YOUR CAREER LADDER J . . AND BENEFITS 



TO QUALIFY — One way to enter the Forest Service is 

 to file for, take, and pass the Student Trainee 

 (Forestry) Civil Service Examination. See your 

 faculty advisor and the Civil Service announcement. 

 Jobs will be filled from a national register of eligi- 

 bles. You may take this examination any time up 

 through your junior year. You may drop out of the 

 program at any time. 



STARTING AS A COLLEGE FRESHMAN— has many ad- 

 vantages. After completing the freshman or 

 sophomore year you start in grade GS-3 at $3,175 

 per year, and you will be paid for required overtime 

 work. 



STARTING AS A JUNIOR— After completing 2% years 

 of college, or at the end of your junior year, you can 

 be promoted or appointed to grade GS^ at $3,475 

 per year. Starting with the junior year you must 

 be a student in a school offering a forestry course 

 acceptable to the Civil Service Commission. 



FULL PROFESSIONAL STATUS— GS-5 ($4,210) is 



granted if your work as Student Trainee (Forestry) 

 is satisfactory and you have completed all require- 

 ments for a college degree. These requirements in- 

 clude at least 20 semester hours of course work 

 dealing specifically with forestry subjects. They are 

 silviculture, forest management, forest protection, 

 forest economics, forest utilization; and either (1) 

 range management, (2) wildlife management, (3) 

 forest engineering, or (4) forest influences. 



EMPLOYMENT PERIOD— Will normally be during the 

 summer. Part-time employment may also be pos- 

 sible during the school year where schools and Forest 

 Service headquarters are located in the same city. 



LEAVE — You will earn annual leave at the rate of 

 2 hours for each week of work after you have been 

 on the job for 90 days. You will earn sick leave 

 after 30 days. You will be on leave (without pay) 

 when you return to school. 



RETIREMENT BENEFITS— Upon appointment you will 

 be covered under Civil Service retirement. Credit 

 toward retirement is allowed for the period you're 

 on the job plus a maximum of 6 months of credit in 

 any one calendar year while you're in school (on 

 leave without pay) . 



HOUSING — This varies greatly. At some places 

 housing for married students is available at reason-' 

 able cost ; at others there are bachelor quarters or tent 

 camps. Students can usually find quarters in small 

 communities. Housing for permanent personnel is 

 provided where other facilities are not available. 



EXPENSES — You must report to the job at your own 

 expense. After appointment an expense allowance 

 will be given you for work away from your job 

 headquarters. 



ACTION AHEAD — The Trainee Program is designed 

 to meet your needs and aid the Service in the selection 

 of capable men. Toward these objectives the Forest 

 Service teams up with your college faculty in build- 

 ing for progress in American forestry — with you. 



FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 



See your faculty advisor or write or call at the nearest 



Forest Service headquarters 



S OFFICE :1 957— 0-4 14 



