Today I am interviewing a campground employee from Connecticut who is looking for a Workamping couple to work at a facility that caters primarily to seasonal residents.

Peter Hornat is a fifth-generation worker at Laurel Lock Campground in Oakdale, Conn. Although Peter is 39 years old himself, the family-owned campground has been in business for 60 years along the shore of Gardner Lake and adjacent to Hopemead State Park.

Laurel Lock Campground has 135 sites, of which 120 are occupied by seasonal campers. The other sites may accommodate overnight guests, but are often used by people coming to visit the seasonal campers.

The culture at Laurel Lock Campground creates a rather unique Workamping opportunity because much of the work is devoted to assisting seasonal residents. That means there is not a daily influx of new check-ins. The same residents form a genuine community at the park because many of them have rented sites at the campground for at least 10 years.

Laurel Lock typically hires two Workamping couples every season, but last year and again this year, the campground is seeking a third couple to work from the middle of April until mid-October.

Each spring, Workampers are involved with opening the campground by doing light landscaping, cleaning the common areas and doing touch-up painting.

During the season, one Workamper tends to the office and the store by greeting customers as they come in for supplies or to make rent payments. Workampers also deliver a weekly newsletter.

The outside Workamper is busy doing light maintenance, landscaping, cleaning bathrooms and tidying up the beach area.

One of the more unique jobs Workampers do is sell and deliver decorative stone to residents. Because they occupy the same site for many years, the residents often want to add stone to spruce up their site’s appearance.

The campground also relies on Workampers to help plan and support special activities for campers of all ages, whether they are classes, potluck dinners or themed weekends.

Laurel Lake Campground prefers to hire couples because they need one person to work inside and the other outside. However, Peter said the campground would consider hiring a family and employing teenagers traveling with their parents.

Workampers generally put in a minimum of 20 hours per week, but can work more hours if they wish. More help is usually needed on weekends when the campground is especially busy.

All hours are paid at Connecticut minimum wage, but Workampers also receive a free full-hookup RV site. They do need to pay for electricity, and those costs vary based on the amount used every month.

There are no special skills needed. However, if a Workamper has unique skills, like construction, plumbing or mechanical aptitude, the campground would really enjoy talking to that couple.

To apply people can simply email the campground and the staff will set up an online video interview.

Laurel Lock Campground is about 30 minutes from Long Island Sound, and it is also 30 minutes from a train that can take people to New York City or Boston.

For more information about the campground, people can visit www.laurellock.com.

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That’s all for this week’s show. I will have another employer interview again on the next episode of The Workamper Show. Thanks for listening!