Career Development and Support Careers

Whatever your career interests may be, you can most likely work in that field in your community as a Forest Service employee.

Job Corps Centers

The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service operates 24 Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers in 15 states through an inter-agency agreement with the Department of Labor. These centers have a unique mission by combining the traditional Job Corps program with an opportunity to serve rural America and gain the skills required to conserve the nation’s natural resources. Civilian Conservation Centers provide real life solutions to the challenges of youth unemployment and offer an integrated approach to address the nation’s conservation challenges.

When it comes to Forest Service Job Corps Centers, the Forest Service has 60 years of successes. Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers have something unique to offer the whole agency: our students. Our work is training and education, and our students learn best when they get the chance to perform paid work in a real work setting. Our work not only changes lives—it changes trajectories for entire families and there are multiple careers in the Job Corps program.”

Counselors

USDA Forest Service Guidance Counselor Micheal Livingston helps young adults establish and reach their goals at the Harpers Ferry Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Teachers

USDA Forest Service Program Instructor Erin Clay teaches the Advanced Fire Dispatch Program at the Harpers Ferry Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Cooks

USDA Forest Service Cook Omar McLeod helps young adults understand the inner workings of the cafeteria at the Harpers Ferry Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.