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A Forest Service Engineer is first a 
member of a forest supervisor’s staff. . . 
A National Forest is administered by a Forest Supervisor who is aided by a 
number of staff assistants and District Rangers. Each one is responsible for 
a specific function or group of related activities. National Forest organiza- 
tions vary somewhat with location and volume of business, but the chart which 
follows is illustrative of many units. 
An engineer entering the Forest Service usually is assigned to the engineering 
unit of a National Forest and works under the direction of the forest engineer. 
As he gains experience and knowledge the new man advances in responsibility 
and grade; in due time he is promoted and placed in charge of engineering 
activities of a broader scope. During this period he may be assigned to a 
regional office for a year or two for training purposes. 
After successful service as a senior National Forest engineer the individual is 
likely to be assigned to a responsible staff position in a regional office. He 
then is a definite prospect for advancement to the position of Regional Engineer. 
Assignment to the Washington office may follow and in time he may become 
Chief Engineer of the agency. Advancement is on merit. 
FOREST SUPERVISOR | 
ENGINEERING | | RESOURCES PROTECTION BUSINESS 
RANGERS, 4-8 
Forest Engineer: 
Draftsmen 
Assistant Engineers, Engineering Aides, 
Improvement Men, Skilled Workers 
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Employment circumstances are favorable .. . 
Various features of employment make association with the Forest Service 
particularly attractive to professional men. 
TRAINING PROGRAMS are designed to help the new man orient himself 
to the job rapidly and to advance to more responsible positions in a minimum 
of time. Both on-the-job training and special group training are utilized. 
OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCEMENT is excellent. An ever-increasing 
engineering workload, a merit system, and an expanding organization create 
a situation favorable to unusually rapid advancement. 
SALARY PRACTICE makes it possible to advance beyond the minimum 
entrance grade in 6 months. Further promotions are based on merit. At 
least one year of satisfactory service is required in each grade before pro- 
motion to the next higher grade can be recommended. 
AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM with cash awards for suggestions and excep- 
tional performance. Employees’ suggestions are solicited and appropriately 
recognized. Unusual accomplishments may be rewarded with a pay increase. 
TRAVEL TO THE FIRST JOB for professional engineer employees is financed 
by the agency. This applies not only to the new employee but also to mem- 
bers of his immediate family and the transportation of household goods he 
may own. Necessary travel costs after entrance on duty are financed by the 
Government. Business travel is usually by Forest Service conveyance or by 
common carrier at Government expense. 
HOLIDAY, SICKNESS, AND MILITARY LEAVE provisions are liberal and 
assure that salary will continue in almost any situation that personal require- 
ments or emergency may bring about. 
LIFE INSURANCE AND HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS are available to employees 
on an optional basis. The Government pays a substantial share of the cost. 
THE 40-HOUR WEEK is standard and normally is made up of five 8-hour days. 
Ordered overtime is properly compensated. 
RETIREMENT practices are most liberal and include provisions for dependent 
survivors. The Government shares with you the cost of a future annuity. 
COMPENSATION FOR INJURY and job-related disability is provided. 
A UNIFORM ALLOWANCE is provided for the purchase of required distinc- 
tive field clothing. Allowances for replacements are also available. 
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the forest service engineer helps care for the nation's most 
valuable and most needed renewable resources. 
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