of the national forests, and its size varies from 400,000 to 100,000 

 acres. Rangers perform routine work involved in the supervision 

 of timber sales, grazing, free use. and special use. They help to 

 build roads, trails, bridges, telephone lines, and other permanent 

 improvements on the forests. They must train and inspect forest 

 guards and others temporarily employed. They must know their 

 district well enough to be able to conduct Forest Service business 

 in any part of it. and they must know how to fight fire. They 

 have routine reports to make, but are primarily field men rather 

 than office workers. 



7. How can I identify a Forest Service ranger station? 



A ranger station is painted gray with white trim, has a green roof, 

 and is marked by a sign bearing the name of the station. The 

 American Hag is always flown from a flagpole in front of the station 

 when the ranger is at home. 



8. Are all Forest Service positions under civil service? 



All permanent positions are under the classified civil service ; tem- 

 porary jobs are not. 



9. What are the qualifications of a forest ranger's job? 

 Applicants for a ranger's job must be young ('21 to 35 years), 



mentally alert, and physically rugged. A high-school education or 

 an equivalent amount of education is needed. They must also have 

 three years' field experience in forestry, including such activities as 

 lumbering, grazing, surveying, and fire fighting, of which period at 

 least >ix month.- must have been as foreman over at least three men. 

 School work in a forest school of recognized standing will be accepted 

 in lieu of experience, other than foremanship, up to 27 months. A 

 period of training as an assistant to a district ranger and in a training 

 camp of the Forest Service is necessary to qualify for the position 

 of district ranger. Other things being equal, the man with a tech- 

 nical forestry training will be most successful in dealing with 

 problems which confront a ranger. 



10. To whom must I apply to obtain information in regard to the 

 civil-service examination for forest ranger? 



To the nearest forest supervisor or the regional forester. Per- 

 mission to take the examination must be secured by written applica- 

 tion to the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, 

 D. C. 



11. Can a woman become a forest ranger? 



Xo. Women are not appointed by the Forest Service as members 

 of the field force even if they pass the civil-service examination. 



12. What are the temporary jobs in the Forest Service? 

 Temporary jobs are forest guard, lookout man. field assistant in 



timber-sale work, scaler on timber sales, manual laborers on road, 

 trail, or other construction work, truck or tractor drivers. 



13. How can I get a temporary job? 



By application either in person or by letter to the forest super- 

 visor of the individual national forest (see list p. 4). who does 



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