Most vacancies will be in the forestry technician field, but the service reports it also will need biology and engineering technicians, as well as clerical and operations personnel. My colleagues around the country agree that there simply are not enough students in our degree programs to fill the jobs, especially minority students. They will need to hire about 4,000 people in the near future, he says. McComb cautions that most jobs in this field will not be based in Massachusetts, but are scattered throughout the country, mostly in states with national forest lands. In the East, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania have designated national forests.
Most jobs related to forest fires are in the West or the South.
About 25 students are enrolled.