NOTE: This is a preliminary, broad-based, field listing. Subfields will be determined as membership increases. Pre/Post Activities are outlines only, and do not reflect various other activities as deemed proper & necessary to the individual fields of expertise. Additions & exemptions may occur in any/all fields depending upon member input & organization. Comments and suggestions welcomed at any time. Suggest a Field.

To apply for a position, send e-mail to XXX [Deleted] with a short bio & location information. Include # of dependents & any specialties you & they might have. No discrimination based on Race, Sex, Marital Status, Faith (or lack thereof), or number of dependents. Must be 21 to apply for Primary Membership, but no discrimination based on ages over 21. No fees required or accepted until initial Primary Membership reaches a minimum of 200 (yes, we reduced it). Fees to be determined at that time by all initial Primary members. All fees will be limited to necessary maintenance on the chosen site and must be pre-approved.

IMPORTANT:
If you think of a field that might be crucial and is not listed, please let us know. Do not assume that you will not be welcomed simply because your field/specialty (or lack of a field/specialty) is not listed. We need just plain, good folks, too! A willingness to work with others in whatever capacity you may is a prime prerequisite. Everyone has value.

Accounting & Financial Management/Investments: [0 qualified members ] CPA's, brokers, investment strategists, bankers, risk management, barter & trade
Pre-event Activities:
Manage NPO financial investments, accounts & affairs; provide fellow members with advice & services (discounted) for individual financial affairs, investments, bartering & trading.
Post-event Activities:
Establish and maintain a "quartermaster" supply system (administrative), develop a sustainable barter & trade/laissez-faire economic system for group & act as an intermediary for trade disputes, develop & maintain trade system with outside surviving groups.

Agriculture - Closed system, indoor, intensive: [0 qualified members ]Hydroponics design & control, aquaculture design & control, lighting specialist, air/water/sewage filtration, CO₂/O₂ exchange systems, plant propagation, algae systems.
Pre-event Activities:
Design pre-event systems plans & materials lists, aid in construction of site systems, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members for their own private systems.
Post-event Activities:
Develop, expand, improve & maintain closed system agricultural production

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Agriculture - Traditional, Organic: [ 0 qualified members] Horse/Mule/Ox plowing, hand sowing & reaping, companion planting & crop rotation, threshing & milling, insect control, seed/plant propagation, irrigation design & control.
Pre-event Activities:
Design pre-event low-impact, organic, small farm for site using sustainable technologies and renewable resources. Draw up long-range contingency plans for materiel & events, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members for their own, current, knowledge & use
Post-event Activities:
Develop, expand, improve & maintain on-site farm, recruit & train members for farm activities.

Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Care: [0 qualified members ]Farrier & Veterinarian, breeding & crossbreeding
Pre-event Activities:
Design pre-event farrier & veterinarian stations for on-site farm, draw up materials & contingency lists for post-event operations, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Develop, expand, improve & maintain on-site farm farrier & vet. operations centers, recruit & train members for Farrier & vet. activities.

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Artists & Craftsmen (and women): [0 qualified members ] All fields, for recreation, esthetics & design.
Pre-event Activities:
Develop plans for instruction & post event implementation of arts & crafts products & process, aid in the design of site layout & construction, produce lists of post-event salvageable materials for use, barter & trade, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Recreation & stress relief instructors, small crafts development, minor maintenance, scavenger teams, facilities improvement, production of trade goods

Chemists: [0 qualified members ] Organic & inorganic, all fields, esp. petrochemical & medical.
Pre-event Activities:
Plan & develop on-site labs & equipment lists, compile list of chemicals from common materials for use in post-event scenario, prepare lists of possible salvage materials & mark locations, develop methods of independent production for necessary chemicals, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Run labs, recruit & train other members for lab assistants, direct salvage & production operations, medical, scientific & agricultural research

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Childcare Professionals:[0 qualified members ] Homeschoolers, nannies/au pair, child psychology, growth & development
Pre-event Activities:
Develop plans for young child care facilities & activities, including psychological trauma, prepare materials lists for education, care & recreation of preadolescent children, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Run preadolescent child care facility, including health, education, physical fitness & recreation of young children.

