Operations Branch is divided into six sections with duties 

 and responsibilities as follows. 



• Ofiice Management: Equipment inventory; boat licens- 

 ing; policy and procedure directive production; mimeo- 

 graph and photo-copy reproduction service; Crown land 

 records; staff uniforms; Legislative publication distribution; 

 telephone credit card; telephone directory updating; iden- 

 tification card; personnel directory; permit to carry fire- 

 arms; revolver issue; Branch personnel records; and Branch 

 financial and records management programs. 



• Purchasing: Purchasing of equipment, supplies and serv- 

 ices; filling requisitions; leases and rentals; and arrange- 

 ments for travel and conferences. 



• Central Supply Warehouse: Receipt, security and distribu- 

 tion of equipment, supplies, uniforms and printed material. 



• Conservation Information: Publications; weekly news- 

 letter and press releases; material for outside agencies; dis- 

 play advertisements; photo and slide services; reference 

 library and clipping service; and supply of information to 

 public. 



• Conservation Education: Display material for Depart- 

 ment exhibits; production and purchase of motion films; 

 film supply service; program material for radio and tele- 

 vision; and lecture service. 



• Accident Control: Administration of The Loggers' Safety 

 Act; Hunter Safety Program; safety program in Provincial 

 Parks; staff safety and first aid programs; and Workmen's 

 Compensation. 



Two youthful hunter candidates are tested for safety in gun 

 handling by a Conservation Officer at Maple District Office, 

 following completion of a Hunter Safety Training course. 

 Photo by T. Jenkins. 



OFFICE MANAGEMENT SECTION 



During the fiscal year, the reproduction facilities processed 

 an average of 50,000 photo copies and 10,000 mimeograph 

 copies per month. 



The continued management of the 187,000 active files, 

 containing Crown land records, required the recording of 

 135 incoming documents and the filing and retrieval of 250 

 files daily. 



A total of 4,450 transactions (acquisitions and write-offs) 

 were recorded in updating the equipment inventory; and 

 30 licences for boats were obtained. 



A total of 2,700 uniform requisitions were processed to 

 supply approximately 1,100 regular staff and 900 summer 

 casual staff (mainly parks) with rmiforms and replacement 

 of uniform items. 



One thousand, two hundred and seventy telephone credit 

 cards and 200 staff identification cards were issued during 

 the year. 



PURCHASING SECTION 



The Section is vitally concerned with furnishing the means 

 by which the work of the Department is maintained and 

 furthered. In the year under review, activity continued at 

 full pace. Basically, it was a matter of supply and demand 

 with the Section ensuring that the Department's require- 

 ments were met immediately and economically with the 

 best quality available, and that the over-all best value was 

 obtained for the money expended. 



With the continuing expansion of, and re-organization 

 within, the Department, there were many, often involved, 

 details of investigation and procurement. 



All requisitions were forwarded to Services Branch for 

 processing, that is, the registering of all requisitions and the 

 recording of same on stock record cards where applicable, 

 and the ordering by direct purchase orders and by requisi- 

 tions to Central Supply Services (formerly to the Queen's 

 Printer) and the Department of Public Works. 



The Central Supply Division of the Department of Public 

 Works came to the fore in this period by undertaking the 

 purchasing, or performing the groundwork leading to pur- 

 chasing, of supplies common to each department (e.g., 

 duplicating supplies and bulk purchasing of paper). 



Over 11,000 requisitions were received. Many and varied 

 details entered into the completion and involved corre- 



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