PERSONNEL BRANCH 



Staff duties include meeting the public in a 

 great variety of situations. The view, above, 

 at Orono Forest Station, August 22, 1969, 

 was taken at the first of the popular Forestry 

 Field Days held for agreement holders (and 

 their families) under The Woodlands 

 Improvement Act. Photo by T. Jenkins. 



Personnel Branch is divided into five sections with duties 

 and responsibilities as follows. 



• Employment: Recruitment of staff, including Junior Forest 

 Rangers; recruiting activities at universities and technical 

 schools; job advertising; transfers and promotions; estab- 

 lishment and complement control; and assignment of quali- 

 fied employees to positions. 



• Classification and lob Evaluation: Ensuring that positions 

 are properly classified and recommending the classification 

 of positions; identifying and recording of organization and 

 positions; ensuring that position specifications are pro- 

 duced; classifying positions under the Delegated Authority; 

 and developing class series. 



• Training and Special Assignments: Co-ordinating and 

 organizing Department training courses; arranging for em- 

 ployees to attend courses given by outside agencies; liaison 

 with Ontario Forest Technical School and Educational Leave 

 Committee; analyzing Department training needs; evaluat- 

 ing courses; and special assignments. 



• Employee Relations: Counselling of employees; improve- 

 ment of communications between field and head office 

 staffs; investigations of problems relating to personnel; 

 liaison with Staff Relations Branch, Treasury Board and Civil 

 Service Association of Ontario; and maintaining Depart- 

 ment program on alcoholism. 



• Office Management: Documentation of personnel rec- 

 ords; attendance reports and leaves of absence recom- 

 mendations; processing nominations to staff; transfers; 

 separations; group insurance applications and changes; 

 merit increases; accelerated increases; salary revisions; 

 maintaining personnel files for all Regular and Probationary 

 staff and Group 3 Unclassified; and providing statistical 

 information at the request of other Branches of the Depart- 

 ment. 



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