Communications Systems:[0 qualified members ] Ham & Shortwave operators, Microwave & ELF communications, Telephone, telegraph & sound-driven systems, signaling specialists, runners, printers. Operators, installers, designers & builders in all fields, journalists & reporters, librarians.
Pre-event Activities:
Develop plans & contingencies for on-site, local, nation-wide and global communications & monitoring, back-up/hardening facilities & materials, develop inter-group security codes & emergency call lists, develop signal and line of site communications plans, establish LPOP sites, develop plans for member instruction in communications, design main and redundant lines of communication on-site and with each member household, monitor world situation & provide threat assessment reports, create member newsletter, design, establish & maintain on-site library, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Operate communications facilities, recruit & train members in communications, establish and man LPOP's, monitor world frequencies and give sit-reps, maintain on-site communications and early warning systems.

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Computer Systems:[0 qualified members ] Systems design, construction & integration, programmers, data entry, debugging
Pre-event Activities:
Plan & develop on-site systems integration & redundancy programs, integrate software/hardware systems with mechanical overide systems, integrate computer sytems with commo systems, design, develop & maintain member-only website & BBS system, maintain electronic library, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Operate automatic control systems & work with commo, biomed & education sections

Construction & Civil Engineering:[0 qualified members ] Roads, bridges, buildings, underground, mining & demolition. Natural/Existing/Salvage materials, active & passive solar technology, primitive systems & mechanics, wind & hydro systems. Masons, carpenters, conventional, adobe, rammed earth, strawbale & log construction, domes & geomes, etc., architects
Pre-event Activities:
Design/plan site layout, construction & renovation, prepare tools & materials lists, compile report on natural resources available on-site & possible uses, identify trail, tunnel, bridge, communications, road & waterway projects, design/plan defensible positions & LPOP's, identify post-event resource locations in surrounding areas for salvage, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
All aspects of construction, planning & directing salvage operations

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Education & Research Professionals:[0 qualified members ] pre-K thru 12+, instructors & research specialists
Pre-event Activities:
Develop curriculum for pre-k through advanced adult education, design adolescent thru adult education center, compile materiel lists for education center & identify resource locations for post-event salvage operations, design, develop & maintain on-line homeschooling website for members only use, research legal, financial, scientific, & news-related subjects regarding site advancement & potential world threats, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Run adolescent thru adult education center, direct salvage operations, institute research "think-tank" for problem resolution and site advancement.

Electrical Engineering & Energy Systems:[ 0 qualified members ] Electrical systems design, repair & construction, alternative energy systems - wind, hydro, methane, biofuels, alcohol & mechanical sytems
Pre-event Activities:
Plan & design redundant, independent, energy systems for site, research all available alternative energy possibilities for site, integrate energy systems with construction section, plan & develop power grid for site, identify possible resource locations for salvage operations, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
All aspects of power generation/power grid/delivery systems.

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Entertainment Professionals:[0 qualified members ] Actors, acrobats, filmmakers, jugglers, musicians, singers, writers, etc
Pre-event Activities:
Aid in the plan & design of on-site recreation center, contribute to newsletter & website, develop & produce training aids/films, develop post-event strategies for stress relief, psychological trauma & morale enhancement, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Responsible for group morale enhancement, documentation of events, training intelligence & defense operatives in acting, acrobatics, and photo-recon.

Firearms & Weapons Systems:[0 qualified members ] FFL, Armorer, Gunsmith, Instructor
Pre-event Activities:
Plan & develop ammunition storage & reloading facilities, research & design facilities for weapons manufacture & repair, research possibilities for blackpowder/smokeless powder production, prepare tools & materiel lists for facilities, research firearms laws for site location, plan & develop firearms training range site, identify possible resource locations for salvage operations, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Weapons repair, development & training. Salvage operations

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Firefighting - Open Range, Underground & Structural:[ 0 qualified members ] Prevention, inspectors, investigators & intervention
Pre-event Activities:
Design & develop firefighting center & compile materiel lists, identify on-site hazards & design abatement/prevention strategies, develop & direct safety systems for on-site stuctures, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Operate firefighting center, recruit & train members for firefighting activities.

Food Preparation Professionals:[0 qualified members ] Cooks, chefs, bakers, caterers & servers, nutritionists - vegetarian & other
Pre-event Activities:
Design & plan food prep & commissary/cafeteria center, develop nutritional guidelines & menus (in conjunction with agri/sanitation/health sections), prepare equipment & materiel lists, identify resource locations for possible salvage operations, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Run commissary & cafeteria.

