Volunteer Opportunity
Volunteer Tradesman
Location:
Paola
Days/hours of Volunteering
flexible
Age Restrictions
18+
Mental Health Difficulties
Typical responsibilities:
- Plastering and painting of internal and external walls
- Minor plumbing maintenance works
- General building maintenance
- Optional: basic carpentry
- Optional: metal working
Desirable skills:
- Good sense of judgement in terms of health & safety requirements
- Disciplined in using the appropriate personal protective equipment (supplied by EFRU), as appropriate, while executing tasks
- Practical approach
- Has good knowledge of / hands-on experience using manual, electric and battery-operated tools
- Optional: basic carpentry
- Optional: metal working
- Able to work on own initiative
- Able to work with minimal supervision
- Has good communication skills and retains appropriate level of communication with his/her reference point at EFRU
- Has good organization skills
- Attentive to detail
About the Voluntary Organisation:
Emergency Fire & Rescue Unit (EFRU)
EFRU specializes in rescue, assisting the Civil Protection Department (CPD) in national emergencies, on duty in regular fire station shifts or as needed in fire fighting, rope rescue, urban search and rescue and first response, as well as first aid and fire safety during mass events.
The Unit’s mission is to maintain a team of volunteers, trained and equipped to a professional level on par with their full-time CPD counterparts.
Additionally, the Unit seeks to provide its services to society in general through its Community Assistance Programme, aiding other charitable organisations in their events, as well as educating the public in safety.
As part of its efforts to sustain its operations, EFRU also provides its services to companies and conducts fund raising events, the most notable of which is its annual cycling tour organised in Sicily.
