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Figure 3.— 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. 



servation Service of the Department of Agriculture. Foresters with 

 additional training in entomology or forest pathology are employed in 

 the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine and the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering of the Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Careers in the Forest Service 



The Forest Service is proud of the spirit of public service that per- 

 vades its membership. In employing new personnel it seeks to obtain 

 men and women who are not only properly trained for the work but 

 have high ideals and a strong desire to serve the public. 



All permanent Forest Service positions are in the classified civil serv- 

 ice. Examinations, through which the force is largely recruited, are 

 given for junior foresters and junior range conservationists. These are 

 professional and highly technical jobs— academic training, equivalent 

 to graduation from a recognized college or university, is required. 



Men who pass the junior professional examinations 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 pri- 

 vate forest cooperative work. They may be assigned as technical assist- 

 ants 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 al- 

 ways 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 woodsmanship. The situation has changed with the times. 



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