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Food Processing - Bulk preparation & storage: [ 0 qualified members ]Slaughtering, meat cutting, meatpacking, canning, smoking, drying, etc.
Pre-event Activities:
Design & plan food processing center (in conjunction with agri/sanitation/health sections), design & plan food storage, packaging & preservation facilities & techniques, identify resource locations for possible salvage operations, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Operate processing, preserving, packaging & storage facilities.

Healthcare, Medical & Dental(traditional & alternative): [0 qualified members ]Doctors, Surgeons, Dentists, nurses, nurses aides, dental techs, EMT's, paramedics, lab techs, pharmacists, forensic medicine & pathology, herbalists, homeopaths, midwifes
Pre-event Activities:
Design & develop feasible health/medical center for powered/unpowered contingencies, medical supplies production & salvage operations, first aid and emergency care training programs, species identification at site for herbal remedies, identify resource locations for possible salvage operations, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities: Operate health/medical Center and aid Sanitation & food service sections, train members in sanitation, basic and advanced first aid & homeopathic/herbal remedies. Render aid & succor to outlying survivor groups (when possible), direct salvage & medical production operations.

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Healthcare, Mental & Psychological:[0 qualified members ] Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Professional Counselors.
Pre-event Activities:
Develop methods and plans to allow adults and children to work constructively on the many mental health problems seen in survivors of catastrophic disasters. Additionally, the mental health professionals could test each member, allowing training to be tailored to the type of each member.

Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning:[0 qualified members ] HVAC systems design, construction, repair & operations, steam, solar & electrical, over/under pressure, "clean" rooms, air filtration & irradiation, de/humidification, quarantine rooms, submicron filtration systems, forced ventilation systems
Pre-event Activities:
Design systems for integration with existing/new structures, aid agri & health/med sections in facilities design in clean rooms & CO2 exchange systems/air contaminates, aid energy production sections with steam generated power sytems, aid in design design of central utilities facilities, identify resource locations for possible salvage operations, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Utilities management & various other

Industrial Technology: all technologies for re-establishing a civilized existence. (too many to list)
Pre-event Activities:
Identify vital technologies & compile data for post-event reconstruction & implementation, prepare vital materials lists, identify resource locations for possible salvage operations, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Lead salvage operations & re-establish individual vital technologies.

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Insurance & Indemnity Professionals: [0 qualified members ]All lines
Pre-event Activities:
Risk assessment & abatement, establish all lines accounts for group members, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Risk assessment & abatement. Retrain in other specialties.

Land & Forest Management: [0 qualified members ]Wildlife management - hunters, fishers, trackers & trappers, Foresters - woodlot management, species ID & propagation, controlled burns & selective cutting, path & trail management, dam & pond building, stream clearing, avalanche control, search & rescue
Pre-event Activities:
Direct & advice on land & forest management, wildlife management, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Same, only operational. Conservation & propagation of natural resources.

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Legal & Judicial Systems:[0 qualified members ] Attorneys, judges, paralegals, clerks & reporters
Pre-event Activities:
Aid in the formation of NPO Charter & legal aspects of site, taxes, membership, etc., provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Site administration, arbitration & dispute intervention, wise counsel, establish (Constitutional) legal/punitive system, initiate strategies for negotiation & integration with outside survivor groups, aid in development of laissez-faire economy and pay-as-you-go governmental structure.

Light Textile:[0 qualified members ] Spinning, Knitting, Weaving, Tailoring, Sewing, Tanning, Shoe making, Barrel making, candle & soap making, wheelwrights, furniture & cabinet making, harness making & repair, saddle making, book binding, etc.
Pre-event Activities:
Same as Industrial Technologies
Post-event Activities:
Same as Industrial Technologies

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Management & Promotional Professionals:[0 qualified members ] Administration, organization & advertising
Pre-event Activities:
Aid in the administration of the NPO organization & logistics, web sites, and newsletter. Coordinate & integrate all the various activities, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Same as above

Mechanical Engineering:[0 qualified members ] Systems design & construction - small to heavy equipment/machinery
Pre-event Activities:
Plan & design machine shop & mechanical systems for site. Prepare lists of vital materiel & tools, identify resource locations for possible salvage operations, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Mechanical design & improvements, run machine shop, direct salvage operations, recruit & train members for mechanical eng. activities.

