SPEC: FORESTRY AID CALIFORNIA STATE PERSONNEL BOARD SPECIFICATION Schematic Code: BZ30 Class Code: 1060 Established: 6/19/53 Revised: 12/4/90 Title Changed: 5/9/63 FORESTRY AID DEFINITION Under supervision, as a temporary employee, to do subprofessional forestry work and/or subprofessional duties in fire prevention, suppression and control; and to do other related work. JOB CHARACTERISTICS This class provides a means of part-time employment whereby forestry students may receive on-the-job instruction and perform work that will provide practical experience in forest management and fire protection activities. This class also provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to become interested in and aware of career opportunities in the forestry field within the State service. No full-time permanent appointments will be made in this class. TYPICAL TASKS In the field of forestry management provides subprofessional assistance in forestry tasks such as timber marking, cruising, log scaling and weighing, pest control, forest engineering, establishing and measuring sample plots, and supervising crews engaged in general forestry work. In the field of fire protection; performs and assists in such assignments as fire prevention patrol, assistant dispatcher, crew leader, fire camp management, and other special fire control assignments. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Either I Education: Completion of at least two years of college training in forestry or fire science, including, as a part of the curriculum, practical field training in forestry or fire control. (One full summer's experience between the spring and fall semesters in the field in wood operations or fire control will fulfill the requirement for field training.) Or II One year of experience in subprofessional forestry work in one of the following or a closely related field log scaling, timber marking, cruising, pest control and checking, or fire control. KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES Knowledge of: Procedures used in forestry and logging operations including log scaling and weighing, cruising, tree and shrub identification; subprofessional forest engineering; principles of effective supervision and directing and training a crew of adults; forest fire characteristics and fire protection organization and methods; Department's Affirmative Action Program objectives; a manager's role in the affirmative action program and the processes available to meet affirmative action objectives. Ability to: Read and utilize maps regularly in the field and read written instructions and orders and carry out assignments; use compass, scale, log rules, and identify tree and shrub species as required; make arithmetic computations rapidly and accurately; write clear legible figures and reports; learn to operate radio equipment, interpret laws, rules and regulations and apply them effectively; act as crew leader on fire suppression assignments; speak effectively; use an analytical approach to general research or study problems in fire protection and forest management; cooperate with others; effectively contribute to the department's affirmative action objectives. SPECIAL PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS Willingness to live and work in remote parts of the State, to work on weekends and holidays, and to remain on duty 24 hours a day, as required; willingness as a learner to do routine and detailed work; willingness and ability to accept increasing responsibility; adaptability, tact, pleasing personality, and neat personal appearance; for areas where structural firefighting is an integral part of the duties; normal hearing (uncorrected); normal use of both hands and feet; good physical condition; and no more than mildly susceptible to poison oak; aptitude and liking for forestry work.