No. 3 



Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for 1950 



DATE PURPOSE 



Dec. 16-22, 1Q47 ..Minneapolis, Minnesota — Attending Annual Meeting, Society of American 



Foresters. 



Feb. 8-11, 1948 Montreal — Canadian Lumbermen's Association Convention. 



Mar. 30- Apr. 1, 1Q48 Montreal — Woodlands Section Pulp and Paper Association. 



TRAINING 



The departmental training programme for staff members, after the pattern 

 of the Training Within Industry programme, and in First Aid training, was rudely 

 halted on August 1st, 1948, by the tragic and sudden passing of Kennet Blackwell 

 Smith. Training Officer for the Department, after which it was decided that it would 

 be in our best interests to proceed slowly in the matter of selection, so that the best 

 Training Officer possible could be obtained as a replacement for Mr. Smith. Our 

 report, therefore, indicates a smaller number of persons trained than in the previous 

 year, due to the fact that only one-third of the year's programme was completed prior 

 to Mr. Smith's passing. 



The Job Instruction Training Course was made available to 28 employees. 

 All trainess qualified and received certificates. 



The Job Relation Training Course was made available to 24 members, all of 

 whom were successful in qualifying for certificates. 



First Aid Training was likewise halted and apart from a refresher course in 

 Artificial Respiration to certain personnel of the Ontario Forest Ranger School and 

 at the Algonquin District headquarters, there was not actually any further training 

 of staff in this regard. 

 Head Office Staff Course 



Following our practice, instituted in the fiscal year 1942 '43, the Head Office 

 Staff Course was given to members from both Field and Head Office staffs. 



In all, 18 employees were enrolled in the course. 7 of whom were from Head 

 Office and the remainder from the Field. 



The Districts represented on the course were Geraldton. Gogama. Kapus- 

 kasing, Kenora, Lake Huron, North Bay. Port Arthur. Sioux Lookout and 

 Timiskaming. 



Because of the growth in departmental activities, consideration is now being 

 given to revising the time schedules for this course as it is apparent that greater 

 consideration may have to be given to certain aspects of our work. 



Scalers' Schools Held During Fiscal Year 1948-49 

 Examinations were held during 1948 as follows: 



1. Carnarvon May 7. 1948 3. Ft. William October 9. 1948 



2. The.ssalon June 4. 1948 4. Huntsville November 5. 1948 



T.ABI.E \o. 21 



RESULTS OF EXAMIX.\TIO\S HELD AT SCALERS' SCHOOLS 



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