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Multidenominational Religious Instructors:[0 qualified members ]
(All benevolent faiths welcome. Non-antagonistic agnostics & atheists o.k.. Everybody's entitled to their own particular belief system - just don't get in anybody's face about it.)
Pre-event Activities:
Design & plan multi-denominational shared worship facilities, work out schedules for sharing facility, implement methods & solutions to faith conflicts & integration of multiple belief systems, prepare strategies for dealing with stress/psychological trauma among followers & bolstering of faith & morale during post-event scenarios.
Post-event Activities:
Provide all aspects of respective belief systems to member-followers, provide aid & succor to outside survivor groups (when needed), aid education, health & research sections.

Plumbing, Sanitation, Sewage & Waste Disposal Professionals:[0 qualified members ] Plumbing & water systems design, construction & management, plumbers, pipefitters/layers, health inspectors, sanitation design, construction & control, recycling, composting, re-using, salvagers, waste management
Pre-event Activities:
Plan, design & improve plumbing, sanitation, water & waste treatment facilities & delivery systems, identify resource locations for possible salvage operations, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Same + repairs & new construction, salvage operations, recruit & train members for PSSWD.

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Primitive Technology Professionals:[0 qualified members ] Skilled & practiced individuals with knowledge in doing things the old (pre-technological era) way. From home/field skills to industrial techniques & toolmaking.
Pre-event Activities:
Prepare training manuals & sessions for member instruction, compile library of primitive technology & skills, map site for wildlife, plant life, water & mineral resources, aid land & forest management section, identify resource locations for possible salvage operations, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
Training members in individual specialties, hunting & tracking, scouting, leading salvage operations, man LPOP's, intelligence collection, alternative methods implementation & design.

Security & Defense/Law Enforcement:[0 qualified members ] Military, defense, intelligence, police & investigation professionals, self-defense instructors (all forms), strategists & tacticians, analysts & operatives
Pre-event Activities:
Aid legal & judicial section in maintaining legal status of group. Plan & design site layout for maximum defense capability, plan & scout multiple evac. routes to/from site, establish LPOP locations & caches, design event protocols for member evacuation to site, design SAR/SERE protocols, design intelligence collection protocols, design recruitment & training protocols for security teams, etc. (all aspects of defense/intelligence & security), identify resource locations for possible salvage operations, provide (discounted) advice & services to fellow members.
Post-event Activities:
All aspects of site security, intelligence collection, defense & law enforcement. Member training in multiple aspects of self/site defense & evacuation to/from site, patrolling & salvage group protection, initiating contact with outside groups.

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Survival Systems Professional:[0 qualified members ] SERE/SAR & Survival - experienced instructors & operatives
Pre-event Activities:
Same as above w/emphasis on SERE/SAR
Post-event Activities:
Same as above.

Transportation Management Professionals:[0 qualified members ] Map making, routing, GPS, transportation systems design & construction (vehicles & roads), mechanics, pilots (all aircraft), waterway systems (boats, rafts, canoes, kayaks), 4x4 trail drivers, horse/mule/ox team drivers, muleskinners & packtrain leaders, fuel storage & stabilization, delivery systems design and management
Pre-event Activities:
Post-event Activities:

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Underground Mining & Ore Processing:[0 qualified members ] Mining engineers, miners, ore processing, geologists & prospectors
Pre-event Activities:
Surveying property and surrounding lands for exploitable resources. Determining requirements for post-apocalyptic extraction (and refining for use).
Post-event Activities:
Implementing and overseeing extraction of resources, locating additional resources

Undertaker/Burial Services:[0 qualified members ] Morticians, pathologists, gravediggers
Pre-event Activities:
Setting up mortuary and working with MD's for pathology and autopsy requirements.
Post-event Activities:

Water Treatment & Supply:[0 qualified members ] Well digging, watershed management, diversion, water filtration, oxygenation & irradiating, water delivery systems design, construction, management & repair.
Pre-event Activities:
Design and implementation of above plans to extent possible by law.
Post-event Activities:
Overseeing water resources and sanitation supply and securityss

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