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Missouri State Parks

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It only *looks* promising - Maintenance Technician Missouri State Parks Employee Review

2.0
May 15, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

You will spend a lot of time outside in beautiful woodlands, relaxed parks, and cool riversides. They diversity of projects, upgrades, remodels, chores, and stewardship is enough to keep anyone engaged and active -aka no boredom to be found over there. The work culture is fun, welcoming, caring, interpersonal, and (I think) trying to be better than it used to be.

Cons

There is not any site specific training, or job training what so ever. The record keeping and accountability for manuals, diagrams, logistics, and operations of systems (such as wells, pumps, lagoons, best practices, update/remodels made to buildings) simply does not exist. All of the "seasonal" part-time help you will get is 100% unskilled, untrained, and unqualified labor. This job requires an certain aptitude in mechanics, construction, conservation, people skills, and tool/equipment use. IF, if you can train on of your seasonals...well the season will be over.

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5.0
Dec 2, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Awesome people working there, great chance to try out naturalist/ranger work if you're planning to make a career out of it. Very strong on a resume.

Cons

Be prepared for hot summer manual labor!

5.0
Aug 26, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Worked with a lot of great people who really made the job fun. Even the less-fun tasks were enjoyable because of the positive culture. It was sometimes demanding, physical labor - but it was fulfilling and valuable as well.

Cons

I did not get paid extremely well, but I was a seasonal employee anyways who was working towards a career in a completely different field, so this was not a huge issue.

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