Help around the house and around a reindeer farm in Varangerbotn, Norway

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  2024 

 Hospedagem min. solicitada: mínimo 1 semana

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  • Descrição

    Descrição

    This host is located in Varangerbotn in Northern Norway. I am Ragne, a woman grown up in a Sami reindeer family. The big herds of reindeer are up in the mountains the whole year around, but I have some reindeer home in a fenced area from November until April. This might be reindeer that need special care due to different reasons. I also have 2 Australian Shepherds - herding dogs. As a volunteer here you will live in my house, have your own bedroom and share bathroom and kitchen with me. In the house it’s only me and my four legged friends :) I am partly busy daytime as I am working as a teacher from Monday to Friday. Be prepared to spend a lot of time on your own :)

    - I am always searching for carpenters for small projects inside and outside of the house :) -

    - I take only volunteers for shorter terms, maximum until 3 weeks -

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    THE HELP MAY - JULY
    - Searching for carpenter or a handyman -

    The tame reindeer have already moved to the mountains. We start cleaning/clearing the reindeer farm area, and will need help with this.

    Tasks:
    - Clearing trees
    - Cleaning outside
    - Fencing (Fixing dog fences, reindeer fences etc)
    - Carpentry jobs
    - Help with general maintenance inside and outside of the house
    - House renovation
    - Helping out in the garden
    - Painting

    IMPORTANT:
    From the end of may, sun never sets, and you can experience up to 24 hours of sunlight - the midnight sun. It is "daylight" all night long, be aware :) From the end of June we have a lot of mosquitos. In this period, the sun never sets, and you can experience up to 24 hours of sunlight - the midnight sun.

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    THE HELP IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER
    - Searching for carpenter or a handyman -

    Tasks:
    - Fencing (Fixing dogfences, reindeer fences etc)
    - Painting
    - Renovation work inside of the house
    - Cutting and clearing trees, making firewood
    - Helping out in the garden
    - Picking berries
    - Help with reindeer calf marking ( only sometimes, this won't be your main tasks)
    - Pick food (reindeer lichen) for the reindeer
    - Help with reindeer slaughtering

    IMPORTANT: In this period I am often away - in the mountains were my reindeer are. Be prepared to spend a lot of time on your own.
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    THE HELP IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
    - Searching for carpenter or a handyman -

    In this months I take my tame reindeer home from the mountains!

    Tasks:
    - Snow shoveling
    - Cutting trees
    - Help to cut down reindeer meat into smaller chunks
    - Fence building
    - General maintenance
    - Fixing fences
    - Pick reindeer lichen
    - Painting/house renovation

    IMPORTANT:
    From november until middle of January we have complete darkness. It can reach -40 degrees Celcius.

    Please also note that we will be slaughtering some reindeer in this period. You will NOT be asked to kill any reindeer, but we will skin and butcher reindeer, and may ask for some help with this.

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    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
    • Driver’s License
    • In good physical shape and used with physical work
    • Strong
    • Fluent in English
    • You are a carpenter or a very handyman
    • You do not have any health problems that limits you with physical work
    • Great communication skills
    • Hardworking, responsible, and FLEXIBLE with help and helping hours
    • You MUST be INDEPENDENT and able to work alone
    • Minimum age 24
    • You are NON smoker
    • Handyman/used with using general tools (No need to have professional skills)

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    YOUR APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE:
    • A few sentences about yourself, your age and where you’re coming from
    • How long you intend to stay + dates
    • Previous Workaways and past work experiences, your experience with animals
    • Language Skills
    • Allergies or dietary restrictions
    • Are you a handyman or not? Used with fixing things?:)

    If you don’t include the information I am asking for, I can’t accept your application.

  • Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Jardinagem
    Construção/faça você mesmo
    Cuidar de animais
    Ajuda em fazenda
    Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras
    Ajuda a cuidar da casa
    Manutenção geral
  • Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    You will learn about reindeer and the sami culture. You will get to meet, interact and take care of reindeer. In winter time you will get to see the Northern lights as this place is perfect for that :D

    Here are a lot of opportunities, and what you learn depends on how active, motivated and receptive you are, and what time of the year you are coming here.

    We are remote, with only 900 inhabitants in the entire municipality. There is a village 5km away with a restaurant and bar, musem and a few other things. It is possible to get a bus to the nearby towns, but the busroutes are limited.

    - Tana Bru is 20km away
    - Vadsø is 55km away
    - Kirkenes is 120km away

    These places have amenities like cinemas, pubs, shopping centres etc.

  • Ajuda

    Ajuda

    Ideally I need independent, practical, physically strong and reliable persons that love to take responsibilities and know how to deal with different tasks.

    Other tasks may be, depending on time of the year:

    Feeding animals
    Wood cutting
    Putting up solid fences for the reindeer
    Painting inside or outside of the house
    Fixing things for the buildings
    Making firewood, cutting
    House renovation
    Mechanical things
    Gardening etc

    Please notice that work and schedules will often change due to weather and animals, and we expect you to be 100% flexible with changing help schedules and days off. This is NOT a 9-5 job!

    Please notice that the house is located in the forest with no next door neighbors, outside a small town, and you won't have a lot of transport possibilities. If you like to be around a lot of people all the time, this is not the correct place for you. If you are not in balance with yourself, it might be too isolated for you here.

  • Idiomas

    Inglês: Fluente
    Norwegian: Fluente
    Sami: Fluente

  • Acomodação

    Acomodação

    You will have your own bedroom, livingroom and bathroom. You will share kitchen with me.

  • Algo mais...

    Algo mais...

    The nearest airports are Kirkenes and Vadsø, although it is probably cheaper and more convenient to fly to Kirkenes.

    You will have to catch the bus from Kirkenes to Varangerbotn to come here. The bus routes you can find by searching for "Snelandia".

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  • Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    2

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    Horas previstas

    Up to 5 hours 5 days a week, some days less, some days more, 2 days off a week. We need a volunteer who is flexible with helping hours.

Nº de ref. de anfitrião: 835545541266

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