CAREERS IN FORESTRY 



A forest officer discussing range conditions with a sheepherder in the Idaho mountains. 

 The forester's job brings him in contact with many forest users. 



All permanent Forest Service positions are in the classified civil service. 

 Examinations, through which the force is largely recruited, are given for 

 junior foresters. The junior forester civil service examination provides 

 two options, ( 1 ) forest and ( 2 ) range. These are professional and highly- 

 technical jobs — academic training, equivalent to graduation from a recog- 

 nized college or university, is required. 



Lines of Advancement 



Men who pass the junior professional examinations and receive appoint- 

 ments are first assigned to positions as assistant to district rangers on the 

 national forests or to subordinate lines of technical work in research or in 

 State and private forest cooperative work. They may be assigned as tech- 

 nical assistants on the staff of the forest supervisor. The beginner in the 

 Service may thus supplement his academic training by experience that 

 should qualify him for advancement to the position of district ranger, or to 

 comparable positions in research or cooperative work. 



In the early days of the Forest Service the forest ranger did not always 

 have a background of technical training, nor did he carry the responsibilities 

 that a district ranger now does. Such positions were often filled by men 

 who passed examinations based mainly on practical experience in woods- 

 manship. The situation has changed with the times. 



The district forest ranger is today an administrator of a large area and 

 a supervisor of all the activities within his district. The business he con- 

 ducts is often the largest of any in the community. Both technical training 

 and practical experience are required. Ranger jobs are now filled through 



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