What is a Forest Service Internship?
An internship is a supervised, learning experience during which an intern, with guidance and supervision, completes a series of planned activities, with established learning objectives, or project(s) designed to give a broad understanding of an occupational area. A Forest Service internship experience with the California Consortium (CC) consists of an agreement between the intern, the supervisor and the California Consortium to determine learning goals, activities and experience evaluation. CC positions with the Forest Service are temporary paid internships. Most are summer full time (40 hours per week) internships although there are a few exceptions where positions are part time during the year. The CC offers internships throughout California and sometimes Washington and Oregon. Government housing is available for many internship positions. Students will be hired under the Student Temporary Experience Program (STEP) hiring Authority. A selected few will have the opportunity to be hire
