Forest Guards are trained as per the ‘Entrance and Training Rules (Revised) – 2004’ which have been approved by Government of India. The duration of course is 6 months. Along with UFTA, Forest Guard Trainings are being conducted in the following three training centres as per guidelines given in ‘Entrance and Training Rules (Revised) 2004 for SFS Officers/ FROs’-
- Forestry Training Acadmey, Haldwani (Nainital)
- Forest Guards Training Centre, Rampurmandi (Dehradun)
- Forest Guards Training Centre, Jainti (Almora)
- Wild Life Training Center Kalagarh (CTR)
| S.No | Training Year | No of Training Batches | Trained Forest Guards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2000 | 01 | 41 |
| 2 | 2001 | 02 | 62 |
| 3 | 2002 | 02 | 59 |
| 4 | 2003 | 01 | 17 |
| 5 | 2004 | 02 | 99 |
| 6 | 2005 | 02 | 98 |
| 7 | 2006 | 02 | 82 |
| 8 | 2007 | 02 | 76 |
| 9 | 2008 | 02 | 119 |
| 10 | 2009 | 02 | 237 |
| 11 | 2010 | 02 | 332 |
| 12 | 2011 | 02 | 273 |
| 13 | 2012 | 02 | 244 |
| 14 | 2013 | 02 | 223 |
| 15 | 2014 | 02 | 169 |
| 16 | 2015 | 02 | 173 |
| 17 | 2016 | 02 | 165 |
| 18 | 2017 | 02 | 172 |
| 19 | 2018 | 02 | 188 |
| 20 | 2019 | 01 | 90 |
| 21 | 2020 | 01 | 75 |
| 22 | 2021 | 02 |
Course Content
Course content for Forest Guard training has been approved by Directorate of Forest Education, ICFRE, Dehradun. Following are the topics which are taught during the training –
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- Silviculture I
- Forest Protection & Law
- Silviculture II
- Survey & Engineering
- Forest Utilization
- Wildlife Conservation
- Accounts & Procedure
- Community Forestry
- Environmental Conservation  Download Syllabus
Guards Course Content
A part from the regular subjects, trainings in varied topics like medicinal plants, intelligence gathering, GPS, computer skills, camera traps, disaster management etc. are also organized so as to expose the trainees to new methods, tools and technologies used in forestry sector. Also to broaden the perceptions, recently a first ever training on ‘Gender Perceptions and Sensitization’ has been organized at UFTA for Forest Guard trainees with the collaboration of Uttarakhand Academy of Administration, Nainital.
Tours / Excursion
The Forest Guard Training has been designed to imparted theoretical knowledge to the trainees supplemented by extensive field visits and practical work. They are taken to various nurseries, plantations, wildlife centers, NTFP factories, timber depots, ecotourism centers etc. to learn by seeing and doing as well as to gain insight into real field working. They are also given hands on training in raising plants in nursery, raising plantation, maintaining plantations, seed collection and storage, preparing vermicompost, lantana eradication etc. Trainees are also taken on long tours to visit various Forest Divisions throughout Uttarakhand so that they are introduced to the magnificent natural wealth of Uttarakhand and also to get see the best practices in forestry all over Uttarakhand.