Employment

Employment Opportunities

USDA Forest Service positions are advertised on USAJobs.gov, and applications are exclusively accepted electronically through this interface. 

For more information about what it's like to work with us and the many paths one can take to become a Forest Service employee, check out our agency's Careers site.

  • Sawtooth Fire School

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    Want to become a wildland firefighter? The Sawtooth National Forest holds a course each spring at the College of Southern Idaho to teach and recruit new firefighters. This training provides students with skills and certifications necessary to qualify as basic firefighters. Armed with the tools needed to start career or seasonal jobs as wildland firefighters, many graduate have come to work for the Sawtooth National Forest.