Careers in forestry
Subtitle: Revised (1964)
By: prepared by the Forest Service
Contributors: United States. Department of Agriculture
Edition: Slight Rev. March 1964
Series: Miscellaneous publication / United States Department of Agriculture -- no. 249; Miscellaneous publication (United States. Dept. of Agriculture) -- no. 249.
Publisher: United States Department of Agriculture
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Forests and forestry; Vocational guidance
Description: This publication deals primarily with careers in technical forestry, the practice of which calls for professional training. Many nonprofessional workers, such as skilled and unskilled laborers, mechanics, lookout men and fire-control aids, accountants, clerks, and stenographers, are employed in public forestry agencies and private forest industries. Although these employees play an important part in forest work, their jobs ordinarily do not call for fundamental training the science of forestry. Information on employment possibilities for nonprofessionals can be obtained from the employing agencies.
Notes: Cover title.

"Revised August 1955. Slightly revised March 1964."
Table of contents: title: Forestry as a profession. pp. 1.; title: Character of forestry work. pp. 3.; title: Requisites for success. pp. 5.; title: The field of work. pp. 6.; title: Looking to the future; title: Forest Service films available. pp. 22.