Performance of Suppression Division Officials of The Department of National parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study 1) personal information 2) knowledge concerning protection and suppression 3) operation results 4) operation satisfaction, problem, obstruction and suggestion and 5) comparison among satisfactions through personal conditions of forest officers Suppression Division, Department of National parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation (DNP).

The sample group studied as a forest officers in Suppression Division, Department of National parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation (DNP), who had been working during the fiscal year 2018, a total 182 people consisted of a sample 35 government forest officers and 147 government employees and government staffs which were selected by a simple random sampling method. Data collection had also been conducted by using validated questionnaires. Descriptive statistics were applied for data analysis. Independent t-test and One-Way ANOVA were used to analyze factors affecting job satisfaction of the forest officers.

The research revealed that, 1) majority of forest officers were male at the average age of 45.88 years old with high school education. Most of them were married and were born in the Northern region.  The average monthly incomes were 18,633.77 Baths. They mostly were forest government employees and staffs who had been working in the field in north region and had suppression experiences at the average of 13.24 years.  Most were in debt status and had suppression trained. Most of them had never been promoted for higher salary level and did not have personal illness that obstruct their occupations. 2) Mean score of knowledge of forest officers was medium. 3) Most worked as suppression patrol. 4) The mean score for job satisfaction was medium. Moreover it was found that the factors of birthplace and job characteristics were statistically significant and affected to job satisfaction of the forest officers (p<0.05). 5) Recommendations from research expressed that to increase suppression efficiency in DNP, the forest officers should be promoted on benefits and welfare, including training courses for concerned regulations, forest laws and related laws.  Suppression manual, budget allocation, appropriate technology and necessary equipment should be improved for proper forest officer operations. The DNP should fairly consider the salary promotion and forest officer rotation to receive new experience and knowledge that might motivate their works.