These teachers, counselors, cooks, nurses, and others work to improve the enrollee's job qualifications for productive work through training in vocational skills, basic education, and social development. The agency employs over 700 employees to police federal lands and property and who investigate criminal activities. The agency has approximately 500 employees who work with the public and external organizations to respond to questions, give advice, and develop and distribute maps, pamphlets, photos, etc. Permanent versus Other. One way to categorize employment is to separate Permanent employment from Other employment.
Most Federal employees are permanent employees.
The Forest Service has approximately 30,000 permanent employees. These include, but are not limited to, temporary, summer, seasonal, student employment programs, and term appointments. In the Forest Service, Other employment typically is about 3,000 employees in January and grows to over 15,000 employees in July. A person can be a Forester with a permanent appointment or a Forester with an Other appointment. Many Forest Service employees work with the agency as temporary employees prior to finding a permanent appointment.