CAREERS IN FORESTRY 7; 
F-417397 
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. 
AH permanent Forest Service professional and scientific positions are 
in the classified civil service. These jobs require academic training at least 
equivalent to graduation from a recognized college or university offering 
a course of study in the professional or scientific field involved. The U.S. 
Civil Service Commission gives several entrance examinations through 
which the Forest Service recruits its professional and scientific force. 
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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