28 Circular 211, Dept. of Agriculture 



QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES OF FOREST 

 OFFICERS 



All permanent positions in the Forest Service are 

 in the classified civil service. Vacancies are filled 

 through selections from eligibles certified by the 

 Civil Service Commission and by promotion in rank. 

 Definite information as to the times and places aijr 

 which examinations are held may be obtained only 

 from the Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. 



Each national forest is in charge of a forest super- 

 visor, who plans the work on his forest under the 

 instructions of the district forester and supervises its 

 execution. When the amount of business on a na- 

 tional forest warrants it, the supervisor is assisted 

 by a deputy supervisor, who has such duties and 

 authority as may be delegated to him by the 

 supervisor. g * 



Supervisors and deputy supervisors have to be men 

 of experience in woods work, road and trail building, 

 the stock business, and in all other lines of work 

 carried on in the national forests; so the positions 

 are always filled by the promotion or transfer of ex- 

 perienced men from classified positions in the Forest 

 Service. Supervisors' headquarters are located in 

 towns conveniently situated with regard to the 

 forests. 



Junior foresters (or technical forest assistants) are 

 employed in the various subordinate lines of technical 

 and administrative work on the forests under the direc- 

 tion of the supervisor. The position of junior forester 

 is filled through a technical examination. 



After an apprenticeship period of not less than two 

 years, junior foresters who have rendered satisfactory 

 service are advanced in grade and assigned to such work 

 as examining and mapping forest areas, designating 

 timber to be cut in sales, surveying boundaries, and — 

 conducting nursery work and forest planting. 



Every national forest is divided into ranger districts, 

 with a district ranger in charge of each. Rangers 

 perform the routine work involved in the supervision 



