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I have a couple questions to ask about what is needed and what I should do to apply for a job as a CO. The information on the provincial websites isn't all that clear and I'm not sure whether it's even worth trying for me right now. I wont post any my questions here now as I am still thinking some up and searching for answers at the same time (you get an answer to one and 2 more pop up... never stops) but if there is anyone that could give me a real world perspective on things it would be a great help.

Not looking to phone the MNR and get a bureaucratic answer, I need to know how the process really works.

Thanks
Patrick

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Well, I was looking into these 3 positions as well, but I never went to school for anything environmental and wife doesn't want to move to Dryden etc..

I did tho apply for MTO positions all accross ontario and your resume and cover letter should give a back up statement to every qualification listed. etc: at least a 4 plus page resume.
 
See I never went to school for that stuff either. But apparently you don't have to have extensive schooling... all you need is to have all the licenses etc.. Now whether or not I can get a job without real world experience is what I kinda need to know. What they tell you and how they actually hire isn't often the same.

I hunt damn near every day during the winter and I'm out as much as I can in the summer. I have lots of real world experience abd a lot of common sense. But obviously that doesn't matter and someone who's never been out in the bush but went to school in enviro. stuff is ahead of me in the pile by a longshot.

Well I wrote everything down today and have 4 pages of cover with a little bit of stuff omitted from the 1st draft. I'm just confused as to why they tell you to go in detail then tell you to make in point form tho. lol
 
COs I know were already MNR techs and moved into the CO job. They also have diplomas (or degree) in forestry or fish & wildlife. There are no shortage of applications so you do need every advantage.
 
kenny is right, there is no shortage of fish and wildlife grads out there looking for a CO job, and many have other degrees/diplomas and related experience. and they usually have to take any job at mnr that they can get and try and work their way into a CO job. and its the same case with many other places, the people with connections usually find their way to the top
 
not sure if this applies...
but in Alberta there is a 4 year applied program alot of Provincial Parks, CO, Fish and Wildlife or Environmental Officers, Forestry Officers etc take. Good luck getting a job without it unless you know somebody. I don't know how it is in ontario but the funding is nil here and hence the jobs are few. Plus you usually have to work for several Years as a seasonal officer before you have any chance at full time employ. also.... i've been looking quit regularily on the Alberta Environment website(for a job) and they just recently got rid of ALL there positions for EVERYTHING. i saw a couple postings the other day. Like i said i don't know how it is in Ontario.
 
well they got postings in Ontario for COs. From what I hear it seems like a no go tho. That's what I figured anyways. I looked into it when I was in BC and it was complicated as hell there, looks like its the same here. I can't afford to go to school so ... toast until I can afford it I guess.
 
Dude, Ontario is messed up and they usually try a new hiring process every year, whether it be from college/ university or general public with experience. Give it a shot can't hurt not trying. But the hiring process can take upwards of 6 months.

I applied for the MTO in June I think and calls are not even being made until September 09 (I've heard)
 
The TE02's which are Enforcement Officers at Scale houses etc.

I applied from Fort Frances to Windsor, will see what happens.
 
good luck with CO's application, and I mean it
without the college diploma in the field there will be a stiff competition,
one other way, that has been sugested already, is to find any job in prov gov somewhat related, even as a park ranger or park maintanace, once you in, you have access to the internall postings as well as good refrences from within

again good luck, I was thinking about it as well some time ago but spending another 2yrs in school, with family on my back was not going to happen
 
Winchested said:
The TE02's which are Enforcement Officers at Scale houses etc.

I applied from Fort Frances to Windsor, will see what happens.
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and if I may suggest to you get a copy of Ontario Provicial Offences and study a bit, I wrote the test for them last year and by far that was the hardest test Ive done since college (yop I flunked it:()
 
A brother of a friend tried the "become a CO" route in Ontario and from conversations with him they were looking for non-hunting, non-fishing types to fill the role. He made it seem like they were looking for people that had no interest in the sport. Sad if it is true....
 
Here is some hope guys. I know one lady that was working for a County in an unrelated field and was hired as a CO with MNR. But she ended up not liking the job and quit after 8 months.

She was likely hired becasue she was coming from a gov position, plus becasue of her previous job, she knew the area really well.
 
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