जानिए कैसे होती है उत्तराखंड फारेस्ट गार्ड की ट्रेनिंग? Uttarakhand Forest Training Academy, Haldwani

 *Uttarakhand Forest Training Academy, Haldwani (UFTA, Uttarakhand)*

About- Uttarakhand Forestry Training Academy (UFTA) is imparting wide array of training to wide spectrum of candidates. It was established in 1979 as a part of Uttar Pradesh Forest Department. The administration of the academy is headed by an officer of the Indian Forest Services (IFS), of the rank of Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF). Number of Deputy Directors, both from Indian Forest Services.

Forest Guard -The forest staff is trained on Induction, Prompotion,Refresher and On-The-Job. Induction training of Forest Guards is held for six months in which 187 theory classes, 68 practical classes and 65 days of touring is conducted. There are 9 major subjects for training:Silviculture 1&2, Forest Protection & Law, Survey Accounts & Procedure, Community Forestry and Environmental Conservation. The training for wildlife crime detection, investigation and processing of the cases with legal attributes are also discussed with case studies and examples.

Van Daroga- Since 1978 to 1990, the Foresters induction training courses were conducted in this institute along with one year FRO induction training courses. In the year 1991, duration of FRO induction training courses was increased from one year to two years, and consequently Foresters induction training courses were shifted from Forestry Training Institute, Haldwani to Forestry Training Institute, Kanpur.

Later on, this Academy conducted a number of refresher courses of duration 2 to 3 months for Foresters.

Presently, the direct recruitment of Foresters has been stopped by State Govt since 2014-15; all the vacant posts of Foresters are being filled up by the promotion of Forest Guards. So three months training course for forester is being conducted as per guidance issued by Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Uttarakhand.

Forest Range Officer (FRO)- Range Forest Officer / Ranger / Forest Range Officer / Circle forest officer is an officer for a State Forest Service (SFS) in the state government. In some states, they also are referred to as a "Forest Range Officer."

Range Forest Officer is a Gazetted officer. They wear a prescribed khaki uniform which has 3 three (five pointed) stars on shoulder without any stripes.

RFO (Range Forest Officer) is a uniformed police officer responsible for forest conservation. Their role is equivalent to that of Tahsildar or circle officers in the administrative domain and they hold the rank of Deputy superintendent of police with three stars but no stripes. Forest Rangers are state forest officers who serve in the provincial forest forces. They can either be directly appointed to the rank of Forest Ranger or promoted from the position of Deputy Ranger. In India, these officers are recruited either through the Public Service Commission in India or the State recruitment service, depending on the specific state.

Range Forest Officers/Forest Rangers are also known as a Green Soldiers/Green Warriors.

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