Forest Range Officers (18 Months) Induction Training Program :

The Induction Training programme includes the course with duration for a period of eighteen months and it shall be run in “Two phases” of approximately nine months each. The subjects to be covered in each phase shall be as follows:

 

1st Phase		2nd Phase
S. No	Subject	S. No	Subject
1	General Botany/Maths	1	Forest Policy & Law
2	Application of Modern Tools  & Tech	2	Ecology and Environmental Sciences
3	Silviculture I	3	Forest Utilization - II
4	Silviculture II	4	Forest Resource Management
5	Forest Resource Assessment	5	Natural Resource Management
6	Forest Survey	6	Forest Economics
7	Forest Engineering	7	Biodiversity Conservation and Management
8	Adverse Influence on Forest	8	Joint Forest Management, Rural and Tribal Development
9	Forest Utilization	9	Human Resources Development and Management
10	Field exercises	10	Forest Account and Office Procedure
	Nursery, Plantation & Cultural Operations	11	Field exercises -200
	Mensuration		Working Plan
	Marketing & Logging		Ecological Census Techniques
	Forest Engineering	12	2 TOURS
	Road Alignment
11	3 TOURS

 

During the training course in addition to class room lecture sessions, field visits, field work, special lectures by senior officers & subject experts, educational tours, practical sessions with focus on management and extension activities is also ensured. The trainees also take up project work on field level management challenges, which is first of its kind initiative in the country.  They also have seminar presentation, weapon training, weekly feedback, etc to make the training more effective.