33: How to Become a Park Ranger

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

How do you become a park ranger? In this episode of Exploring the National Parks, we are answering this question! As a former park ranger, Ash has some insight into what it takes if you want to get started in the park service. Join us as she walks through the process of becoming a park ranger for anyone who wants to begin an exciting new career! This episode covers: The different types of park rangers Special hiring programs A cool and unique park ranger job that could help you get your foot in the door The quintessential park ranger job A great entry-level position in the park service Reasons to start out at a smaller park Admin positions you can get in the parks The wildlife and science techs that work in the parks The park police that help keep people safe Different hiring programs you can check out How to become a volunteer in the parks Where to find job listings and when to apply for them Tips for the hiring process There are a lot of different ways to find your way into the career that you want, and we hope this episode was helpful! We really want to make park ranger jobs accessible to everyone. Be sure to check out usajobs.gov to find the available job listings for the different parks! Check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0	Most people don't know the inner workings of being a park ranger.
0:04.9	Right.
0:05.1	And a lot of the purpose of this is to make this accessible to people.
0:09.5	Ash, having done this before, think of her as your mentor through the process.
0:15.8	This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.
0:20.6	My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder with Dirt in My Shoes.
0:24.9	My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.
0:29.9	I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make National Park Trip Planning easy.
0:31.4	And I'm John.
0:32.4	I carry the kids on the trails.
0:34.2	I tell stories and notice all the things that Ash doesn't care about much, like birds.
0:39.7	Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.
0:44.1	We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.
0:48.2	And we'll even throw in a little trip planning. Let's start exploring.
0:59.5	We just want to say a big thank you to everyone who has left a review for us. We have been reading through them. I wish there was a way that we could
1:03.6	like respond. Yeah. You guys are the best. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you so much. It's fun. And we
1:09.4	really, really, really appreciate you guys.
1:11.9	Yeah. So if you're enjoying the show, please leave us a review that helps us out a bunch. And we do read through all of them and we love you.
1:19.0	But today, we are jumping into a question that I get asked quite often, actually. So I wanted to take a minute to talk about how to become a
1:31.0	park ranger. Woohoo! Shout out to all our rangers and future rangers. This episode is going to be
1:40.5	mostly me just explaining the process, which I'm hoping isn't too boring.
1:45.8	I think it's really interesting. I've been through the process a bunch of times.
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