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Province and several of the Head Office staff. Instruction was given by the following 

 Divisions: Operation and Personnel, Law, Accounts, Land and Recreational Areas, 

 Timber ^Management, Forest Protection, Fish and Wildlife, Surveys and Engineering 

 and Research, and where applicable, those attending were handed charts, manuals 

 and copies of Acts. From comments of the personnel attending, they obtained through 

 the instruction, a better and broader knowledge of the operation of the Divisions in 

 which they were instructed. 



Mechanical Training 



To assist in the care and maintenance of our mechanical equipment 20 

 employees were sent to a training school operated by the Outboard Marine Motor 

 Company at Peterborough and received instruction on outboard motors and fire 

 pumps. The instruction was of excellent value to our men and they derived 

 knowledge of this equipment which could only be obtained at the factory. 



One man was sent to the Crothers Diesel plant to receive instruction about 

 Diesel engines. He is now stationed at a centre where repairs are made on the job 

 by the mechanic or forwarded to a central point thereby decreasing the "lost time" 

 factor. 



Of our supervisorv staff 10 men from the field attended a course on Motor 

 Vehicle Maintenance and 12 a course on Fleet Supervisors. These courses were 

 conducted by the Safety Division of the University of Toronto and lectures were 

 delivered to the students, by key personnel of various automotive manufacturing 

 companies from whom valuable knowledge was obtained. 



Ranger School 



The Ranger School is functioning to capacity and with the 42 graduates this 

 year the total number of students having attended and graduated is 237. 



Scaling Schools 



With the holding of scaling schools at Carnarvon and Sault Ste. Marie this 

 year there are now 320 fully licensed scalers and 23 licensed to scale pulpwood. 

 The holders of "pulp" licences have an opportunity of trying for full licences at a 

 later date. Other scalers' schools will be conducted during the year. 



Pre-Service Training 



A course was instituted whereby a candidate seeking em.ployment as a 

 Conservation Officer was brought to Head Office and given instruction and training 

 prior to appointment and allocation. This was the first pre-service training undertaken 

 bv the Department. The results were most gratifying with 11 candidates attending. 



Safety and Training 



As a safety and training officer was appointed late in the year we are now 

 working on Instruction courses and safety measures to be carried out during the 

 coming year. Figures compiled from statistics at hand show that there are 



450 trained in Job Instruction Training 



30 trained in Job Relations Training 



1 trained in Job Methods Training 



