THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



can occupy in the Forest Service, and the 

 most responsible of the field positions. 



THE TRAINED FORESTER 



To each forest where timber cutting has 

 become important there are assigned one or 

 more Forest Assistants or Forest Exami- 

 ners. These are professionally trained 

 Foresters. They are subordinate upon each 

 forest to the Supervisor as manager, but it is 

 their work which has most to do with decid- 

 ing whether the Forest Service in general is 

 to be successful or is to fail in the great task 

 of preserving the forest by wise use. 



The Forest Assistant secures his position 

 with the Service by passing an examination 

 devised to test his technical knowledge and 

 his ability. After he has served two years 

 as Forest Assistant the quality and quantity 

 of his work will have determined his fitness 

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