when requested by field or branch supervisors. Employees are informed of the 

 selection as well as the number of applications. During the year, there were 97 

 transfers within the Department. 



TRAINING 



The policy of recruiting technical field staff on completion of training at the 

 Ontario Forest Ranger School or similar institutions continued and almost all staff 

 eligible for sponsorship to the Diploma Course have received or are receiving such 

 training. 



In 1963 the graduating class consisted of 42 sponsored students and 61 

 students who paid their own way. The enrolment for the 1964 Diploma Course is 

 34 sponsored and 87 non-sponsored. 



In addition to the Diploma Course, Certificate Courses were given in Fish 

 and Wildlife, Forest Protection and Timber work. These courses will continue and 

 it is planned to add a Certificate Course in Parks work. 



A number of employees attended a course in oral and written communication, 

 sponsored by the Ontario Agricultural College Extension Branch and a similar, 

 but shorter, course was arranged for conservation officers attending the Certificate 

 Course in Fish and Wildlife at the Ontario Forest Ranger School. 



Three foresters and two biologists registered for the Diploma Course in 

 Resource Management at the University of Toronto. To date, 15 foresters and 

 biologists have received this training. 



Familiarization courses were held for 32 new foresters and biologists and, 

 for the first time, 32 chief rangers were brought to Head Office to take this course. 



Eleven employees were granted educational leave — 10 to take post-graduate 

 and 1 to take graduate training. 



Eight Head Office employees successfully completed the Certificate Course in 

 Public Administration at the University of Toronto, sponsored by the Civil Service 

 Commission and five employees completed the Public Administration Course given 

 at Ryerson Technical Institute. 



One forester was loaned to the Government of Chile under the auspices of 

 F.A.O. to work on a forest inventory programme; another forester was loaned to 

 the Government of Kenya and a biologist to the Government of Tanganyika under 

 the Federal External Aid Programme. 



The Training and Development Plan for the Department was completed and 

 approved. 



SAFETY TRAINING 



The Injury Frequency Rate was 19.2, an increase of 5.0 over the previous 

 year. 



The Injury Frequency Rate is determined as follows: 



No. of lost time injuries x 100,000 man-days 

 man-days worked 



On April 3, 1963 the "waiting" time for a lost time claim was reduced from 

 five to three days under the amendments made to the Workmen's Compensation 

 Act. This increased the number of compensable lost time claims and caused the 

 Injury Frequency Rate to rise. 



Lake Huron District had the lowest injury frequency rate and won the 

 Department Safety Award. 



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