What is the name of that job?

Question

Where you stand in that tall building looking out for forest fires,I wanted to apply for that job what is the job called..does it require any experience? lol

Answer 1

"Fire Spotters" are the people who sit in "lookout towers".  The job would be with the Forest Service.  The Forest Service is a division of the US Department of Agriculture.  Technology has virtually eliminated this job and many of the towers are now rented out during the summer.  There are some beautiful locations to visit, but not jobs I'm affraid.  Sorry.  Check out the National Forest Service Web Site (http://www.fs.fed.us) or do a search for Lookout Towers.  There are a lot of them.

Answer 2

Forest Service careers in professional scientific and engineering fields require college degrees, except in Research where advanced degrees are needed. Forest Service professionals work in physical, biological and engineering disciplines. The variety in Forest Service jobs and career paths and natural resource specialties may range from developing and evaluating forest and fire management plans, providing technical advice, to designing plans with interdisciplinary teams of employees to keep forests and grassland environments healthy.