Forestry is all about growing trees and conserving flora and fauna. This field has a wider spectrum and offer number of job openings for the students. All you are supposed to do is conservation, management and protection of natural resources. People interested in dealing with global warming, deforestation, global climatic change, natural disasters issues are also welcomed. Students interested in pursuing their career as forest officers can join government forest sectors. This is a strong economical profession. Forest officers are also given huge facilities .Other courses like: - Wildlife biologists, Dendrologists, Environmental Consultant, Ethnologists, Entomologists, Silviculturists, Wildlife forensics officer, Zoo curators and Forest Range Officers. This field also involves :- Still photography and wildlife journalism.
A forester should have a bachelor’s degree in the Maths, physics, Chemistry and various other subjects. The forester can select any discipline to obtain a bachelor’s degree. The age criteria also varies that is it is 18 years .
The candidate is required to given entrance examinations taken by various universities and colleges. This exam includes cracking of UPSC examinations. While filling of the application form, candidates should mention the post that has been applied for. After cracking the entrance examinations, selected students are called for the interview and then they are called for the interview. After training, they are posted in various forest offices in India.
The key responsibility of a forester is to protect and generate forest and forest area.
The starting salary given to the forester starts from Rs 15,000-20,000 Rs. It goes on increasing with the increase in experience and based on the work flow. The recruiters also test the abilities of the candidates to work as a forest officer.