PERSONNEL BRANCH 



OBJECTIVES 



1. To provide adequate, competent staff for the Department. 



2. To encourage good job performance through a career 

 concept based on promotion, in service academic and 

 technical training and up-to-date position classification. 



ORGANIZATION 



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. 



Classification and Job Evaluation: Identification of positions; 

 analyses recommendations of classes; preparation of posi- 

 tion specifications and organization charts; salary surveys; 

 and assignment of qualified employees to positions. 

 Training and Special Assignments: Department training 

 courses; arranging for employees to attend courses given 

 by outside agencies; liaison with Ontario Forest Technical 

 School and Educational Leave Committee; processing of 

 employee grievances; 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. 



Office Management: Personnel and attendance reports; 

 leave of absence recommendations; processing of nomina- 

 tions; separations; group insurance; merit increases; 

 accelerated increases and salary revisions. 

 TRAINING 



Some 86 students graduated from the Ontario Forest Tech- 

 nical School Diploma Course in 1%6. Of these, 81 had 

 applied independently; one was sponsored by the Indian 

 Affairs Branch of the Department of Citizenship and Immi- 

 gration, Ottawa; one was sponsored by the External Aid 

 Office, Ottawa; and three were sponsored by the Ontario 

 Department of Lands and Forests. 



A total of 151 students were enrolled for the 1%7 Diploma 

 Course, still in progress. Of these, 146 applied independ- 

 ently; four were sponsored by Department of Lands and 

 Forests; and one by the Indian Affairs Branch, Ottawa. 

 Other courses given at the Ontario Forest Technical School 

 were as follows: 



COURSE STUDENTS 



Deer and Moose Aging (13) 194 



Fire Investigation 37 



Fire Suppression (8) 90 



Fish and Wildlife Certificate 25 



Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Training 30 



Photo Interpretation 11 



Scaling (3) 135 



Supervisory Course for Chief Rangers 59 



Timber Certificate 26 



GRIEVANCES 



A total of 34 employee grievances were submitted during the 

 fiscal year. Of these, 15 were resolved by the Department or 

 withdrawn, nine were still outstanding, five were heard by , 

 the Classification Rating Committee (three upheld and two 

 dismissed) and five by the Public Service Grievance Board 

 (all five dismissed). Some 26 of these grievances were con- 

 cerned with classification, and eight with working conditions 

 and terms of employment. 

 RECRUITMENT 



The recruitment program for foresters, biologists, forestry 

 technicians and conservation officers covered 16 universities 

 and four ranger schools, together with job advertising in 

 printed media across Canada. The response has been grati- 

 ifying as a number of foresters, biologists, and forestry tech- 

 nicians have joined the full-time staff. 

 Summer work projects in forestry and biology were staffed 

 with university and ranger school undergraduates in related 

 courses. This provided career minded students with an 

 opportunity to become acquainted with the Department's 

 work programs, and gain useful experience. 

 Information concerning salaries, job opportunities and the . 

 Province of Ontario was sent to an additional 27 ranger and ' 

 forest technical schools in Canada, United States, Scandi-j F' 

 navian countries and France in an attempt to publish cur-l 

 rent career opportunities. { . 



DISPOSITION OF PERSONNEL ' 



F. MacDougall retired on June 16, 1966 after 25 years as 

 Deputy Minister of the Department of Lands and Forests. 

 He was succeeded by G. H. U. Bayly, who had served as 

 Assistant Deputy Minister since 1957. 



G. H. Ferguson, Q.C., was appointed Chief, Law Branch, on 

 July 28, 1966 after serving as Supervisor since December,' 

 1957. 



P. Addison was appointed Chief, Parks Branch, on January 

 1, 1%7. 



A. J. Herridge was appointed Director, North-Eastern Region,' 

 on January 1, 1967. 



J. M. Taylor was appointed Chief, Personnel Branch, on 

 January 1, 1967. 

 D. R. Wilson was appointed Director, Southern Region, on 

 January 1, 1967. i 



The disposition of senior administrative staff as of March 

 31, 1967 was as follows: 

 Assistant Deputy Minister: R. D. K. Acheson. 

 Regional Directors: A. J. Herridge (North-Eastern); L. Ring-,, 

 ham (North-Western); D. R. Wilson (Southern). j 



Regional Forester: T. W. Hueston. 



Branch Chiefs: P. Addison (Parks); Dr. C. H. D. Clarke (Fish 

 and Wildlife); R. G. Code (Lands and Surveys); G. H. Fer- 

 guson, Q.C. (Law); A. P. Leslie (Research); R. R. MacBean 

 (Accounts); M. B. Morison (Timber); P. 0. Rhynas (Opera- 

 tions); J. M. Taylor (Personnel); J. M. Whalen (Forest 

 Protection). 



District Foresters: M. A. Adamson (Parry Sound); J. S. Ball 

 (Sault Ste. Marie); R. A. Balkwill (Fort Frances); R. A. Baxter 

 (Sioux Lookout); W. H. Charlton (Kenora); W. B. M. Clarke 

 (North Bay); I. B. Earl (Gogamai; L. H. Eckel (Cochrane); 

 D. A. Fawcett (Kapuskasing); D. E. Gage (Geraldton); F. L 

 Hall (Lake Huron); G. A. Hamilton (Sudbury); J. D. Hughes 

 (Swastika); J. R. Keddie (Chapleau); A. W. Leman (Lake . 

 Simcoe); J. W. Lockwood (Lake Erie); G. A. McCormack " 

 (White River); N. D. Patrick (Tweed); F. E. Sider (Pembroke); 

 W. L. Sleeman (Port Arthur); W. A. G. Thurston (Kemptville); 

 A. E. Walroth (Lindsay). 

 Ontario Forest Technical School Director: Q. F. Hess. 



