Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest / Greece
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Company
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The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest
is a legal entity established in 1994 for the benefit of the
public, under the supervision of the Greek Ministry of
Culture & Tourism.
The Museum’s objective is to study, research, promote,
preserve and conserve the unique Petrified Forest of Lesvos,
a designated Protected Natural Monument of particular
environmental, geological and paleontological value.
The main activities of the Natural History Museum of the
Lesvos Petrified Forest are towards the protection,
conservation and promotion of the geological heritage and
natural environment
Placement
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The Museum accepts students who wish to do their practice
in one of the following sectors depending on the period of
the year that it will take place the practice:
- Public sensitisation activities on the Earth heritage, the
Petrified Forest and the natural environment of the
region, either in the Museum or in the parks and the
fossil sites.
- Fossil conservation and restoration activities including
excavation, conservation, restoration, recording and
labelling of fossils.
- Environmental education programs of the Museum for
young visitors, such as "The Young Palaeontologists"
program in which kids discover, clean and identify
findings of the Petrified Forest, the "Volcanoes"
program which focuses on the volcanicity of the Aegean
and its relation to the Petrified Forest of Lesvos, the
Earthquake simulation activity which informs people on
natural disaster protection and earthquakes.
- Visitors satisfaction research by quantitative
questionnaires on the activities, services, information and
promotion of the monument, personal comments and
ideas for action in specific areas in the future and
evaluation the Museum and the parks.
- Recording natural resources in the protected region of
the Lesvos Petrified Forest. The data to be recorded may
be geosites, fossils or contemporary flora and fauna
species.
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The Museum is going to prepare a placement programme for
each beneficiary and assign to the trainee tasks and
responsibilities to match their knowledge, skills,
competencies and training objectives and ensure that
appropriate equipment and support is available
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Science, Environmental, Social and Economic Faculties,
Departments of Geology and Marine Geology,
Environmental Studies, Conservation, Librarianship and
Archivism, Photography, Museology, Cultural Technology
and Management
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Linguistic skills: English
Computer skills: WINDOWS ΧΡ, MS-OFFICE 2003 (Word,
Excel, Access, Power Point) E-mailing - Internet
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Mytilini , Lesvos Island, Greece
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1 May - 30 October
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The Museum also can provide to the trainers
accommodation, 1 coffee or juice and 1 sandwich every
working day, the transportation from Mytilini (the capital of
Lesvos Island) to Sigri at your arrival and Sigri to Mytilini at
departure
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Dieses Praktikum könnte mit einem Leonardo Da Vinci / Erasmus Stipendium gefördert werden. Bei Interesse
wenden Sie sich bitte zu den Sprechzeiten an Herrn Pottel (SG 093).
Sprechzeiten Campus Duisburg: Dienstag und Mittwoch 11 – 13 Uhr. Sprechzeiten Campus Essen: Dienstags
14 – tägig jeweils von 10 – 12.30 Uhr und 14 – 14.45 Uhr in T02 S00 K17.