able to do physical labor outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>This internship is part-time, up to 20 hours per week, with a flexible schedule.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong><br \/>\nTo be eligible for an internship, a student must be enrolled in an approved educational institution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rate of Pay:<\/strong><br \/>\n$10.25 per hour<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEADLINE: Friday, November 3, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Apply:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Download and complete an official Benton County application HERE, or pick up an application at the Benton County Fairgrounds office 8:00 \u2013 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 \u2013 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.<br \/>\n2. Applications can be emailed to Lynne McKee (contact information listed below) or hand-delivered to the Fairgrounds office during business hours.<br \/>\n3. If selected, you will be notified via phone or email and invited for an interview.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information:<\/strong><br \/>\nLynne McKee, Fairgrounds Manager<br \/>\nTel: 541-766-6090<br \/>\nLynne.Mckee@co.benton.or.us<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.benton.or.us\/hr\/page\/internship-opportunities\">https:\/\/www.co.benton.or.us\/hr\/page\/internship-opportunities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Benton County Fairgrounds is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic intern to join our team! This internship is intended to provide hands-on work experience in the design and development of landscaping for the fairgrounds 29-acre facility. The Benton County Fairgrounds hosts more than 1,100 rentals each year, in addition to organizing the annual Benton [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6949,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1292113],"tags":[154288,752366,127246,835,707925,752368],"class_list":["post-10239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-opportunity","tag-benton-county","tag-benton-county-fairgrounds","tag-intern","tag-internship","tag-internship-opportunity","tag-paid-internship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10239"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10245,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10239\/revisions\/10245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}